Nipple Mountain Falls is a 50-foot waterfall on tributary of Hondo Creek in Archuleta County, Colorado, in the Southern Rockies region. It lies about 13.8 miles east of Pagosa Springs and roughly 120.4 miles north of Santa Fe as the crow flies.
At 50 feet it is on the modest side for Colorado, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 65 feet; it ranks 95th of 162. By form it is a fan, spreading out horizontally as it falls and staying in contact with the rock.
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.
Archuleta County holds 19 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Hondo Creek Falls, a 230-foot plunge waterfall, is under a mile away. Upper Rito Blanco Falls, a tiered waterfall, is about 1.2 miles away. Rito Blanco Falls, a 60-foot plunge waterfall, is about 1.6 miles away.
Nipple Mountain Falls is located at 37.2995° N, 106.7612° 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 position was verified on aerial imagery. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.