Upper Yellowstone Falls
Upper Yellowstone Falls is a waterfall in Wyoming, at a modelled elevation of 2,331 m. Mount Holmes stands 3,149 m to the west-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Crystal Falls, a waterfall 0.3 miles away. Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway passes 29 miles off.
The story
waterfall in Yellowstone National Park in Park County, Wyoming, United States
Wikidata Q2499729, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Height
- 33 m
How to reach it
- 28.9 mi off the Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Crater Hills: 4.1 mi
- Hedges Peak: 4.6 mi
- Sulphur Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Observation Peak: 4.7 mi
- Dunraven Peak: 5.1 mi
- Turbulent Pool: 6.7 mi
- Dragon's Mouth Spring: 6.8 mi
- Mud Caldron: 7.0 mi
- Sizzling Basin: 7.1 mi
- Locomotive Spring: 9.9 mi
- Grizzly Fumarole: 6.9 mi
- Churning Caldron: 7.1 mi
- Sour Lake: 7.1 mi
- Medusa Spring: 10.3 mi
- Frying Pan Spring: 11.3 mi
- Chittenden Bridge Picnic Area: 0.4 mi
- Otter Creek Picnic Area: 1.0 mi
- Cascade Lake Trail Picnic Area: 2.8 mi
- Dunraven Road Picnic Area: 3.7 mi
- Virginia Cascades Picnic Area: 6.6 mi
- Canyon Horse Corral: 0.7 mi
- Mud Volcano Area: 7.0 mi
- LeHardys Rapids: 9.3 mi
- Steamboat Geyser: 10.0 mi
- Norris Geyser Basin: 10.0 mi
- Obsidian Cliff: 13.4 mi
- Gull Point: 13.5 mi
- Overhanging Cliff: 13.8 mi
- Storm Point: 14.0 mi
- Holmes Point: 15.8 mi
- Crystal Falls: 0.3 mi
- Lower Yellowstone Falls: 0.4 mi
- Silver Cord Cascade: 2.6 mi
- Virginia Cascades: 7.3 mi
- Tower Fall: 13.7 mi
- Willow Park: 15.9 mi
- De Lacy Park: 21.3 mi
- Frank Island Bay North: 21.3 mi
- Frank Island Bay South: 21.6 mi
- Arch Park: 24.2 mi
- Museum of the National Park Ranger: 9.8 mi
- Norris Geyser Basin Museum: 10.0 mi
- Yellowstone Tribal Heritage Center: 23.8 mi
- Yellowstone National Park: 6.4 mi
- Queen's Laundry Bath House: 20.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.4 miles of Upper Yellowstone Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Holmes | WNW 293° | 3,149 m | 18.9 mi |
| Mount Washburn | NNE 29° | 3,122 m | 6.7 mi |
| Mount Chittenden | SE 125° | 3,075 m | 19.8 mi |
| Antler Peak | WNW 303° | 3,048 m | 19.7 mi |
| Quadrant Mountain | NW 309° | 3,034 m | 21.0 mi |
| Dome Mountain | WNW 298° | 3,018 m | 18.9 mi |
| Dunraven Peak | NNE 17° | 3,008 m | 5.1 mi |
| Three Rivers Peak | WNW 297° | 2,976 m | 21.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 18:56 | 19:35 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 20:27 | 21:12 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:43 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:57 | 15:56 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jul–Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 13 | 15 | 23 | 30 | 40 | 49 | 57 | 56 | 48 | 36 | 24 | 15 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Yellowstone, 12 mi away.
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/260820056
Day trips start here
- Yellowstone National Park · 7 mi
- Gardiner · 24 mi
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