Firehole Falls
Wyoming · height not recorded · Yellowstone National Park · Last verified 2026-05-15
Flow at Firehole Falls is 211 cfs today, around its seasonal average.
Right now
Streamflow
211 cfs
Firehole River near West · 50m ago
Overnight
46°F
Areas Of Smoke
Tuesday
84°F
Areas Of Smoke
Today's daylight
Sunrise 6:04 AM · Sunset 8:54 PM · 14h 50m
Other park alerts
- Traffic Delays - Yellowstone River Bridge(Information)
- Osprey Falls Trail Temporary Closure(Information)
- Madison, Firehole, and Gibbon Rivers Closed to Fishing(Information)
Snapshot built 11m ago. Sources: USGS · NWS RIW.
Firehole Falls is a waterfall in Teton County, Wyoming. Height has not been officially recorded. Access details and conditions have not yet been verified in person by Fallspots — the data on this page comes from OpenStreetMap and USGS GNIS.
Firehole Falls sits in Teton County, Wyoming. It drops along Firehole Falls is a waterfall on the Firehole River. The falls are inside Yellowstone National Park, a US National Park. The base sits at roughly 7,049 feet of elevation. Drive time is about 17 minutes from West Yellowstone. No mapped trail runs within 200 meters — expect bushwhacking or off-trail navigation to reach the lip. No public parking is recorded within 2 km, so a longer approach is likely. This is one of the more frequently visited falls in the state by our popularity model. Source records come from OpenStreetMap and USGS GNIS.
Firehole Falls is a waterfall on the Firehole River in southwestern Yellowstone National Park in the United States. The falls are located approximately 0.5 miles (0.80 km) upstream from the confluence of the Firehole and Gibbon Rivers at Madison Junction. Firehole Falls has a drop of approximately 40 feet (12 m). The falls are located within Firehole Canyon on Firehole Canyon Drive, a one-way road that parallels the main Madison Junction to Old Faithful road.
Is the water flowing right now?
Most waterfall sites don't tell you this. The waterfall itself is almost never gauged, but a USGS streamgage in the same watershed can tell you whether snowmelt has started, peaked, or run dry.
USGS gage 06036905 · 0.6 mi away
Firehole River near West Yellowstone MT
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30-day streamflow
Near 30-day average↻ Same date last year: 198 cfs · 107% of last year — similar
When to go (from the climate data, not our opinion)
Monthly averages from Open-Meteo's reanalysis dataset (2020–2024). Highlighted months are when we think the waterfall is at its best — but the numbers are the numbers regardless.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip (in) | Snow days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 24 | 9 | 1.7 | 19 |
| Feb | 25 | 9 | 2.2 | 18.8 |
| Mar | 33 | 15 | 2.4 | 19.4 |
| Apr | 40 | 20 | 1.8 | 14.6 |
| May | 51 | 29 | 2.3 | 13.6 |
| Jun | 66 | 40 | 2.2 | 3.2 |
| Jul | 77 | 48 | 0.9 | 0 |
| Aug | 74 | 48 | 1.7 | 0.2 |
| Sep | 66 | 40 | 1.4 | 2 |
| Oct | 50 | 29 | 2.1 | 9.6 |
| Nov | 33 | 15 | 1.9 | 15.2 |
| Dec | 27 | 10 | 2.4 | 18.8 |
Source: Open-Meteo Historical Weather API · ERA5 reanalysis 2020–2024.
Compare to nearby falls
If this one isn't the right fit, here's how it stacks up against the closest documented falls. Every column is filterable on the site — not buried in 13,000 reviews.
| Waterfall | Distance | Height | Trail | Dogs | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firehole Falls (this page) | — | — | — | N | — |
| Cascades of the Firehole | 1 mi | — | — | N | — |
| Gibbon Falls | 5 mi | 84 ft | easy · 0.5 mi | N | $35 |
| Fairy Falls | 7 mi | 200 ft | — | N | — |
| Mystic Falls | 10 mi | 69 ft | — | N | — |
| Virginia Cascades | 12 mi | 59 ft | — | N | — |
Questions visitors ask about Firehole Falls
Answers built from our structured data. If a question isn't here, the fact is unverified — we'd rather omit than guess.
Is Firehole Falls in a national or state park?
Yes — Firehole Falls is inside Yellowstone National Park. See the park page for fees, hours, and current conditions.
Can I bring my dog to Firehole Falls?
No — dogs are not allowed on trails here. Most National Park trails prohibit pets to protect wildlife. Service animals are an exception per ADA.
How far is Firehole Falls from a major city?
Firehole Falls is 12 miles from West Yellowstone (about 17 minutes' drive).
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Where it is
44.6288, -110.8633
Sources and live status
Where we got the data, and where to check current conditions before you drive.
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firehole_Falls
Wikidata (Q38067)
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q38067
GeoNames (5825082)
https://www.geonames.org/5825082/
Last verified by Fallspots: 2026-05-15
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