New Mexico Waterfalls

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

 

 

Click on the waterfalls below for photos, topo maps and text information

 

*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 2 miles Wolf Creek 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

A-5    Encarnacion Falls

A-6    Brazos Falls

A-6    Brazos Box Falls

A-6    Chavez Falls

A-7    Chino Falls

A-7    Beaver Creek Falls

A-7    Toltec Falls

A-9    Latir Falls

A-9    Rito Claro Cascades

A-12  Folsom Falls

B-6    Aragon Falls

B-6    Cooper Falls

B-6    Ghost Falls

B-7    Placer Creek Falls

B-7    Potrero Falls

B-9    Lost Creek Cascades

B-9    Sawmill Creek Falls

B-9    Horseshoe Creek Falls

B-9    Horseshoe Creek Cascades

B-9    Horseshoe Creek Lower Cascades

B-9    Taos Cone Creek Cascades

B-9     Heli-pad Falls

B-9    Williams Falls

B-9    Blake Fork Falls

B-9    El Salto (Spanish - the falls)

B-9    Riito Cascadas (Spanish – “tiny” creek cascades)

B-9    Star Falls

B-9    Miller Falls

B-9    Bear Creek Cascades

B-9    East Fork Gorge Cascades

B-9    Lobo Falls

B-9    Bull-of-the-Woods Falls

B-9    Clear Creek Falls

B-9    Maverick Falls

B-9    Lost Falls

B-9    Middle Fork Falls

B-9    Hanging Falls of Columbine Creek

B-9    Little Columbine Falls

B-9    Courtney Falls

B-9    Red River Falls

B-9    Old Mike Falls

B-13   Corrumpa Falls

C-6    Echo Falls

C-6    Lichen Falls

C-6    Vivian Falls

C-6    Resumidero Falls

C-6    Puerco Falls

C-6    Chama Canyon Wilderness

C-8    Chamisal Falls

C-8    Quin Sabe Falls

C-8    Trampas Falls

C-8    Upper Trampas Falls

C-8    Cheezegrater Falls

C-8    Cañada del Agua Falls

C-8    Ojo Sarco Falls

C-8    Quemado Falls

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

C-8    Don Creek Falls

C-8    Fletchado Falls

C-8    Mary's Waterfall

C-9    Casa Falls

C-10   Ortega Falls

C-10   Charette Falls

D-6    Jacque’s Waterfall

D-6    Butterfly Waterfall

D-6    Jemez Falls

D-6    Guadalupe Falls

D-6    Battleship Falls

D-6    Soda Dam

D-6    Frijoles Falls

D-6    Sanchez Falls

D-6    East Fork Jemez Box Falls

D-7    Pajarito Falls

D-7    Nambe Falls

D-7    Little Chasm Falls

D-7    Chupadero Falls

D-7    Nambe “Mystery” Falls

D-8    Chimayosos Falls

D-8    Noisy Brook Falls

D-8    Cow Creek Falls

D-8    Pecos Falls

D-8    Two Beautiful Waterfalls

D-9    El Porvenir Falls

D-9    Cascade Falls

D-11   Beaver Falls

E-9    Falls Creek Falls

E-9    Brazel Falls

E-10   Spring Canyon Falls

F-2    Ramah Falls

F-6    La Cueva Falls

F-6    Embudo Falls

F-6    Bear Canyon Falls

F-6    Chimney Falls

F-6    Sandia Falls

F-7    Travertine Falls

F-10   Catfish Falls

G-10   Power Dam Falls

H-6    Trigo Canyon Falls

H-7    Mystery Falls

J-4    Pink Glissade

K-4    Garcia Falls

L-1     Whitewater Falls

L-2    Mogollon Falls

L-2    Gila Falls

L-2    Little Creek Falls

L-2    White Creek Falls

L-2    Rain Creek Falls

L-3    Mineral Creek Falls

L-3    Diamond Falls

L-3    Falls Canyon Falls

L-4    Falls Gulch Falls

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

L-8    Butterfly Falls

L-8    Bridal Falls

L-8    Tularosa Falls

M-2   Milkranch Falls

M-2   Sapillo Box Falls

M-8   Bridal Veil Falls

M-8   Bluff Springs

M-8   Water Lodge Falls

M-8   Wild Boy Falls

N-1    Slate Creek Falls

N-8    Caballero Falls

N-8    Sacramento Creek Falls

N-11   Roaring Springs

O-6    Fillmore Falls

O-7    Organ Mountains

O-10  Sitting Bull Falls

O-10  Last Chance Falls

O-10  Double Canyon Falls

 

