Lime Creek Falls is a 10-foot waterfall on Lime Creek in San Juan County, Colorado, in the Southern Rockies region. It lies about 14.6 miles south of Telluride and roughly 101.7 miles southeast of Grand Junction as the crow flies.
At 10 feet it is one of the lowest falls in the state’s records: of the 162 Colorado waterfalls with a documented height only 1 are shorter, while the typical Colorado waterfall stands around 65 feet. By form it is a block waterfall, wider than it is tall, spilling over a broad ledge.
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. Lime Creek carries 4 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 25 feet.
San Juan County holds 7 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Molas Falls, a horsetail waterfall, is about 4.7 miles away. Cataract Gulch Falls, a tiered waterfall, is about 5.6 miles away. Ice Lake Falls, a tiered waterfall, is about 6 miles away.
Lime Creek Falls is located at 37.7323° N, 107.7511° 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.