Welcome to my waterfall section!! Here you will find photos and descriptions of some of Yellowstones waterfalls. I will be adding photos and descriptions and time allows, so keep checking back for updates!!
This is one of Yellowstone's finest!! It is located at the end of about a three mile hike through forest heavily damaged by the fires of 1988. The hike also affords you a "behind-the-basin" view of Grand Prismatic and the rest of the Midway Geyser Basin. The falls plummet 100+ feet oer the edge of a rhyolite cliff into a crystal clear pool at the bottom. It is said that the falls were even more amazing when they were shrouded with trees and vegitation before the fire.
These falls are located about a mile behind Biscuit Basin. You will find the trailhead across from Avoca Geyser. The hike is a pleasant one through the forest with very little change in grade. The falls are unique in that geothermal features can be found on the tops and sides of the cliffs surrounding it. When you click on the link you will see a photo of the largest one which is at the very top of the falls. Also, be sure to check out all of the neat rock formations near the falls if you get a chance to visit.
Gibbon Falls are located just a few miles north of the Madison Junction in the Gibbon Canyon. There are several pull offs that allow you to see the falls but these tend to be crowded. If you get a chance, these falls are worth a stop. (Note: Sometime in the next few years, they will be doing construction that will moe the road up a bit and too the other side of the canyon. It is not yet known how this will change the view of the falls.)
The Wraith Falls trailhead is just a few miles east of Mammoth Hot Springs. It has a very small parking area. There is a good possiblity that you will see wildlife while on the hike to the falls. This area was damaged by the fires of 1988 thus causing the falls to be framed with the skeletons of dead trees - I think this makes the name even more appropriate. The falls are on Lava Creek and "cascade" more than "fall" down the side of a cliff.
Rustic Falls are at the very entrance of the Golden Gate Canyon just a few miles south of Mammoth Hot Springs. In order to see them, you must pull off at the first turn out in the canyon and look back toward the mouth of the canyon. The thing that makes these falls so nice is not the falls themselves, but the geology and history of the canyon and area around them. There are signs at the turn out that explain this.
