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Zapata Falls
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Zapata Falls
Zapata Falls is located in Colorado
Zapata Falls
Location in Colorado
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Location San Luis Valley, Colorado
Coordinates 37°37′08″N 105°33′11″W / 37.61889°N 105.55306°W / 37.61889; -105.55306 (Zapata Falls)
Total height 30 feet (9.1 m)
Number of drops 1
Watercourse South Zapata Creek

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 waterfall has a drop of about 30 feet (9 m). Access to this waterfall entails a mildly steep 0.5-mile (800 m) 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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