[2][3] The entrance to the canyon is about 4.5 miles (7.2 km) southwest of downtown Colorado Springs on Cheyenne Boulevard.

[4] The South Cheyenne Cañon road to Seven Falls has been called "The Grandest Mile of Scenery" in Colorado.

[5][2] The falls are named in alphabetical order (not top to bottom): Bridal Veil, Feather, Hill, Hull, Ramona, Shorty, and Weimer.

[7] Susan Joy Paul, author of Hiking Waterfalls in Colorado, describes it as "seven leaps of plunge, cascade, punchbowl, fan, and horsetail spray.

[2] Local wildlife includes hummingbirds, the Water Ouzel or American Dipper songbird that swims, and Brook and Rainbow Trout.

[5][2] Just inside the entrance to the Seven Falls property is the Pillars of Hercules,[further explanation needed] which are 900 feet (270 m) high from the floor of the canyon.

[3][10] Nathaniel Colby homesteaded 160 acres (0.25 sq mi; 0.65 km2) in South Cheyenne Canyon, including Seven Falls in December 1872.

[11] In 1882, fearing logging operations would ruin the scenic area, naturalist James Hull purchased the property.

[12][14] Weimer, a successful mine owner and developer born in Ohio, had become a permanent resident of Colorado Springs in 1903.

The Hill family built the Eagle's Nest Observation platform, and cut 170 feet (52 m) into the side of the mountain for an elevator, which was updated in 1992.

[11][16] For Christmas in 1947, the canyon was opened at night for free to the people of Colorado Springs, allowing a charity to collect donations, an event that became an annual tradition.

The worst-hit area of the city, the southwest side of Colorado Springs, received up to 12 inches (300 mm) of water.