Waterfall Hikes in Colorado (CO)

3 National Parks
468 Major Cities
80 Waterfalls

to explore

Colorado is home to 80 waterfall hikes, ranging from drive_up walks to unknown adventures. With 3 national parks and diverse landscapes, you'll find cascading waters in pristine wilderness areas and See water falls near major Colorado cities .

Popular Difficulties

Moderate: 32 trails
Easy: 22 trails
Unknown: 13 trails

Trail Types

Loop: 1 trails
Out And Back: 62 trails
Unknown: 17 trails

National Parks in Colorado

Waterfall Hike in Colorado

Adams Falls waterfall
In Rocky Mountain National Park

Colorado

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 0.6 miles

Elevation Gain: 79 ft

Agnes Vaille Falls waterfall

Colorado

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 0.6 miles

Elevation Gain: 100 ft

Alberta Falls waterfall

Alberta Falls

42.2 miles away
In Rocky Mountain National Park

Colorado

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 1.6 miles

Elevation Gain: 200 ft

Apache Falls waterfall

Apache Falls

33.6 miles away

Colorado

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 1.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Argenta Falls waterfall

Argenta Falls

45.6 miles away

Colorado

Difficulty: Drive Up

Trail Length: 0.1 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Bear Creek Falls waterfall

Bear Creek Falls

49 miles away

Colorado

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 4.6 miles

Elevation Gain: 1 ft

Bedrock Falls waterfall

Bedrock Falls

42.2 miles away

Colorado

Difficulty: Unknown

Trail Length: 0.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Bessies Falls waterfall

Bessies Falls

25.1 miles away

Colorado

Difficulty: Unknown

Trail Length: 0.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Big Creek Falls waterfall

Big Creek Falls

26 miles away

Colorado

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 4.8 miles

Elevation Gain: 600 ft

Boulder Falls waterfall

Boulder Falls

42.9 miles away

Colorado

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 0.3 miles

Elevation Gain: 50 ft

Bridal Veil Falls waterfall

Bridal Veil Falls

53.9 miles away
In Rocky Mountain National Park

Colorado

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 6.2 miles

Elevation Gain: 1 ft

Bridal Veil Falls waterfall

Bridal Veil Falls

43.8 miles away

Colorado

Difficulty: Hard

Trail Length: 4.2 miles

Elevation Gain: 1 ft

Bridal Veil Falls waterfall

Bridal Veil Falls

61.9 miles away

Colorado

Difficulty: Hard

Trail Length: 4.2 miles

Elevation Gain: 1 ft

Calypso Cascades waterfall

Calypso Cascades

45.5 miles away
In Rocky Mountain National Park

Colorado

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 3.6 miles

Elevation Gain: 700 ft

Cascade Falls waterfall

Cascade Falls

47.6 miles away

Colorado

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 0.4 miles

Elevation Gain: 100 ft

Cascade Falls waterfall

Cascade Falls

43.6 miles away
In Rocky Mountain National Park

Colorado

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 0.5 miles

Elevation Gain: 200 ft

Chasm Falls waterfall
In Rocky Mountain National Park

Colorado

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 0.6 miles

Elevation Gain: 100 ft

Columbine Falls waterfall

Columbine Falls

42.6 miles away
In Rocky Mountain National Park

Colorado

Difficulty: Hard

Trail Length: 8.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 1 ft

Copeland Falls waterfall

Copeland Falls

44 miles away
In Rocky Mountain National Park

Colorado

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 0.6 miles

Elevation Gain: 50 ft

Cornet Falls waterfall

Cornet Falls

45.4 miles away

Colorado

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 1.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 300 ft

Crooke Falls waterfall

Crooke Falls

47.6 miles away

Colorado

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 3.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 500 ft

Crystal Falls waterfall

Crystal Falls

26.4 miles away

Colorado

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 1.2 miles

Elevation Gain: 200 ft

Eagle Falls waterfall

Eagle Falls

42 miles away

Colorado

Difficulty: Unknown

Trail Length: 0.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

East Fork Falls waterfall

East Fork Falls

11.5 miles away

Colorado

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 2.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 300 ft

East Middle Fork Falls waterfall

East Middle Fork Falls

16.1 miles away

Colorado

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 2.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 500 ft

