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
1.
A-6 in Colorado
by 8 miles Chama Falls
2.
A-6
in Colorado by 3 miles Trujillo
Meadows Falls
3. A-6 in Colorado by 2 miles Wolf Creek Falls
4. A-6 in Colorado by 5 miles La Manga Falls
5. A-6 in Colorado by 5 miles South Elk Creek Falls
6.
A-7 in
Colorado by 1½ miles Cascade
Creek Falls
7.
A-7 in
Colorado by 5 miles Sheep
Creek Falls
8.
A-7 in
Colorado by 5 miles Bear
Creek Falls
10.
A-9 Latir Falls
13.
B-6 Aragon Falls
14.
B-6 Cooper Falls
15.
B-6 Ghost Falls
18.
B-9 Lost Creek Cascades
21.
B-9 Horseshoe Creek Cascades
22.
B-9 Horseshoe Creek Lower
Cascades
23.
B-9 Taos Cone Creek Cascades
28.
B-9 El Salto (Spanish - the
falls)
29.
B-9 Star Falls
30.
B-9 Miller Falls
32.
B-9 East Fork Gorge Cascades
33.
B-9 Lobo Falls
34.
B-9 Bull-of-the-Woods Cascades
37.
B-9 Lost Falls
38.
B-9 Middle Fork Lake Falls
40.
B-9 Little Columbine Falls
45.
C-6 Echo Falls
46.
C-6 Lichen Falls
47.
C-6 Vivian Falls
49.
C-6 Puerco Falls
50.
C-6 Chama Canyon Wilderness
59.
C-8 Suazo Falls (aka- the ice
caves)
63.
C-9 Casa Falls
65.
C-9 Middle Fork Casa Falls
71.
D-6 Jemez Falls
74.
D-6 Soda Dam
77.
D-6 East Fork Jemez Box Falls
79.
D-7 Nambe Falls
87.
D-8 Pecos Falls
88.
D-8 Two Beautiful Waterfalls
92.
D-9 Marujo Falls
95.
E-9 Brazel Falls
97.
F-2 Ramah Falls
99.
F-6 Embudo Falls
101.
F-6 Chimney Falls
102.
F-6 Sandia Falls
103.
F-7 Travertine Falls
104.
F-10 Catfish Falls
105.
G-10 Power Dam Falls
107.
H-7 Mystery Falls
108.
J-1 Jenkins Creek Box Falls
109.
J-1 Leggett Canyon
Waterfall
112.
J-2 Hardcastle Falls
114.
J-4 Pink Glissade
115.
K-4 Garcia Falls
116.
L-1 Whitewater Falls
117.
L-2 Mogollon Falls
118.
L-2 Punch Bowl Falls
119.
L-2 Geronimo Falls
120.
L-2 Sacaton Falls
122.
L-2 Big Dry Creek Cascades
123.
L-2 Little Dry Creek Falls
125.
L-2 Chasm Falls
126.
L-2 Crevice Falls
127.
L-2 Spider Falls
128.
L-2 Spruce Creek Cascades
129.
L-2 Gila Falls
132.
L-2 Rain Creek Falls
134.
L-3 Diamond Falls
137.
L-8 Fall Creek Falls (aka- Three
Rivers Falls)
138.
L-8 Butterfly Falls
139.
L-8 Bridal Falls
140.
L-8 Tularosa Falls
141.
M-2 Milkranch Falls
143.
M-2 Pee Pee Falls
145.
M-8 Bluff Springs
146.
M-8 Waterfall Lodge Falls
147.
M-8 Wild Boy Falls
149.
N-8 Caballero Falls
150.
N-8 Sacramento Creek Falls
151.
N-11 Roaring Springs
152.
O-6 Fillmore Falls
153.
O-7 Organ Mountains
Doug’s favorite
New Mexico waterfalls
1.
L-2 Sacaton Falls - 400’
2.
A-6 Brazos Falls - 1800’ – 2
tiers
3.
B-9 Star Falls – 400’
4.
L-2 Chasm Falls – 400’
5.
C-8 Quemado Falls – 200’
…………………………………………………… “favorite
of many”
6.
