Upper Lake Creek Falls is a waterfall on Lake Creek in Mineral County, Colorado, in the Southern Rockies region. It lies about 17 miles northeast of Pagosa Springs and roughly 134 miles southwest of Pueblo as the crow flies.
Its height has not been recorded in the source data.
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. Lake Creek carries 4 recorded waterfalls along its course.
Mineral County holds 19 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Camp Creek Falls, 25 feet high, is about 1 miles away. Wolf Creek Falls, a 70-foot tiered waterfall, is about 1.1 miles away. Upper Wolf Creek Falls, a 60-foot horsetail waterfall, is about 1.5 miles away.
Upper Lake Creek Falls is located at 37.4866° N, 106.8653° 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.