Elk Falls waterfall

Elk Falls

67.7 miles away

Colorado

Difficulty: Hard

Trail Length: 12.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 1500 ft

Fan Falls waterfall

Fan Falls

46.3 miles away
In Rocky Mountain National Park

Colorado

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 3.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 500 ft

Fern Falls waterfall

Fern Falls

53.8 miles away
In Rocky Mountain National Park

Colorado

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 7.6 miles

Elevation Gain: 1 ft

Fish Creek Falls waterfall

Fish Creek Falls

21.8 miles away

Colorado

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 0.5 miles

Elevation Gain: 150 ft

Glacier Falls waterfall

Glacier Falls

43 miles away
In Rocky Mountain National Park

Colorado

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 4.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 800 ft

Grace Falls waterfall

Grace Falls

43.3 miles away
In Rocky Mountain National Park

Colorado

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 8.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 1 ft

Granite Falls waterfall

Granite Falls

45.4 miles away
In Rocky Mountain National Park

Colorado

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 10.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 1 ft

Gray Copper Falls waterfall

Gray Copper Falls

53 miles away

Colorado

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 4.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 800 ft

Hayes Creek Falls waterfall

Hayes Creek Falls

20.8 miles away

Colorado

Difficulty: Drive Up

Trail Length: 0.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Helen Hunt Falls waterfall

Helen Hunt Falls

37.7 miles away

Colorado

Difficulty: Drive Up

Trail Length: 0.1 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Horseshoe Falls waterfall

Horseshoe Falls

21.2 miles away
In Rocky Mountain National Park

Colorado

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 0.5 miles

Elevation Gain: 50 ft

Ingram Falls waterfall

Ingram Falls

48.5 miles away

Colorado

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 1.8 miles

Elevation Gain: 1 ft

Judd Falls waterfall

Judd Falls

19 miles away

Colorado

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 2.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 300 ft

Lost Falls waterfall

Lost Falls

61.9 miles away
In Rocky Mountain National Park

Colorado

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 3.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 500 ft

Lower Disaster Falls waterfall

Colorado

Difficulty: Hard

Trail Length: 0.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Lyric Falls waterfall

Lyric Falls

44.3 miles away
In Rocky Mountain National Park

Colorado

Difficulty: Unknown

Trail Length: 0.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Macey Falls waterfall

Macey Falls

28 miles away

Colorado

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 6.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 1 ft

Marguerite Falls waterfall

Marguerite Falls

53.7 miles away
In Rocky Mountain National Park

Colorado

Difficulty: Unknown

Trail Length: 0.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

McElmo Falls waterfall

McElmo Falls

9.9 miles away

Colorado

Difficulty: Unknown

Trail Length: 0.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Mertensia Falls waterfall

Mertensia Falls

45.7 miles away
In Rocky Mountain National Park

Colorado

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 3.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 500 ft

Missouri Falls waterfall

Missouri Falls

9.5 miles away

Colorado

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 4.5 miles

Elevation Gain: 800 ft

Morgan Creek Falls waterfall

Morgan Creek Falls

26.2 miles away

Colorado

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 2.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 300 ft

North Clear Creek Falls waterfall

North Clear Creek Falls

32.7 miles away

Colorado

Difficulty: Drive Up

Trail Length: 0.1 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Ouzel Falls waterfall

Ouzel Falls

45.7 miles away
In Rocky Mountain National Park

Colorado

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 5.4 miles

Elevation Gain: 950 ft

Piedra Falls waterfall

Piedra Falls

33.4 miles away

Colorado

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 1.2 miles

Elevation Gain: 200 ft

Poudre Falls waterfall

Poudre Falls

50.7 miles away

Colorado

Difficulty: Drive Up

Trail Length: 0.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Rainbow Falls waterfall

Rainbow Falls

33.5 miles away

Colorado

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 0.5 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Red Falls waterfall

Red Falls

33.2 miles away

Colorado

Difficulty: Unknown

Trail Length: 0.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Ribbon Falls waterfall

Ribbon Falls

44 miles away
In Rocky Mountain National Park

Colorado

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 4.5 miles

Elevation Gain: 1 ft

Rifle Falls waterfall

Rifle Falls

58.6 miles away

Colorado

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 1.5 miles

Elevation Gain: 100 ft

Saguache Falls waterfall

Saguache Falls

22.5 miles away

Colorado

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 1.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 200 ft

