Treasure Falls
Colorado · 105-foot drop · Last verified 2026-05-15
Flow at Treasure Falls is light today (25 cfs) — visit for the geology, not the volume.
Right now
Streamflow
25.2 cfs
SAN JUAN RIVER AT · 51m ago
Overnight
57°F
Partly Cloudy
Tuesday
78°F
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Today's daylight
Sunrise 6:08 AM · Sunset 8:19 PM · 14h 12m
Snapshot built 4m ago. Sources: USGS · NWS PUB.
Treasure Falls is a waterfall in Mineral County, Colorado. It drops roughly 105 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.
Treasure Falls sits in Mineral County, Colorado. The base sits at roughly 8,571 feet of elevation. Drive time is about 20 minutes from Pagosa Springs. A trail — Treasure Falls Trail — runs within 20 meters of the marked location. No public parking is recorded within 2 km, so a longer approach is likely. This is one of the more frequently visited falls in the state by our popularity model. Source records come from OpenStreetMap and USGS GNIS.
Treasure Falls is a waterfall in the San Juan Mountains, within Mineral County, Colorado, United States. It is located in the San Juan National Forest, off U.S. Route 160, about 15 miles (24 km) northeast of Pagosa Springs. The falls are named after a local legend about "a treasure of gold" buried in the mountain that the falls plunge from.
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 09342500 · 14.3 mi away
SAN JUAN RIVER AT PAGOSA SPRINGS, CO
— Distant gauge — proxy reading, not on the same drainage.
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30-day streamflow
Below 30-day average↻ Same date last year: 37.2 cfs · 66% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Treasure Falls (this page) | — | 105 ft | — | — | — |
| Piedra Falls | 12 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Red Falls | 21 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Silver Falls | 23 mi | — | — | — | Free |
| South Clear Creek Falls | 31 mi | — | — | — | — |
| North Clear Creek Falls | 32 mi | — | — | — | — |
Side-by-side comparisons
Treasure Falls compared head-to-head with other documented falls — height, access, fees, dogs, swimmability in one row each.
Related waterfalls
Similar height (~105 ft)
- Middle North Falls105 ft
- Beatson Falls104 ft
- Sunset Falls104 ft
- Burden Falls102 ft
- Jackson Falls108 ft
Questions visitors ask about Treasure 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 Treasure Falls?
Treasure Falls is 105 feet (32 m) tall. Height is sourced from OSM.
How far is Treasure Falls from a major city?
Treasure Falls is 14 miles from Pagosa Springs (about 20 minutes' drive).
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Where it is
37.4424, -106.8743
Sources and live status
Where we got the data, and where to check current conditions before you drive.
Last verified by Fallspots: 2026-05-15
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