Spring Creek Falls is a waterfall on tributary of Spring Creek in Mesa County, Colorado, in the Colorado Plateaus region, with a total height of about 21 feet. It lies about 5.9 miles northwest of Palisade and roughly 12 miles northeast of Grand Junction as the crow flies.
At 21 feet it is on the modest side for Colorado, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 65 feet; it ranks 139th of 162. The tallest single drop is 12 feet. The water comes down as a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another. It falls in 2 drops.
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 6 recorded waterfalls in Mesa County. Whitewater Creek Falls, is about 13.9 miles away. Coal Creek Falls, a 130-foot plunge waterfall, is about 16.5 miles away. Conn Creek Falls, a 320-foot horsetail waterfall, is about 24.6 miles away.
Spring Creek Falls is located at 39.1879° N, 108.3951° 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.