Hitchen Creek Falls is a 3-foot waterfall on Hitchen Creek in Elk County, Kansas, in the Cross Timbers region. It lies about 18.7 miles southwest of Fredonia and roughly 69.9 miles east of Wichita as the crow flies.
At 3 feet it is one of the lowest falls in the state’s records: of the 15 Kansas waterfalls with a documented height only 0 are shorter, while the typical Kansas waterfall stands around 12 feet.
The Cross Timbers are a mosaic of post oak and blackjack oak woodland and prairie on rolling terrain. Small waterfalls form where creeks cross sandstone and limestone outcrops.
Elk County holds 3 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Elk Falls, 10 feet high, is about 3.9 miles away. Little Biddle Falls, 4 feet high, is about 10.4 miles away. Chautauqua Falls, a 15-foot dam waterfall, is about 16.5 miles away.
Hitchen Creek Falls is located at 37.3933° N, 96.1181° 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 position was verified on aerial imagery. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.