Total height 30 feet (9.1 m) Height 9.1 m Longest drop 9.1 m | Address Mosca, CO 81146, USA Number of drops 1 Watercourse South Zapata Creek | |
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Location San Luis Valley, Colorado Similar San Luis Valley, Rocky Mountains, San Luis State Park, Pinyon Flats Campground, Colorado Gators Reptile P | ||
Hiking to zapata falls at great sand dunes national park
Zapata Falls is a waterfall located in the San Luis Valley near the base of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains on Bureau of Land Management land adjacent to Rio Grande National Forest and south of Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve in Alamosa County, Colorado. The falls has a drop of 30-foot (9.1 m). Access to this waterfall entails a mildly steep 0.5 mi (0.80 km) hike. Viewing the falls requires fording the stream and climbing rocks.
Black swifts nest near the falls, one of the few known breeding sites for this species in Colorado.
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