Fall Creek Falls is a waterfall on Fall Creek in San Miguel County, Colorado, in the Southern Rockies region, with a total height of about 30 feet. It lies about 10.9 miles west of Mountain Village and roughly 84.8 miles south of Grand Junction as the crow flies.
At 30 feet it is on the modest side for Colorado, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 65 feet; it ranks 116th of 162. The water comes down as a segmented waterfall, splitting into two or more separate streams as it falls.
The Southern Rockies are high, rugged mountains with alpine peaks, spruce-fir and lodgepole forest, aspen groves and glacial valleys. Snowmelt drives strong spring flows over granite and volcanic cliffs. Fall Creek carries 16 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 240 feet.
There are 13 recorded waterfalls in San Miguel County. Navajo Basin Falls, a cascade waterfall, is about 4 miles away. Gladstone Lake Falls, a 100-foot horsetail waterfall, is about 5.2 miles away. West Dolores River Falls, a 24-foot block waterfall, is about 5.4 miles away.
Fall Creek Falls is located at 37.9010° N, 108.0521° W. The listing is based on the World Waterfall Database, one of the sources compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey in its inventory of waterfalls and rapids of the conterminous United States. The creek name is confirmed against the federal Geographic Names Information System. The exact position has not yet been verified on aerial imagery, so treat the map pin as approximate. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.