French Creek Falls is a 30-foot waterfall on French Creek in Eagle County, Colorado, in the Southern Rockies region. It lies about 12.7 miles south of Minturn and roughly 75.6 miles southwest of Boulder 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. By form it is a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another. It falls in 2 drops.
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.
Eagle County holds 20 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Lower Tuhare Lakes Falls, a cascade waterfall, is about 3.3 miles away. Upper Tuhare Lakes Falls, a cascade waterfall, is about 3.4 miles away. Harvey Lake Falls, is about 4.2 miles away.
French Creek Falls is located at 39.4034° N, 106.4497° 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.