Elk Falls Waterfall
Elk County, Kansas
Your visit at a glance
- Waterfall height
- Not recorded
- Location
- Elk County, Kansas
- Access status
- Public bridge viewpoint; parking not described
- The walk
- View from the pedestrian bridge; distance not published
- Ground & access
- Pedestrian bridge. Sandstone ledges along the river are uneven and slippery.
Elk Falls is a low, wide sandstone ledge waterfall on the Elk River at the east edge of the town of Elk Falls. The 1893 iron and wood truss bridge just downstream carried U.S. 160 until the mid-1970s and is now open for foot traffic. The Kansas Geological Survey says the waterfall is publicly accessible. A 2020 visitor account gives the location as 4th Street and Montgomery Street and says the falls are easily seen from the bridge.
Plan your visit
East end of Montgomery Street in Elk Falls to the pedestrian iron truss bridge over the Elk River
Sources describe viewing from the historic bridge just downstream of the falls. No walking distance is published.
Pedestrian bridge. Sandstone ledges along the river are uneven and slippery.
Where to start
Not confirmed. The sources do not describe a parking area.
Timing & water
Flow depends on rain.
Before you go
No fee mentioned.
Visitor informationVisit sources
More waterfalls nearby
Within 40 straight-line miles. Road and trail distances will differ.
No other mapped waterfalls within 40 miles.