Lewis Falls (Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

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Lewis Falls

Lewis Falls is a short but wide 30ft tall waterfall on the Lewis River.

As we were driving south on the road leading to the South Entrance of Yellowstone, this waterfall caught our attention just as we crossed over the bridge over the Lewis River, and obviously we just had to stop for it. The timing also seemed to be right as the early morning sun seemed to shine right on the falls itself.

We tried to see the falls from both sides of the river. The pullout/car park where we left the car was south of the bridge, and the view from here maybe closer, but it wasn't terribly impressive as far as we were concerned. So we walked across the bridge to the other side where there was a faint trail leading to a somewhat better look at the falls, but we didn't bother to walk all the way to the falls as the trail started to become more ill-defined. Thus, the photo at the top of this page was the best we could do.

I believe this waterfall was named after Meriwether Lewis of the famous Lewis and Clark expedition.

Directions: The Lewis Bridge from where you can see the falls is roughly 10 miles north of the South Entrance and a little over 11 miles south of the West Thumb Junction just south of Lewis Lake.

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View of the falls from the south side of the bridge

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For more information about our experiences with this waterfall, check out the following travel stories.

June 20, 2004

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