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Tower Falls: Tower Falls
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    • KimberlyAnn
  • By KimberlyAnn on October 19, 2004
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    • Tower Falls - Yellowstone National Park
    Tower Falls
    by KimberlyAnn
    Tower Falls is created as Tower Creek drops 132-foot. The falls is framed by eroded volcanic pinnacles and is a setting that has inspired artists such as Thomas Moran. His painting of the falls helped to draw interest in the establishment of Yellowstone National Park in 1872. You will walk along a well developed trail to reach the view point for the falls.

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  • Directions: Tower is on the north eastside of the main road.
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    Tower Falls: Tower Falls
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    • GuthrieColin
  • Updated By GuthrieColin on October 23, 2009
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    • Another view but Black and White - Yellowstone National Park
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    On the day I visited the park the 0.6 mile trail to the bottom had been closed due to recent washouts. The view from the main platform was not very great either as it was obscured by several trees. I did find an adequate viewpoint by cheating a little bit but in any case these falls are magnificent. At 132 feet (40 m) they tumble from a ledge of rhyolite spires which give it the name.
    Tower Creek is not a large creek relative to many other in the park but after plunging over these falls they join forces with the Yellowstone River. The canyon below adds to the majesty of these falls.
    In the 1872 a watercolor painter named Thomas Moran spent time at the falls and made several sketches which he later turned into large paintings that were presented to congress as they were trying to inspire them to make Yellowstone a national park. In 1872 Ulysses S Grant signed and made Yellowstone the first National Park.
    For more information about this and other Yellowstone waterfalls check out Paul Rubenstein's book Yellowstone Waterfalls and their Discovery page 60.

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  • Directions: On Grand Canyon Loop Road between Roosevelt Lodge and Canyon Village. Their is a well marked turnout.
  • Website: http://www.yellowstone.net/waterfalls/tower.htm
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    Tower Falls: Tower Falls - from far and near
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    • mrclay2000
  • Updated By mrclay2000 on December 25, 2002
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    • Tower Falls (in May) - Yellowstone National Park
    Tower Falls (in May)
    by mrclay2000
    The hike to Tower Falls involves a winding decline over an evergreen forest about 0.6 miles. There is an overlook not very far from the general store from which you can see the waterfall neatly framed by the cliffs and the trees. When the trail flattens out besides the swelling rapids of Tower Creek, the falls are not far away.

    Try to get your photos and portraits to include the mist that keeps this natural arroyo moist year-round. The perspective from the foot of the falls to the falls itself generally involves some trouble with the sun, but maneuver around until you can get the best shots. Have fun!

    Be aware that Tower Falls is fed through winter runoff. In early May the curtain of water is robust, but only a shadow of its former self by early July. It wouldn't be practical or necessary to schedule your visit to Yellowstone around the seasonal output of Tower Falls, since Upper and Lower Falls are robust at both periods.

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  • Directions: Tower, north-central Yellowstone
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    Tower Falls: Tower Falls from Above
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    • mrclay2000
  • Updated By mrclay2000 on January 13, 2003
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    • Tower Falls from the overlook - Yellowstone National Park
    Tower Falls from the
    overlook
    by mrclay2000
    Tower Falls is one of the few major waterfalls not readily visible from the road. When the curtain of water is wide (generally in the spring), the best view of this setting is from the base of the falls, but an overlook about 150 yards down from the trailhead will frame the falls above the pines for those who can't or don't wish to make the 0.6 mile hike to the base of the canyon.

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  • Directions: Tower junction, northeastern corner of Yellowstone
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    Tower Falls: Tower Falls
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    • Jim_Eliason
  • Updated By Jim_Eliason on February 7, 2009
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    • Tower falls - Yellowstone National Park
    Tower falls
    by Jim_Eliason
    This is one of Yellowstones more spectacular waterfalls. It's in the eastern part of the park within an area great for wildlife viewing.

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  • Phone: 307-344-7311
  • Website: http://www.nps.gov/yell/planvisit/orientation/toweroos.htm
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    Tower Falls: Tower Fall and the closed trail....
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    • kazander
  • Updated By kazander on June 28, 2007
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    • i know it's sideways, will fix it soon... - Yellowstone National Park
    i know it's sideways, will fix
    it soon...
    by kazander
    Tower Fall is one of the Yellowstone Highlights that we had missed on our previous visit to the park. On this trip we made it a priority to get to. There are two viewpoints of the Fall, upper and lower. Upper is fairly easy to get to, but you don't really get a sense of the scale and the Basalt towers almost seem to fade into the walls of the canyon. Seeing this, we decided we must make the journey to the bottom. We trudged down the trail taking notice of the sign that stated part of the trail was washed out, but we were hoping for a better glimpse nonetheless. Well, we got all the way to the bottom and couldn't see a thing. Disappointed to say the least, we climbed back to the top. Later in our Journey we met up with some other photographers who had climbed the barrier and went on the the end of the trail anyway. They said the trail was in really poor shape and dangerous. Hopefully, the trail will be open again when we return.

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    Tower Falls: Tower Falls
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    • Redlats
  • Updated By Redlats on February 2, 2005
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    • left below the falls, right: Tower Falls - Yellowstone National Park
    left below the falls, right:
    Tower Falls
    by Redlats
    We hiked above and below Tower Falls, taking pictures from above and from below.

    For our kids, most fun was going barefoot in the creek below the falls.

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    Tower Falls: Tower Falls
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  • Updated By sunnywong on October 28, 2002
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    • Tower Falls - Yellowstone National Park
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    Tower Falls: Tower Falls
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  • Updated By worldtrekker on February 20, 2003
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    • Tower Falls - Yellowstone National Park
    Tower Falls
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    Tower Falls: Hiking in Tower Falls
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  • By projectmatt on August 10, 2004
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    • Tower Falls - Yellowstone National Park
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