Jemez Falls
New Mexico · 69-foot drop · Last verified 2026-05-15
Flow at Jemez Falls is light today (9 cfs) — visit for the geology, not the volume.
Right now
Streamflow
9.05 cfs
JEMEZ RIVER NEAR JEMEZ, · 32m ago
Overnight
54°F
Partly Cloudy
Saturday
88°F
Mostly Sunny then Scattered Rain Showers
Today's daylight
Sunrise 5:49 AM · Sunset 8:23 PM · 14h 34m
Snapshot built 8m ago. Sources: USGS · NWS ABQ.
Jemez Falls is a waterfall in Sandoval County, New Mexico. It drops roughly 69 feet. Access details and conditions have not yet been verified in person by Fallspots — the data on this page comes from OpenStreetMap and USGS GNIS.
Jemez Falls is a waterfall located in the Jemez Mountains of the Santa Fe National Forest. The falls are located on the East Fork of the Jemez River in an area dominated by Ponderosa Pine forests. Jemez Falls are the highest waterfalls in the Jemez Mountains. There are some smaller falls on the river just above the main falls. The falls are accessible from a trail that starts at the Jemez Falls campground and day use area.
Is the water flowing right now?
Most waterfall sites don't tell you this. The waterfall itself is almost never gauged, but a USGS streamgage in the same watershed can tell you whether snowmelt has started, peaked, or run dry.
USGS gage 08324000 · 12.9 mi away
JEMEZ RIVER NEAR JEMEZ, NM
— Distant gauge — proxy reading, not on the same drainage.
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30-day streamflow
Near 30-day average↻ Same date last year: 19.3 cfs · 46% of last year — significantly drier
Compare to nearby falls
If this one isn't the right fit, here's how it stacks up against the closest documented falls. Every column is filterable on the site — not buried in 13,000 reviews.
| Waterfall | Distance | Height | Trail | Dogs | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jemez Falls (this page) | — | 69 ft | — | — | — |
| Upper Frijoles Falls | 20 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Lower Frijoles Falls | 20 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Chamisa Vega Spring Falls | 21 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Nambe Falls | 39 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Rio en Medio Falls | 42 mi | 164 ft | — | — | — |
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- Boulder Falls69 ft
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- Dark Hollow Falls69 ft
- Gorman Falls69 ft
- Lower Multnomah Falls69 ft
Questions visitors ask about Jemez Falls
Answers built from our structured data. If a question isn't here, the fact is unverified — we'd rather omit than guess.
How tall is Jemez Falls?
Jemez Falls is 69 feet (21 m) tall. Height is sourced from OSM.
How far is Jemez Falls from a major city?
Jemez Falls is 5 miles from La Cueva (about 7 minutes' drive).
More waterfalls in New Mexico
Where it is
35.8125, -106.6069
Sources and live status
Where we got the data, and where to check current conditions before you drive.
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jemez_Falls
Wikidata (Q6177118)
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6177118
GeoNames (5473284)
https://www.geonames.org/5473284/
Last verified by Fallspots: 2026-05-15
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