Tower Fall

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132feet tall

A plunge on Tower Creek.

Scale51/60

Documentation20/20

Character14/20

The details

Type: Plunge
Watercourse: Tower Creek
Coordinates: 44.89377, -110.38724

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About Tower Fall

Tower Fall is a 132-foot plunge in Wyoming, on Tower Creek.

Fed largely by snowmelt, it runs hardest in late spring and early summer and can thin to a trickle by late season.

Plungeworthy rates Tower Fall 8.5/10 — drop everything. The score weighs its scale, how confidently it's mapped, and its character.

What you'll find

A 132-foot plunge framed by volcanic breccia pinnacles — the towers — that stopped every 19th-century painter who passed, Thomas Moran included. The overlook is steps from the road; the old base trail has been gone for two decades, its final stretch washed out in 2004 and never rebuilt.

Getting there

Trailhead: Tower Fall overlook, Grand Loop Road near Tower-Roosevelt
Parking: Lot at the general store
Road: Paved, seasonal
Hike: 0 mi round trip (easy)
Heads up: The remaining path dead-ends at the river, not the falls base — don't chase old guidebooks down it.

When to go

Late April/May through early November with the road. Morning light favors the towers.

Rules & fees

Fee / pass: Yellowstone entrance $35/vehicle
Dogs: Not on trails
Camping: Tower Fall Campground adjacent
Warnings: Crumbly volcanic rock — the fenced overlook is the whole show.

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Where it is

Before you go

The pin marks the feature, not a trailhead or a legal route in. Some sit on private land or need a real hike, and conditions change with season and rain. Check local access, don't trespass, and never enter water — hot or cold — where it isn't safe.