LEWIS  FALLS  &

LEWIS  CANYON

 

Lewis Falls is an attractive waterfalls in the southern part of the Yellowstone area.  It's located on the western side of South Entrance Road.  The rocks flanking the river here belong to the Pleistocene-aged Aster Creek Flow (Central Plateau Member, Plateau Rhyolite).

 

 

 

Across the road from Lewis Falls, looking southeast, is a view of Lewis Canyon.  Notice all the dead, burned & bleached trees.  They were all killed in the famous Yellowstone fires of 1988.  Despite the magnificent canyon, the landscape is still relatively ugly & barren after all this time.

 


 

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