The Tallest Waterfall In Wyoming Is Sure To Take Your Breath Away
What is it about waterfalls that makes them so captivating? It’s almost impossible to pass one without stopping and admiring the power and beauty of its natural wonder. That’s why the tallest waterfall in Wyoming is sure to take your breath away.
Silver Cord Cascade is a horsetail waterfall located in the northwestern corner of the state. While there is no shortage of waterfalls in this area of the state, there is something very special about this particular one.
The waterfall is located in Yellowstone National Park within the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. What a beautiful setting for such a beautiful act of nature.
The waterfall is located along Surface Creek which is a tributary of the Yellowstone River. Surface Creek flows out of Ribbon Lake just off the south rim of Yellowstone's Grand Canyon.
The waterfall plunges 1,200' down into the Yellowstone River making it the tallest waterfall in Yellowstone and in the state of Wyoming. From a distance, it looks exactly like a silver cord dangling down into the canyon.
Members of the Washburn-Langford-Doane Expedition were the first to describe the waterfall. Samuel Hauser and Benjamin Stickney, who were members of the Washburn Expedition, initially named the cascade 'Silverthread Falls'.
In 1883, Philetus Norris, the superintendent of the park, renamed the falls 'Sliding Cascade' and in 1885, the Arnold Hague Geological Survey, donned it with its official name 'Silver Cord Cascade'.
Silver Cord can be accessed by hiking the Clear Lake-Ribbon Lake trail. This is if you want to try and get as close to it as you can. Check out the fumarole along the trail.
The waterfall can also be viewed off the North Rim of the canyon off the Sevenmile Hole Trail.
For other waterfalls in the state, check out Here’s The Perfect Weekend Itinerary If You Love Exploring Wyoming’s Waterfalls.
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