Saint Marys Falls waterfall

Saint Marys Falls

37.4 miles away

Colorado

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 6.3 miles

Elevation Gain: 1 ft

Seven Falls waterfall

Seven Falls

36.2 miles away

Colorado

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 0.8 miles

Elevation Gain: 224 ft

Silver Cascade Falls waterfall

Silver Cascade Falls

37.8 miles away

Colorado

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 0.7 miles

Elevation Gain: 200 ft

Silver Falls waterfall

Silver Falls

35.5 miles away

Colorado

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 0.5 miles

Elevation Gain: 100 ft

Zapata Falls waterfall

Zapata Falls

62.6 miles away

Colorado

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 0.9 miles

Elevation Gain: 200 ft

Whitnach Falls waterfall

Whitnach Falls

10.4 miles away

Colorado

Difficulty: Unknown

Trail Length: 0.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

West Fork Falls waterfall

West Fork Falls

21 miles away

Colorado

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 4.5 miles

Elevation Gain: 500 ft

War Dance Falls waterfall

War Dance Falls

33.4 miles away
In Rocky Mountain National Park

Colorado

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 12.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 800 ft

Venable Falls waterfall

Venable Falls

26.2 miles away

Colorado

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 6.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 1 ft

Upper Disaster Falls waterfall

Colorado

Difficulty: Hard

Trail Length: 0.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Triplet Falls waterfall

Triplet Falls

55.1 miles away

Colorado

Difficulty: Unknown

Trail Length: 0.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Trio Falls waterfall

Trio Falls

45.6 miles away
In Rocky Mountain National Park

Colorado

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 3.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 500 ft

Trinchera Falls waterfall

Trinchera Falls

32.9 miles away

Colorado

Difficulty: Unknown

Trail Length: 0.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Treasure Falls waterfall

Treasure Falls

40.7 miles away

Colorado

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 0.6 miles

Elevation Gain: 200 ft

Treasure Falls waterfall

Treasure Falls

50 miles away

Colorado

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 0.6 miles

Elevation Gain: 200 ft

Timberline Falls waterfall

Timberline Falls

44.2 miles away
In Rocky Mountain National Park

Colorado

Difficulty: Hard

Trail Length: 8.1 miles

Elevation Gain: 1 ft

Timberline Falls waterfall

Timberline Falls

18.8 miles away

Colorado

Difficulty: Hard

Trail Length: 8.1 miles

Elevation Gain: 1 ft

Thunder Falls waterfall

Thunder Falls

45.9 miles away
In Rocky Mountain National Park

Colorado

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 2.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 300 ft

Thousand Falls waterfall

Thousand Falls

56 miles away
In Rocky Mountain National Park

Colorado

Difficulty: Unknown

Trail Length: 0.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

The Falls waterfall

The Falls

47.5 miles away

Colorado

Difficulty: Unknown

Trail Length: 0.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

South Fork Falls waterfall

Colorado

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 2.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 300 ft

South Clear Creek Falls waterfall

South Clear Creek Falls

31.7 miles away

Colorado

Difficulty: Easy

Trail Length: 0.5 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Snyder Falls waterfall

Snyder Falls

28.6 miles away

Colorado

Difficulty: Unknown

Trail Length: 0.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 0 ft

Snake River Falls waterfall

Snake River Falls

14.2 miles away

Colorado

Difficulty: Moderate

Trail Length: 2.0 miles

Elevation Gain: 300 ft

Major Cities in Colorado

Waterfall Hikes Near Denver

2.7 M residents

Waterfall Hikes Near Colorado Springs

638.2 K residents

Waterfall Hikes Near Aurora

387.3 K residents

Waterfall Hikes Near Fort Collins

335.4 K residents

Waterfall Hikes Near Lakewood

156.1 K residents

Waterfall Hikes Near Thornton

141.8 K residents

Waterfall Hikes Near Greeley

141 K residents

Waterfall Hikes Near Grand Junction

138.4 K residents

Waterfall Hikes Near Arvada

123.1 K residents

Waterfall Hikes Near Pueblo

120.4 K residents

Waterfall Hikes Near Boulder

118.1 K residents

Waterfall Hikes Near Westminster

115.5 K residents