Spouting Rock Falls is a waterfall on East Fork Dead Horse Creek in Garfield County, Colorado, in the Southern Rockies region, with a total height of about 55 feet. It lies about 7.9 miles northeast of Glenwood Springs and roughly 81.6 miles northeast of Grand Junction as the crow flies.
At 55 feet it is on the modest side for Colorado, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 65 feet; it ranks 93rd of 162. The water comes down as a plunge, where the water drops vertically and loses contact with the rock face.
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. East Fork Dead Horse Creek carries 2 recorded waterfalls, and Spouting Rock Falls is the tallest of them.
There are 40 recorded waterfalls in Garfield County. Hanging Lake Falls, a 25-foot segmented waterfall, is under a mile away. Upper Grizzly Creek Falls, a cascade waterfall, is about 3.8 miles away. Lower Grizzly Creek Falls, a cascade waterfall, is about 3.8 miles away.
Spouting Rock Falls is located at 39.6021° N, 107.1920° 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.