Six Finger Falls -- on Falling Water Creek

01/09/2014

Six Finger Falls -- on Falling Water Creek

Six Finger Falls is another great waterfall along Falling Water Creek Road. And like Falling Water Falls and another falls area along the road, it can be seen just a few hundred yards from the road.

I'm also going to note that this is an extremely difficult falls to photograph. It's very wide, and has six different falls that are a part of it (hence the name). Also, facing the falls is due South, so taking pics in the middle of the day in winter have a ton of sun in the background.

Getting There:

Take Highway 7 to the community of Pelsor (1/2 way between Jasper and Dover) and turn EAST onto Highway 16. Travel 10 miles on Highway 16 (past the Pedestal Rocks Special Interest Area) and about 1 mile past the community of Ben Hur, turn left onto Forest Road 1205. There is no sign for the Forest Road, but there are signs to "Falling Water Horse Camp" -- so turn on the road leading to the horse camp.

Follow FR1205 for 5.3 miles and cross a bridge ove Falling Water Creek. At about .5 miles past the bridge, there will be a little parking area and a sign board on your LEFT. Park here. The falls is just a few yards down the hill from here.

The Falls:

As noted before, unless the water is really high there are six different falls here hat tumble over the same 6 foot high ledge that make up the "fingers". It gives the area a lot of character and is a really peaceful area to just watch the water flow, hear the roar of the water falling and just enjoy nature.

I also encourage you to explore a little upstream and downstream as it is really just a pretty area.

There are a couple of other waterfalls nearby. Across the creek and downstream a few hundred yards is Fuzzy Butt Falls, but it requires crossing the creek and on a cold day in December this wasn't too appealing so we'll catch it another time. But upstream a bit is Intersection Falls, which you can read about here.