Gibbon Falls
Description
- Type: Horsetail/fan
- Height: 84 Feet
- Stream: Gibbon River
- Name, origin: By 1877, Gibbon Falls was known by that name, gotten from the river from which it arose.1
- Fun Facts: For years, the main tourist road passed on the east side of the falls, the right side of this image. The drop is believed to go over part of the wall of the Yellowstone Caldera, which could be 640,000 years old.
- Location: Located on the Grand Loop Road between Madison Junction and the Norris Geyser Basin. It is about 5 miles north and east from Madison Junction.
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(1)Whittlesey, L. H. (2006). Yellowstone Place Names. Gardiner, MT: Wonderland Publishing Company. Page 116.
