Wyoming
Shell Falls
183 mi from Bozeman · ~5 hr drive
No height recorded
Shell Falls is a named waterfall in Wyoming — about 183 miles from Bozeman, MT. Full visit details below.
- State
- Wyoming
- Nearest city
- Bozeman, MT · 183 mi · ~5 hr drive
- Coordinates
- 44.5865°, -107.6140°
From Wikipedia: Shell Falls is a waterfall in the Bighorn National Forest on Shell Creek, about halfway down Shell Canyon, and a few miles upstream from the town of Shell in northeast Wyoming. The falls are 120 feet in height and tumble over basement rock of granite. Excerpt from the Wikipedia article on Shell Falls, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Visiting Shell Falls
The exact location is at 44.5865°, -107.6140° — open in Google Maps for driving directions from your location.
Before you go: check current conditions with the appropriate land manager — state parks department, U.S. Forest Service ranger district, or National Park Service unit. Trail access, parking, water levels, and seasonal closures all vary. Several waterfalls in our database are seasonal and may run dry between mid-summer and the next rainy season.
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Sources
Location and tag data for Shell Falls comes from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL license) ; the Wikipedia article linked above provides additional history. We do not modify the underlying data — this page presents what's already publicly recorded. To suggest corrections, see our methodology page or contact us.