[1][2] The falls are situated in the Girringun National Park approximately 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) north of a confluence with the Blencoe Creek and the Herbert River.

[5] The falls can be reached by unsealed road from Mount Garnet on the Kennedy Highway.

The unsealed Kirrama Range Road from Kennedy on the Bruce Highway also provides access from the coast to the falls.

[7] Blencoe Falls lookout is approximately 62 kilometres (39 mi) west of Kennedy.

[8] The traditional custodians of the land surrounding the Blencoe Falls are the Indigenous Australian Warrongo people,[5] some of whom were driven over the ridges above Blencoe Falls to drown in the gorge.