This waterfall is not like the Upper Falls or the Lower Falls however it is still a nice waterfall to see. The very short walk from the parking lot to the viewpoint is an easy five minute walk and accessible to all on a concrete path. Once you get to the end of the path there is definitely a good viewpoint to see the waterfall. This is a good stop for maybe 10 minutes as you drive by the area.

On Grand Loop Road, southeast of Roosevelt Lodge, park at the Tower general store lot and walk the short, tenth of a mile to Tower Fall Overlook. Interesting rocks provide the backdrop for the Tower fall. Beyond the overlook, a 1/3 mile trail offers nice views of the Yellowstone River. Light is best early in the morning.

Tower Fall On 25th August, 2019, we started early in the morning and headed north. Destination: LAMAR VALLEY. About 31 km north of Canyon Village we came across Tower Fall of Hot Spring Creek. There is an excellent view of Tower Fall from an easy-to-reach roadside overlook. Tower Fall is a waterfall on Tower Creek in the northeastern region of Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Approximately 1,000 yards (910 m) upstream from the creek's confluence with the Yellowstone River, the fall plunges 132 feet (40 m) into a deep gorge, joining the Yellowstone a few hundred yards below. At the crest of the fall the stream has cut its way through amygdaloidal masses. Amygdaloidal structure is a volcanic rock in which rounded cavities were formed by the expansion of entrapped gas or steam. Over time these cavities got filled with deposits of various minerals. The basaltic rocks formed from solidified magma are very friable, permitting the stream to cut its way through them leaving tall spires of rock from 50 to 100 feet in height, and worn in every conceivable shape. Several of these crumbling rocks stand like sentinels on the very brink of the fall. The Tower Fall owes its name to the rock pinnacles that stand at the top of the fall. The view is beautiful: the clear icy stream makes a sheer fall of more than hundred feet to the bottom of the chasm, and thence rushes through the narrow gorge, tumbling over boulders and tree trunks fallen in the channel. The sides of the chasm are worn away into caverns lined with variously-tinted mosses. The fall is accessible either at the brink or foot, and fine views can be obtained from either side of the canyon. A 1-mile round trip hike drops down to the Yellowstone River alongside Tower Creek and previously connected to a viewing platform at the base of the falls. Unfortunately, the last section of the trail was washed out by rock and mud slides in 2004, and the trail to the base of the waterfall remains closed. A lovely cascade, hidden away in the dim light of overshadowing rocks and woods, its very voice hushed to a low murmur, unheard at the distance of a few hundred yards. You may pass by within a half mile and not feel its existence. Tower Creek and Tower Falls are located approximately three miles south of Roosevelt Junction on the Tower-Canyon road. There is a Yellowstone General Store next to the trail-head. You can get snack or some covetous souvenirs. And there is a casket full of glittering stones of varied colors and shapes. We had had our breakfast there and bought cowboy hats and stickers of bisons and Yellowstone Falls to adorn our refrigerator at home.