New Mexico Waterfalls

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Each waterfall is listed by its name and location letter-number below this map.

 

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* Photo Gallery of some nice New Mexico Waterfalls

 

A-6 in Colorado by 8 miles    Chama Falls

A-6 in Colorado by 3 miles    Trujillo Meadows Falls

A-6 in Colorado by 3 miles    Cumbres Falls

A-6 in Colorado by 5 miles    La Manga Falls

A-6 in Colorado by 5 miles    South Elk Creek Falls

A-7 in Colorado by 1½ miles   Cascade Creek Falls

A-7 in Colorado by 5 miles    Sheep Creek Falls

A-7 in Colorado by 5 miles    Bear Creek Falls

 

1.                 A-5    Encarnacion Falls

2.               A-6    Brazos Falls

3.               A-6    Brazos Box Falls

4.               A-6    Chavez Falls

5.               A-7    Chino Falls

6.               A-7    Beaver Creek Falls

7.               A-7    Toltec Falls

8.               A-8    El Rito Cascades

9.               A-8    Virgin Falls

10.            A-9    Latir Falls

11.             A-9    Waterfall Creek Falls

12.            A-12    Folsom Falls

13.            B-6    Aragon Falls

14.            B-6    Cooper Falls

15.            B-6    Ghost Falls

16.            B-7    Placer Creek Falls 

17.            B-7    Potrero Falls

18.            B-9     Bear Canyon Cascades

19.            B-9    Lost Falls

20.          B-9    Sawmill Creek Falls

21.            B-9    Wheeler Creek Falls

22.          B-9    Wheeler Creek Cascades

23.          B-9    Wheeler Creek Lower Cascades

24.          B-9    Taos Cone Creek Cascades

25.          B-9    Heli-pad Cascade

26.          B-9    Williams Falls

27.          B-9     Gavilan Falls

28.          B-9     Italianos Falls

29.          B-9     Williams Basin Falls

30.          B-9    Blake Fork Falls

31.             B-9    Long Canyon Creek Falls

32.          B-9     South Fork Hondo Falls

33.          B-9    El Salto (Spanish - the falls)

34.          B-9    Star Falls 

35.          B-9    Miller Falls

36.          B-9    Bear Creek Cascades

37.          B-9    East Fork Gorge Cascades

38.          B-9    Lobo Falls

39.          B-9    Bull-of-the-Woods Cascades

40.          B-9    Clear Creek Falls

41.            B-9    Maverick Falls

42.          B-9    Lost Creek Falls

43.          B-9    Middle Fork Lake Falls

44.          B-9    Columbine Cascades

45.          B-9    Little Columbine Falls

46.          B-9    Courtney Falls

47.          B-9    Red River Falls

48.          B-13   Corrumpa Falls

49.          C-6    Echo Falls                           

50.          C-6    Lichen Falls                       

51.             C-6    Vivian Falls                       

52.          C-6    Resumidero Falls                  

53.          C-6    Puerco Falls                            

54.          C-6    Chama Canyon Wilderness

55.          C-8    Chamisal Falls

56.          C-8    Quin Sabe Falls

57.          C-8    Trampas Falls

58.          C-8    Upper Trampas Falls

59.          C-8    Caρada del Agua Falls

60.          C-8    Ojo Sarco Falls

61.            C-8     Santa Barbara Falls

62.          C-8    Quemado Falls

63.          C-8    Suazo Falls (aka- the ice caves)

64.          C-8    Don Creek Falls

65.          C-8    Fletchado Falls

66.          C-8    Mary's Waterfall

67.          C-9    Casa Falls                                             

68.          C-9    Casa Cascades

69.          C-9    Middle Fork Casa Falls                    

70.          C-9    South Fork Casa Falls                     

71.             C-10   Ortega Falls

72.          C-10   Charette Falls

73.          D-6    Jacque’s Waterfall

74.          D-6    Butterfly Waterfall

75.          D-6    Jemez Falls

76.          D-6    Guadalupe Falls

77.          D-6    Battleship Falls

78.          D-6    Soda Dam

79.          D-6    Frijoles Falls

80.          D-6   Seeping Slot Falls

81.             D-6    Sanchez Falls

82.          D-6    East Fork Jemez Box Falls

