Silver Falls is a 130-foot waterfall on Waterfall Creek in Mineral County, Colorado, in the Southern Rockies region. It lies about 16.3 miles northeast of Pagosa Springs and roughly 128.7 miles north of Santa Fe as the crow flies.
At 130 feet it is taller than the typical Colorado waterfall of about 65 feet, ranking 46th of 162 with a recorded height. The tallest single drop is 100 feet. By form it is a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another. It falls in 2 drops.
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. Waterfall Creek carries 3 recorded waterfalls, and Silver Falls is the tallest of them.
Mineral County holds 19 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Silver Creek Falls, is about 2.3 miles away. Elwood Creek Cascades, is about 4 miles away. Treasure Falls, a 105-foot horsetail waterfall, is about 5.2 miles away.
Silver Falls is located at 37.4222° N, 106.7829° 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 position was verified on aerial imagery. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.