Shell Falls
Wyoming · height not recorded · Last verified 2026-05-15
Flow at Shell Falls is light today (12 cfs) — visit for the geology, not the volume.
Right now
Streamflow
11.9 cfs
Shell Creek above Shell · 1374d ago
Overnight
55°F
Mostly Clear
Friday
84°F
Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Today's daylight
Sunrise 5:34 AM · Sunset 8:56 PM · 15h 21m
Snapshot built 6m ago. Sources: USGS · NWS RIW.
Shell Falls is a waterfall in Big Horn 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.
Shell Falls sits in Big Horn County, Wyoming. It drops along Shell Creek. The base sits at roughly 6,268 feet of elevation. Drive time is about 13 minutes from Shell. OpenStreetMap shows a trail within 30 meters of the marked location, though the name isn't recorded. 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.
Shell Falls is a waterfall in the Bighorn National Forest on Shell Creek, about halfway down Shell Canyon, and a few miles upstream from the town of Shell in northeast Wyoming. The falls are 120 feet in height and tumble over basement rock of granite.
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 06278300 · 11.7 mi away
Shell Creek above Shell Reservoir, WY
— Distant gauge — proxy reading, not on the same drainage.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shell Falls (this page) | — | — | — | — | — |
| Porcupine Falls | 24 mi | 75 ft | moderate · 0.8 mi | Y | Free |
| Bucking Mule Falls | 26 mi | — | — | Y | Free |
| Melody Falls | 29 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Bridal Veil Falls | 87 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Big Creek Falls | 98 mi | — | — | — | — |
Questions visitors ask about Shell Falls
Answers built from our structured data. If a question isn't here, the fact is unverified — we'd rather omit than guess.
How far is Shell Falls from a major city?
Shell Falls is 9 miles from Shell (about 13 minutes' drive).
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Where it is
44.5865, -107.6140
Sources and live status
Where we got the data, and where to check current conditions before you drive.
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_Falls
Wikidata (Q38293)
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q38293
GeoNames (5838169)
https://www.geonames.org/5838169/
Last verified by Fallspots: 2026-05-15
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