Tower Fall to Calcite Springs, Tower-Roosevelt

 
The stretch of road from Tower Fall to Calcite Springs is nothing short of dramatic. Tower Creek plunges 132 feet (40m) to meet the Yellowstone at Tower Fall. The Yellowstone River exposes 50 million years of geologic time at the aptly named Narrows. Basalt lava, laid down 1.3 million years ago, contracted and cracked as it cooled forming hexagon pillars at Overhanging Cliff. Calcite Springs - smelled long before seen - is a great place to observe the effects of heat and water on rock. It's no wonder that Thomas Moran, an American landscape painter, was broadly inspired by this corner of Yello... Read Morewstone.
Tower Fall, Yellowstone

Tower Fall, Yellowstone

Jim Peaco courtesy National Park Service

Osprey Nest at Overhanging Cliff

Osprey Nest at Overhanging Cliff

Alfredo De Simone

Bighorn Sheep above Yellowstone River

Bighorn Sheep above Yellowstone River

Jim Peaco courtesy NPS

Calumnar Basalt, Tower Falls

Calumnar Basalt, Tower Falls

Rosalie LaRue courtesy National Park Service

 

Tower Fall to Calcite Springs

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