Lake Creek Falls is a 40-foot waterfall on Lake Creek in Garfield County, Colorado, in the Southern Rockies region. It lies about 15.5 miles northwest of Gypsum and roughly 89.5 miles northeast of Grand Junction as the crow flies.
At 40 feet it is on the modest side for Colorado, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 65 feet; it ranks 104th of 162. By form it is 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. Lake Creek carries 4 recorded waterfalls, and Lake Creek Falls is the tallest of them.
Garfield County holds 40 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Turretito Falls, 70 feet high, is about 1.3 miles away. Lower Turret Creek Falls, a tiered waterfall, is about 1.9 miles away. Sweetwater Creek Falls, is about 2.3 miles away.
Lake Creek Falls is located at 39.7973° N, 107.1687° 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.