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Both in WY, 7 mi apart · 7 mi apart

Lower Yellowstone Falls vs Virginia Cascades

Two waterfalls in our directory, side by side. Same data we use on the individual pages — height, access, what we know, what we don't.

Lower Yellowstone Falls, a waterfall in Wyoming

Wyoming

Lower Yellowstone Falls

Lower Yellowstone Falls is a waterfall in Park County, Wyoming. It drops roughly 308 feet. Access details and conditions have not yet been verified in person by Fallspots — the data on this page comes from OpenStreetMap and USGS GNIS.

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Virginia Cascades, a waterfall in Wyoming

Wyoming

Virginia Cascades

Virginia Cascades is a waterfall in Park County, Wyoming. It drops roughly 59 feet. Access details and conditions have not yet been verified in person by Fallspots — the data on this page comes from OpenStreetMap and USGS GNIS.

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SpecLower Yellowstone FallsVirginia Cascades
StateWyomingWyoming
Height308 ft59 ft
Type—cascade
WatercourseYellowstone Falls consist of two major waterfalls on the Yellowstone RiverGibbon River
ParkYellowstone National ParkYellowstone National Park
CountyParkPark
Elevation2307 m2387 m
Nearest cityMammoth (20 mi)Mammoth (18 mi)
Dogs allowedNoNo

About Lower Yellowstone Falls

Yellowstone Falls consist of two major waterfalls on the Yellowstone River, within Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, United States. As the Yellowstone river flows north from Yellowstone Lake, it leaves the Hayden Valley and plunges first over Upper Falls of the Yellowstone River and then one-quarter mile (400 m) downstream over Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River, at which point it then enters the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, which is up to 1,000 feet (300 m) deep.

About Virginia Cascades

Virginia Cascades, is a cascade type waterfall on the Gibbon River in Yellowstone National Park. Virginia Cascades is located just south of the Norris-Canyon road approximately 2.5 miles (4.0 km) east of Norris Junction. A one-way road provides access to the north side of the cascades.

Where they are

Dashed line shows the straight-line distance (7 mi). Actual drive time depends on the route — neither pin is the parking lot, so use a map app for turn-by-turn.

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