McKnight Falls
McKnight Falls is in McKnight Canyon however the stream is
East Fork Mimbres Creek
McKnight Falls pours thru a 30
high gap in the bedrock
Amazing
stone pillars and spires abound, some are more than 100 feet high
This fine, Nate Bartnick
panorama below causes the cliffs to seem more open than they really are, but it
shows that McKnight Falls is surrounded and enclosed within a cozy, amazing
alcove of solid stone.
beta facts:
name- McKnight Falls
height- 30
elevation- 8250
GPS coordinates- ±33°01.326N 107°52.774W
flow- perennial
season- it is best during March/April as
well as September into October
accommodations- none
ownership- Gila National Forest
access- a 1.5 mile hike accessed from Gila
Forest Road 152 park near GPS: ±33°00.853N
107°53.333W
nearest town- Mimbres, NM is about 15 air
miles southwest of here
fun fact- Extreme thickets of locust with
their painful thorns are an unbearable barrier... our clothes were shredded and
bloody...! ! !
...a 1.5 mile trail here would open this
splendor to all...
Enhanced
USGS 7.5 topo map
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