Mystic Falls

For the fictional town of Mystic Falls, see The Vampire Diaries.
Mystic Falls

Mystic Falls
Location Yellowstone National Park, Teton County, Wyoming
Type Cascade
Total height 70 feet (21 m)
Watercourse Little Firehole River

Mystic Falls is a 70-foot (21 m) cascade type waterfall on the Little Firehole River, a tributary of the Firehole River. Originally named Little Firehole Falls by members of the 1872 Hayden Geologic Survey, the name was changed to Mystic Falls by members of the Arnold Hague Geological Survey in 1885 for unknown reasons.[1]

Mystic Falls is reached via the 1.2 miles (1.9 km) Mystic Falls Trail which starts at Biscuit Basin in the Upper Geyser Basin.

Images of Mystic Falls
Spring runoff, June 2011 

See also

Notes

  1. Whittlesey, Lee (1996). Yellowstone Place Names. Wonderland Publishing Company Gardiner, MT. p. 185. ISBN 1-59971-716-6.


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