Marguerite Falls
Larimer County, Colorado
Your visit at a glance
- Waterfall height
- Not recorded
- Location
- Larimer County, Colorado
- Access status
- Partial guide: final section is an unmaintained social trail beside the creek
- The walk
- About 7.8 miles return
- Ground & access
- Maintained trail to Fern Lake, then a steep social trail that may become hard to follow; you may need to pick your way beside the creek. Take care when snowmelt makes the creek high and swift. No pets on RMNP trails.
Hike the Fern Lake Trail 3.9 miles to Fern Lake. Just before the footbridge over the lake outlet, take the social trail to the left. It is steep at first, then winds through trees along Fern Creek; the upper cascades are about 0.1 mile below the lake and the lower ones about 0.1 mile farther. Trace the creek back up to the lake and return on the Fern Lake Trail.
Plan your visit
Fern Lake Trailhead to Fern Lake, then a social trail down Fern Creek to Marguerite Falls
Day Hikes Near Denver gives 7.8+ miles round trip from Fern Lake Trailhead: 3.9 miles to Fern Lake, then about 0.1 to 0.2 mile down the creek.
Maintained trail to Fern Lake, then a steep social trail that may become hard to follow; you may need to pick your way beside the creek. Take care when snowmelt makes the creek high and swift. No pets on RMNP trails.
Where to start
Fern Lake Trailhead has limited parking; the source advises arriving before 7:30 a.m. or using the Park & Ride shuttle. Walking from the Fern Lake bus stop adds 0.8 mile each way.
Timing & water
Source lists summer through early fall. Snow and ice possible in spring.
Before you go
RMNP entrance pass required. NPS lists Moraine Park inside the Bear Lake Road Corridor, which needed a Timed Entry + Bear Lake Road reservation from 5 a.m. to 6 p.m., May 22 to October 18, 2026.
Visitor informationMore waterfalls nearby
Within 40 straight-line miles. Road and trail distances will differ.
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- Windy Gulch CascadesPublished visitor route documented; final section is an unmaintained social pathLarimer County, CO2.2 miNE
Alberta FallsPublished trail distance, trailhead and park entry rules documentedLarimer County, CO3.2 miSE
Glacier FallsPublished trail route with unmarked final spur; Bear Lake Road reservation season appliesLarimer County, CO3.5 miSE
Timberline FallsPark trail route documented; Bear Lake Road reservations in seasonLarimer County, CO4.0 miS- War Dance FallsGrand County, CO4.6 miSW
- North Inlet FallsPark trail route documented; long distance with conflicting mileageGrand County, CO4.9 miSW
- Thousand FallsLarimer County, CO4.9 miN