Carbonate Falls
See 100’ high Little Carbonate Falls on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gt5KrfNvH4
30’ high Carbonate Falls is in
the center of a half dozen nice waterfalls –less than 2 miles upstream from the
cabin –see map below
These “twins” are the first
20’ waterfalls you come to walking upstream from the cabin
Devon Fletcher Photo above
This 20 footer is upstream
from Carbonate Falls on the main Carbonate Creek – this snow drift was here in
early March
100 foot high Little
Carbonate Falls is a short ways up the tributary we call Little Carbonate
Creek. This falls may not be perennial –
but it flows good for sure in March and April- ±32°57.061’N
107°45.189’W –see map below
See 100’ high Little Carbonate Falls on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gt5KrfNvH4
20’ high Lower Carbonate
Falls is next to Forest Road 157 about a mile downstream from the parking area
Devon Fletcher Photo
The photo below is Devon’s
Maple Grove in full-turn... Amazing…!!!
However the Silver Fire did kill some and damaged many others.....
Big Toothed Maple along
Carbonate Creek about a half mile downstream from the falls. see map below- Devon Fletcher Photo
beta facts:
name- Carbonate Falls
height- 30’
elevation- 7650’
GPS coordinates- ±32°57.003’N 107°45.096’W
flow- perennial
season- springtime or during a wet fall
accommodations- none – Aldo Leopold Wilderness
ownership- Gila National Forest
access- take Forest Road 157 4.3 miles into
Carbonate Creek from Hwy 152 just east of Kingston, NM then a 4 mile hike up
Carbonate Creek
nearest town- Kingston, NM
fun fact- I was hoping Carbonate Creek would
have Carbonated water... but it is only fizzy at the waterfalls
The Silver Fire did not burn Carbonate
Canyon as bad as other nearby areas…a lot of timbered hillsides are still
here…!!! There are remains of a trail
(old road) to the cabin and a little bit beyond. It crosses the creek back and forth several
times......
...and I must return in the
fall to visit Devon’s Maple Grove...!!!
Enhanced
USGS 7.5’ topo map
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