 

Doug’s favorite New Mexico waterfalls

 

1.  B-9  Columbine Hanging Falls – 130’ – 5 tiers

2.  B-9  Star Falls – 400’

3.  A-6  Brazos Falls - 1800’ – 2 tiers

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

5.  D-8  Pecos Falls – 100’ – 2 tiers

6.  B-9  Horseshoe Creek Falls – 100’

7.  A-7  Toltec Falls – 40’

     8.  B-9  Horseshoe Creek Cascades – 400’ – many tiers and falls

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

10.  C-6  Lichen Falls – 50’

11.  C-6  Puerco Falls – 60’

12. C-6  Echo Falls – 50’

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

14.  D-6  Battleship Falls – 50’

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

16.  L-2  Mogollon Falls – 60’

                                      17.  A-6  Brazos Box Falls – 30’

     18.  C-6  Vivian Falls – 50’

     19.  L-8  Fall Creek Falls – 120’     

     20.  D-7  Nambe Falls – 220’ – 4 tiers

                    22.  L-3  Falls Canyon Falls – 200’

23.  D-8  Noisy Brook Falls – 100’    

24.  B-9  Lower Lost Creek Falls – 35’  

25.  B-9  Blake Fork Falls – 50’

 

 

New Mexico’s highest waterfalls

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

This list contains only the falls we know

 

                                   1.    A-6  Brazos Falls – 1800’ – 2 tiers

                2.   B-9  Star Falls – 400’

3.       B-9  Horseshoe Creek Cascades – 400’

                                          4.   A-6  Chavez Creek Falls – 300’

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

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

                                          7.   B-9  Horseshoe Creek Lower Cascade – 250’ – multi-tiered

                                          8.   D-7  Nambe Falls – 220’ – 4 tiers

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

                                          10.  B-9  El Salto #5 – 200’

                                          11.   F-6  Chimney Falls – 200’

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

                                          13.   L-3  Falls Canyon Falls – 200’

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

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

                                          16.   B-9  El Salto #2 – 150’

                                          17.   B-9  Bull-of-the-woods Falls – 150’ – 5 tiers

                                          18.   B-9  Columbine Hanging Falls – 130’ – 5 tiers – “my favorite”

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

                                          20.   L-8  Fall Creek Falls – 120’

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

                                          22.   D-8  Pecos Falls – 100’ – 2 tiers

                                          23.   B-9  Horseshoe Creek Falls – 100’ – 3 tiers

                                          24.   D-6  Sanchez Falls – 100’

                           25.  B-9  El Salto #7 – 100’ – 5 tiers                                                                                                           

                           26.  D-8  Noisy Brook Falls – 100’ - alittle broken… but all one bedrock

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

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

                                 

New Mexico’s highest waterfalls

100 feet or higher

Based on highest one single drop that appears to be sheer or close to sheer

This list contains only the falls we know

 

1.       A-6  Brazos Falls 1000’ upper tier – broken some with ledges

2.     A-6  Brazos Falls 800’ lower tier

3.     B-9  Star Falls – 400’

4.     A-6  Chavez Creek Falls – 300’ – a few small ledges

5.     C-8  Quemado Falls – 200’ – broken some near it’s base

6.     B-9  El Salto #5 – 200’

7.     F-6  Chimney Falls – 200’

8.     L-3  Falls Canyon Falls – 200’ – ledges near the top

9.     B-9  El Salto #2 – 150’

10.   B-9  Middle Fork Falls (Red River) – 120’ – ruff rock surface

11.    L-8  Fall Creek Falls – 120’

12.    D-7  Nambe Falls “lower tier” – 100’

13.    E-9  Falls Creek (upper) Falls “middle tier” – 100’

14.   D-6  Sanchez Falls – 100’

 

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

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