C-8 Santa Barbara Falls
– 70’ – 3 tiers
7.
B-9 Columbine Cascades – 130’
– 5 tiers
8.
D-8 Pecos Falls – 100’ – 2
tiers
9.
B-9 Horseshoe Creek Falls –
100’
10.
L-2 Big Dry Creek Cascades –
1200’ – many tiers and falls up to 60’ high each
11.
C-9 Casa Cascades – 1500’
12.
L-2 Big Dry Creek Falls – 60’
13.
A-7 Toltec Falls – 40’
14.
B-9 Horseshoe Creek Cascades
– 400’ – many tiers and falls
15.
B-9 Lost Creek Cascades –
300’ – many tiers and falls
16.
C-6 Lichen Falls – 50’
17.
C-6 Puerco Falls – 60’
18.
C-6 Echo Falls – 50’
19.
E-9 Falls Creek Falls – lower
falls is 120’ in 5 tiers – upper is 200’ in 4 tiers
20.
D-6 Battleship Falls – 50’
21.
L-2 Golden Link Falls
– 200’
22.
B-9 El Salto Falls – 30’ to
200’ ...nine waterfalls in all
23.
C-6 Vivian Falls – 50’
24.
D-9 Cascade Creek Falls
– 250’ – multiple tiers
25.
L-8 Fall Creek Falls – 120’
26.
D-7 Nambe Falls – 220’ – 4
tiers
27.
D-8 Noisy Brook Falls – 100’
28.
B-9 Lower Lost Creek Falls –
35’
29.
B-9 Blake Fork Falls – 50’
30.
M-2 Pee Pee Falls– 30’
New Mexico’s highest waterfalls 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...!!!
1.
A-6 Brazos Falls – 1800’ – 2
tiers
2.
C-9 Casa Cascades – 1500’
3.
L-2 Big Dry Creek Cascades –
1200’
4.
B-9 Star Falls – 400’
5.
L-2 Sacaton Falls – 400’ ……………………………………… “my favorite”
6.
L-2 Chasm Falls – 400’
7.
B-9 Horseshoe Creek Cascades
– 400’
8.
L-2 Crevice Falls – 400’
9.
A-6 Chavez Creek Falls – 300’
10.
B-9 Lost Creek Cascades –
300’ – multi-tiered
11.
E-9 Brazel Falls – 300’ – 3
or 4 tiers
12.
B-9 Horseshoe Creek Lower Cascade
– 250’ – multi-tiered
13.
D-9 Cascade Creek Falls
– 250’ – multiple tiers
14.
B-9 Bull-of-the-Woods Cascades
– 250’
15.
D-7 Nambe Falls – 220’ – 4
tiers
16.
C-8 Quemado Falls – 200’ –
not very sheer but beautiful …………. “favorite of many”
17.
L-2 Golden Link Falls – 200’
18.
B-9 El Salto #5 – 200’
19.
F-6 Chimney Falls – 200’
20.
E-9 Falls Creek Falls (upper)
– 200’ – 3 tiers
21.
L-3 Falls Canyon Falls – 200’
22.
B-9 Bear Creek Cascades –
200’ – multi-tiered
23.
O-10 Sitting Bull Falls – 200’ – multi-
tiered
24.
B-9 El Salto #2 – 150’
25.
B-9 Columbine Cascades – 130’
– 5 tiers
26.
B-9 Middle Fork Lake Falls
(Red River) – 120’
27.
B-9 Middle Fork Lake Falls #2
(Red river) – 120’
28.
L-8 Fall Creek Falls – 120’
29.
E-9 Falls Creek Falls “lower”
– 120 – 5 tiers
30.
D-8 Pecos Falls – 100’ – 2
tiers
31.
B-9 Horseshoe Creek Falls –
100’ – 2 tiers
32.
D-6 Sanchez Falls – 100’
33.
B-9 El Salto #7 – 100’ – 5
tiers
34.
D-8 Noisy Brook Falls – 100’
- multi-tiered
35.
M-8 Wild Boy Falls – 100’ – data
unsure
36.
L-4 Falls Gulch Falls – 100’
– 2 tiers
37.
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…!!!
This is one reason why “waterfalling” is such a grand hobby.
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