Falls Creek Falls
Humboldt County, Nevada
Your visit at a glance
- Waterfall height
- Not recorded
- Location
- Humboldt County, Nevada
- Access status
- Trail route, parking and coordinates documented; rough dirt road
- The walk
- About 0.5 miles one way from the road-end parking
- Ground & access
- Single-track trail with a couple of small creek crossings. Travel Nevada mentions brush near the base. The canyon is exposed to sun.
Leave US 95 about 39.8 miles north of Winnemucca on the dirt Horse Canyon road (1.86 miles south of the Orovada Rest Area). At 2.57 miles keep right at the fork, then right again; at 3.50 miles cross a creek and keep left into Falls Canyon. Park at the road end at 3.68 miles. Hike southeast up Falls Canyon on a single-track trail for 0.5 miles to the 45-foot falls. Taking the trail up Horse Canyon by mistake leads away from the falls. Return the same way.
Plan your visit
Horse Canyon road off US 95, end of the Falls Canyon road, then the single-track trail up Falls Canyon to Falls Creek Falls
Mountain Project gives 0.5 miles of hiking from the road-end parking to the falls. Travel Nevada and other sources give different totals, likely from other start points.
Single-track trail with a couple of small creek crossings. Travel Nevada mentions brush near the base. The canyon is exposed to sun.
Where to start
Road-end turnaround with a fire pit at 3.68 miles up the dirt road, coordinates 41.501424,-117.732160. High clearance and four-wheel drive are advised for creek fords and ruts.
Timing & water
Creek fords on the access road. The falls freeze in winter and are used for ice climbing.
Before you go
No fee is stated by the sources. The falls are near the Santa Rosa-Paradise Peak Wilderness; follow wilderness rules beyond the waterfall.
Visitor informationVisit sources
More waterfalls nearby
Within 40 straight-line miles. Road and trail distances will differ.
No other mapped waterfalls within 40 miles.