Upper Calf Creek Fall
Utah · height not recorded · Last verified 2026-05-15
Flow at Upper Calf Creek Fall is light today (1 cfs) — visit for the geology, not the volume.
Right now
Streamflow
1.23 cfs
ESCALANTE RIVER NEAR ESCALANTE, · 26m ago
Overnight
68°F
Mostly Clear
Tuesday
95°F
Mostly Sunny
Today's daylight
Sunrise 6:25 AM · Sunset 8:38 PM · 14h 14m
Snapshot built 4m ago. Sources: USGS · NWS SLC.
Upper Calf Creek Fall is a waterfall in Garfield County, Utah. Height has not been officially recorded. Access details and conditions have not yet been verified in person by Fallspots — the data on this page comes from OpenStreetMap and USGS GNIS.
Upper Calf Creek Fall sits in Garfield County, Utah. The base sits at roughly 6,016 feet of elevation. Drive time is about 7 minutes from Boulder. A trail — Upper Calf Creek Falls Trail — runs within 20 meters of the marked location. No public parking is recorded within 2 km, so a longer approach is likely. It draws modest visitor attention — busier weekends, quiet weekdays. Source records come from OpenStreetMap and USGS GNIS.
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 09337500 · 8.6 mi away
ESCALANTE RIVER NEAR ESCALANTE, UT
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30-day streamflow
Above 30-day average↻ Same date last year: 0.1 cfs · 15727% of last year — significantly wetter
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Calf Creek Fall (this page) | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lower Calf Creek Falls | 2 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Upper Waterfall | 32 mi | — | — | N | — |
| Middle Waterfall | 32 mi | — | — | N | — |
| Lower Waterfall | 32 mi | — | — | N | — |
| Fremont River Waterfall | 34 mi | — | — | N | — |
Questions visitors ask about Upper Calf Creek Fall
Answers built from our structured data. If a question isn't here, the fact is unverified — we'd rather omit than guess.
How far is Upper Calf Creek Fall from a major city?
Upper Calf Creek Fall is 5 miles from Boulder (about 7 minutes' drive).
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Where it is
37.8551, -111.4519
Sources and live status
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Last verified by Fallspots: 2026-05-15
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