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Total height
  
120 ft (36 m)

Number of drops
  
1

Parent range
  
Bighorn Mountains

Height
  
37 m

Watercourse
  
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Location
  
Big Horn Mountains, Big Horn County, Wyoming

Similar
  
Bighorn National Forest, Trail End, Rocky Mountains, Fort Phil Kearny, Sheridan Inn

Exploring shell falls in wyoming


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 (36 meters) in height and tumble over basement rock of granite.

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Map of Shell Falls, Wyoming, USA

From the rest area and interpretive center, one can see outcrops of the Cambrian flathead sandstone, about 550 million years old, resting on 2.9 billion year old Precambrian rocks—some of the oldest rocks on earth. Visitors can also see "Copman's Tomb", a massive limestone promontory to the north.

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References

Shell Falls Wikipedia


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