LEWIS FALLS
Waterfall Index
 How to Get There
and Brief Description
Located roughly 11 miles inside Yellowstone's south
entrance, and two miles south of Lewis Lake, Lewis falls is easily
accessible from parking lots on each side of the Lewis River bridge.
The falls are about 30 feet in height.
Lewis Falls Trail
Rehabilitation
Located 10 miles north of Yellowstone's South
Entrance, the Lewis Falls Trail is an easily accessible path which leads to
a dramatic overlook of the Lewis River Falls. Last year, more than 700,000
visitors passed through the South Entrance gates and many of these visitors
stopped to walk the Lewis Falls Trail, picnic near the falls, or fish in the
river. The trail is also very near to the popular Lewis Lake campground
where more than 15,000 campers stay and recreate each summer. Because of the
high visitor impact in this area, many new trails have formed and much
damage has occurred to the vegetation within these trail corridors. This
project will focus on repairing the deteriorated main trail so that it is
safer, easier to use, and more clearly delineated. The National Park Service
trails staff, in partnership with the Montana Youth Conservation Corps, will
spend four weeks building masonry steps, installing soil retention and
drainage mechanisms, and rehabilitating impacted soils, bared tree roots,
and vegetation along the length of this trail.
More information.
Photo by Russ Finley
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