Grand Falls
Newton County, Missouri
Your visit at a glance
- Waterfall height
- Not recorded
- Location
- Newton County, Missouri
- Access status
- Roadside lot with a short path to the creek
- The walk
- Viewable from the lot; short path down to the creek
- Ground & access
- Uneven, slippery chert rock at the creek.
Grand Falls is a 12-foot drop over a wide chert ledge on Shoal Creek in Joplin, just downstream of Wildcat Park. Park in the small gravel lot on Riverside Drive. You can see the falls from the lot or walk the path down to the creek. The falls are on the east side of the creek.
Plan your visit
Small gravel lot on Riverside Drive to the Shoal Creek falls
Visit Joplin says the falls can be seen from the lot, with a path down to the creek. No distance is published.
Uneven, slippery chert rock at the creek.
Where to start
Small gravel lot on Riverside Drive. Visit Joplin gives a car route from I-44 exit 6 with a 10 foot 8 inch clearance limit, and a separate route for RVs.
Timing & water
Visit Joplin calls it a continuously flowing waterfall. A dam above the falls supplies city water.
Before you go
No fee is mentioned. Visit Joplin says there are no facilities at the falls.
Visitor informationMore waterfalls nearby
Within 40 straight-line miles. Road and trail distances will differ.
No other mapped waterfalls within 40 miles.