Josephine Falls is a waterfall on Bear Creek in El Paso County, Colorado, in the Southern Rockies region, with a total height of about 300 feet. It lies about 4.5 miles south of Manitou Springs and roughly 5.7 miles southwest of Colorado Springs as the crow flies.
At 300 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of Colorado’s 162 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 18th; the typical Colorado waterfall is about 65 feet. The water comes down as a cascade, descending over a series of rock steps rather than in a single drop.
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. Bear Creek carries 3 recorded waterfalls, and Josephine Falls is the tallest of them.
There are 9 recorded waterfalls in El Paso County. Silver Cascade Falls, a 200-foot slide waterfall, is under a mile away. Helen Hunt Falls, a 30-foot fan waterfall, is under a mile away. Saint Marys Falls, 110 feet high, is about 1.7 miles away.
Josephine Falls is located at 38.7947° N, 104.9152° 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.