83.          D-7    Pajarito Falls

84.          D-7    Nambe Falls

85.          D-7    Little Chasm Falls

86.          D-7    Chupadero Falls

87.          D-7    Nambe “Mystery” Falls

88.          D-8     Little Tesuque Falls

89.          D-8     Tesuque Falls

90.          D-8     Upper Nambe

91.             D-8     Dalton Falls

92.          D-8     Macho Falls

93.          D-8    Chimayosos Falls

94.          D-8    Noisy Brook Falls

95.          D-8    Cow Creek Falls

96.          D-8    Pecos Falls

97.          D-8    Two Beautiful Waterfalls

98.          D-9    El Porvenir Falls

99.          D-9    Cascade Falls

100.                     D-9     Burro Canyon Falls

101.                      D-11   Beaver Falls

102.                     E-9    Falls Creek Falls

103.                     E-9    Brazel Falls

104.                     E-10   Spring Canyon Falls

105.                     F-2    Ramah Falls

106.                     F-6    La Cueva Falls

107.                     F-6    Embudo Falls

108.                     F-6    Bear Canyon Falls

109.                     F-6    Chimney Falls

110.                      F-6    Sandia Falls

111.                                  F-7    Travertine Falls

112.                      F-10   Catfish Falls

113.                      G-10   Power Dam Falls

114.                      H-6    Trigo Canyon Falls

115.                      H-7    Mystery Falls

116.                      J-1     Jenkins Creek Box Falls

117.                      J-1     Leggett Canyon Waterfall

118.                      J-1     Engineer Creek Falls

119.                      J-1     Largo Canyon Falls

120.                     J-2    Hardcastle Falls

121.                      J-2    Whiskey Creek Falls

122.                     J-4    Pink Glissade

123.                     K-4    Garcia Falls

124.                     L-1     Whitewater Falls

125.                     L-2    Mogollon Falls

126.                     L-2    Punch Bowl Falls

127.                     L-2    Geronimo Falls

128.                     L-2    Sacaton Falls

129.                     L-2    Big Dry Creek Falls

130.                     L-2    Big Dry Creek Cascades

131.                      L-2    Little Dry Creek Falls

132.                     L-2    Golden Link Falls

133.                     L-2    Chasm Falls

134.                     L-2    Crevice Falls

135.                     L-2    Spider Falls

136.                     L-2    Spruce Creek Cascades

137.                     L-2    Gila Falls

138.                     L-2    Little Creek Falls

139.                     L-2    White Creek Falls

140.                     L-2    Rain Creek Falls

141.                      L-3    Mineral Creek Falls

142.                     L-3    Diamond Falls

143.                     L-3    Falls Canyon Falls

144.                     L-4    Falls Gulch Falls

145.                     L-8    Fall Creek Falls (aka- Three Rivers Falls)

146.                     L-8    Butterfly Falls

147.                     L-8    Bridal Falls

148.                     L-8    Tularosa Falls

149.                     M-2   Milkranch Falls

150.                     M-2   Sapillo Box Falls

151.                      M-2   Pee Pee Falls

152.                     M-4   Holden Prong Cascades

153.                     M-8   Bridal Veil Falls

154.                     M-8   Bluff Springs

155.                     M-8   Waterfall Lodge Falls

156.                     M-8   Wild Boy Falls

157.                     N-1    Slate Creek Falls

158.                     N-8    Caballero Falls

159.                     N-8    Sacramento Creek Falls

160.                     N-11   Roaring Springs

161.                      O-6    Fillmore Falls

162.                     O-7    Organ Mountains

163.                     O-10  Sitting Bull Falls

164.                     O-10  Last Chance Falls

165.                     O-10  Double Canyon Falls

 

 

 

 

 

Doug’s favorite New Mexico waterfalls

 

                                            

L-2    Sacaton Falls - 400’

