Willow Creek Falls is a 200-foot waterfall on Willow Creek in Garfield County, Colorado, in the Colorado Plateaus region. It lies about 23.9 miles northwest of Parachute and roughly 40.1 miles north of Grand Junction as the crow flies.
At 200 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of Colorado’s 162 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 30th; the typical Colorado waterfall is about 65 feet.
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. Willow Creek carries 2 recorded waterfalls, and Willow Creek Falls is the tallest of them.
Garfield County holds 40 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Clear Creek Falls, a 240-foot horsetail waterfall, is about 1.3 miles away. Tom Creek Falls, a 200-foot horsetail waterfall, is about 5 miles away. Potts Creek Falls, a 480-foot horsetail waterfall, is about 6 miles away.
Willow Creek Falls is located at 39.6373° N, 108.4324° 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.