Upper Lime Creek Falls is a 12-foot waterfall on Lime Creek in Eagle County, Colorado, in the Southern Rockies region. It lies about 13.6 miles southwest of Minturn and roughly 80.1 miles southwest of Boulder as the crow flies.
At 12 feet it is on the modest side for Colorado, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 65 feet; it ranks 155th of 162. By form it is 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. Lime Creek carries 4 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 25 feet.
Eagle County holds 20 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Avalanche Falls, a tiered waterfall, is under a mile away. Lime Creek Falls, a tiered waterfall, is about 1.6 miles away. Blodgett Lake Cascades, is about 1.9 miles away.
Upper Lime Creek Falls is located at 39.4193° N, 106.5646° 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.