Tower Fall
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Tower Fall is a waterfall in Wyoming, at a modelled elevation of 1,933 m. Abiathar Peak stands 3,331 m to the east-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Devil's Den, a attraction 0.1 miles away. Beartooth Highway passes 20 miles off.
The story
Tower Fall is a waterfall on Tower Creek in the northeastern region of Yellowstone National Park, in the U.S. state of Wyoming. Approximately 1,000 yards (910 m) upstream from the creek's confluence with the Yellowstone River, the fall plunges 132 feet (40 m). Its name comes from the rock pinnacles at the top of the fall. Tower Creek and Tower Fall are located approximately three miles south of Roosevelt Junction on the Tower-Canyon road.
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Wikidata Q377832, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Height
- 40 m
How to reach it
- 20.3 mi off the Beartooth Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Pilot & Index · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Calcite Springs: 0.9 mi
- Wahb spring: 14.2 mi
- Canary Spring: 16.4 mi
- Dryad Springs: 16.4 mi
- New Blue Spring: 16.5 mi
- Bumpus Butte: 1.2 mi
- Junction Butte: 1.6 mi
- Peregrine Hills: 2.4 mi
- Garnet Hill: 4.6 mi
- Crescent Hill: 5.1 mi
- Yellowstone River Picnic Area: 1.7 mi
- Dunraven Road Picnic Area: 10.0 mi
- Cascade Lake Trail Picnic Area: 10.9 mi
- Lava Creek Picnic Area: 12.4 mi
- Chittenden Bridge Picnic Area: 14.0 mi
- Devil's Den: 0.1 mi
- Petrified Tree: 3.0 mi
- Frog Rock: 9.8 mi
- Soda Butte Cone: 11.5 mi
- Canyon Horse Corral: 13.0 mi
- Lost Creek Falls: 1.9 mi
- Wraith Falls: 11.9 mi
- Silver Cord Cascade: 12.0 mi
- Undine Falls: 12.8 mi
- Lower Yellowstone Falls: 13.3 mi
- Grizzly Fumarole: 18.8 mi
- Churning Caldron: 19.0 mi
- Sour Lake: 19.1 mi
- Frying Pan Spring: 19.1 mi
- Frying Pan Bowl: 19.1 mi
- Overhanging Cliff: 0.2 mi
- Sheepeater Cliffs: 14.4 mi
- Obsidian Cliff: 17.4 mi
- Trilobite Point: 23.0 mi
- Storm Point: 24.0 mi
- Willow Park: 17.5 mi
- Arch Park: 18.4 mi
- Cooke City Historical Marker: 22.6 mi
- Museum of the National Park Ranger: 18.6 mi
- Norris Geyser Basin Museum: 19.3 mi
- Cooke City Montana Museum: 23.7 mi
- Yellowstone National Park: 19.6 mi
- Gallery Dan Hartman: 21.3 mi
- Aldridge: 22.4 mi
- Erma Number 1 Mine: 23.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.8 miles of Tower Fall. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abiathar Peak | ENE 72° | 3,331 m | 18.3 mi |
| Cutoff Mountain | NE 54° | 3,251 m | 16.4 mi |
| The Thunderer | E 88° | 3,199 m | 16.2 mi |
| Iron Mountain | NNE 13° | 3,197 m | 18.5 mi |
| Barronette Peak | ENE 69° | 3,156 m | 15.7 mi |
| Mount Washburn | SSW 199° | 3,122 m | 7.0 mi |
| Ash Mountain | NNW 331° | 3,116 m | 16.3 mi |
| Roundhead Butte | NNE 25° | 3,107 m | 16.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 18:55 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 20:27 | 21:12 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:42 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:57 | 15:55 | 16:44 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 15 | 19 | 28 | 36 | 45 | 53 | 60 | 59 | 50 | 38 | 25 | 15 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tower Falls, 2 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: May–Jul — fullest in Jun, leanest in Feb.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 110 | 107 | 133 | 521 | 3,037 | 4,243 | 1,290 | 334 | 224 | 216 | 166 | 124 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Lamar River nr Tower Ranger Station Ynp, 2 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Inside the official boundary of Yellowstone National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Nov and Mar; busiest: Jul.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/2488864145
Day trips start here
- Gardiner · 18 mi
- Yellowstone National Park · 21 mi
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