Rock Creek Lake Falls is a 10-foot waterfall on Rock Creek in Bourbon County, Kansas, in the Central Irregular Plains region. It lies about 3.1 miles southwest of Fort Scott and roughly 52.3 miles north of Joplin as the crow flies.
At 10 feet it is among the ten tallest of the 15 Kansas waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 9th. The tallest single drop is 5 feet. It falls in 2 drops.
The Central Irregular Plains are rolling terrain of former prairie and oak woodland, now farmland, with only a few small waterfalls. Rock Creek carries 2 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 15 feet.
Bourbon County holds 2 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Bourbon Lake Falls, a 30-foot dam waterfall, is about 16.8 miles away.
Rock Creek Lake Falls is located at 37.8157° N, 94.7571° 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 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.