Potts Creek Falls is a waterfall on Potts Creek in Garfield County, Colorado, in the Colorado Plateaus region, with a total height of about 480 feet. It lies about 18 miles northwest of Parachute and roughly 38.5 miles north of Grand Junction as the crow flies.
At 480 feet it is among the ten tallest of the 162 Colorado waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 3rd. The water comes down as a horsetail, where the water keeps some contact with the bedrock as it falls.
The Colorado Plateaus are a high desert of layered sandstone mesas, canyons and plateaus with pinyon-juniper woodland and sagebrush. Waterfalls here are often seasonal, spilling over sandstone ledges after storms or snowmelt.
There are 40 recorded waterfalls in Garfield County. Tom Creek Falls, a 200-foot horsetail waterfall, is about 1.1 miles away. Wiesse Creek Falls, 320 feet high, is about 2 miles away. Short Gulch Falls, 320 feet high, is about 2.8 miles away.
Potts Creek Falls is located at 39.5956° N, 108.3340° 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.