A-6    Brazos Falls - 1300’ – 2 tiers

B-9    Star Falls – 400’

L-2    Chasm Falls – 400’

C-8    Quemado Falls – 200’ …………………………………………………… “favorite of many”

C-8     Santa Barbara Falls – 70’ – 3 tiers

B-9    Columbine Cascades – 130’ – 5 tiers

D-8    Pecos Falls – 100’ – 2 tiers

B-9    Wheeler Creek Falls – 75’ – 2 tiers

L-2    Big Dry Creek Cascades – 1200’ – many tiers and falls up to 60’ high each

C-9    Casa Cascades – 1500’

L-2    Big Dry Creek Falls – 60’

A-7    Toltec Falls – 40’

B-9    Wheeler Creek Cascades – 400’ – many tiers and falls

B-9    Lost Creek Cascades – 300’ – many tiers and falls

C-6    Lichen Falls – 50’

C-6    Puerco Falls – 60’

C-6    Echo Falls – 50’

E-9    Falls Creek Falls – lower falls is 120’ in 5 tiers – upper is 200’ in 4 tiers

D-6    Battleship Falls – 50’

L-2     Golden Link Falls – 200’

B-9    El Salto Falls – 30’ to 200’ ...nine waterfalls in all

C-6    Vivian Falls – 50’

D-9     Cascade Creek Falls – 250’ – multiple tiers

L-8    Fall Creek Falls – 120’

D-7    Nambe Falls – 220’ – 4 tiers

D-8    Noisy Brook Falls – 100’

B-9     Gavilan Falls – 50’ – 4 tiers 

B-9    Blake Fork Falls – 50’

M-2   Pee Pee Falls– 30’

A-8    Virgin Falls - 30’

 

New Mexico’s highest waterfall and cascades

Based on cumulative total elevation loss including tiers, ledges and cascades that can be seen from one viewpoint

Hopefully you will find some New Mexico waterfalls that are higher than these...!!!

 

A-6    Brazos Falls – 1300’ – 2 tiers

C-9    Casa Cascades – 1500’

L-2    Big Dry Creek Cascades – 1200’

B-9    Star Falls – 400’

L-2    Sacaton Falls – 400’  ……………………………………… “my favorite”

L-2    Chasm Falls – 400’

B-9    Wheeler Creek Cascades – 400’

L-2    Crevice Falls – 400’

B-9    Lost Creek Cascades – 300’ – multi-tiered

E-9    Brazel Falls – 300’ – 3 or 4 tiers

B-9    Lower Wheeler Creek Cascades – 250’ – multi-tiered

D-9     Cascade Creek Falls – 250’ – multiple tiers

B-9    Bull-of-the-Woods Cascades – 250’

D-7    Nambe Falls – 220’ – 4 tiers

C-8    Quemado Falls – 200’ – not very sheer but beautiful …………. “favorite of many”

L-2    Golden Link Falls – 200’

A-6    Chavez Creek Falls – 200’

B-9    El Salto #5 – 200’

F-6    Chimney Falls – 200’

E-9    Falls Creek Falls (upper) – 200’ – 3 tiers

L-3    Falls Canyon Falls – 200’

B-9    Bear Creek Cascades – 200’ – multi-tiered

O-10  Sitting Bull Falls – 200’ – multi- tiered

B-9    El Salto #2 – 150’

B-9    Columbine Cascades – 130’ – 5 tiers

B-9    Middle Fork Lake Falls (Red River) – 120’

L-8    Fall Creek Falls – 120’

E-9    Falls Creek Falls “lower” – 120 – 5 tiers

D-8    Pecos Falls – 100’ – 2 tiers

D-6    Sanchez Falls – 100’

B-9    El Salto #7 – 100’ – 5 tiers

D-8    Noisy Brook Falls – 100’ - multi-tiered

M-8   Wild Boy Falls – 100’ – data unsure

L-4    Falls Gulch Falls – 100’ – 2 tiers

C-9    Casa Falls – one of the upper falls is the highest – 100’ – 4 tiers

                                

… there are many more, in fact I will not live long enough to find them all…!!!

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