Indian Creek Fall
San Juan County, Utah
Your visit at a glance
- Waterfall height
- Not recorded
- Location
- San Juan County, Utah
- Access status
- Partial guide: roadside falls; parking spot not stated
- The walk
- No walking distance is given; a visitor site places the falls where Lockhart Basin Road crosses Indian Creek
- Ground & access
- Roadside at a dirt-road creek crossing. Rocks near the plunge pool can be slippery.
Indian Creek Fall is a small waterfall with a deep plunge pool on Indian Creek in the Indian Creek Corridor of San Juan County, near the Needles District of Canyonlands National Park. A visitor site says the falls are where the Lockhart Basin Road crosses the creek. From US 191, take Highway 211 west about 23 miles, then turn north toward Lockhart Basin and Hamburger Rock Campground. The BLM group campsite named for the falls is on this road. Sources do not name a public parking spot at the crossing, so this is a partial guide. The flow drops at times because an upstream ranch uses the creek for irrigation.
Plan your visit
Highway 211 west from US 191, then north on the Lockhart Basin Road (signed for Hamburger Rock Campground) to where the road crosses Indian Creek at the falls
No source gives a walking distance. Recreation.gov gives about 23 miles on Highway 211 to the Lockhart Basin turn; that is driving distance.
Roadside at a dirt-road creek crossing. Rocks near the plunge pool can be slippery.
Where to start
Not stated. A visitor site mentions primitive campsites near the falls and the developed Hamburger Rock Campground nearby. The BLM Indian Creek Falls Group Site on the same road is a reserved group campsite.
Timing & water
Flow varies. At times an upstream ranch uses the creek for irrigation, which lowers the flow.
Before you go
No fee is mentioned for viewing the falls. No booking is needed except for the reserved group campsite.
Visitor informationVisit sources
- Red Rock Adventure: Indian Creek Waterfall
- Red Rock Adventure: Indian Creek Waterfall
- Red Rock Adventure: Indian Creek Waterfall
- Red Rock Adventure: Indian Creek Waterfall
- Recreation.gov: Indian Creek Falls Group Site (BLM)
- Recreation.gov: Indian Creek Falls Group Site (BLM)
- Recreation.gov: Indian Creek Falls Group Site (BLM)
More waterfalls nearby
Within 40 straight-line miles. Road and trail distances will differ.
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