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Lookout Point

Spectacular View of Falls From North Rim

Observation Point on Yellowstone River on Lookout Point Trail, Red Rock Lookout Trail, Red Rocks Lookout Trail in Yellowstone NP, Rocky Mountains near Canyon Village, WY

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Lookout Point is one of the easiest and best spots to view the Lower Falls from the North Rim. A very short paved path leads to an observation point providing views of the falls and the colorful rhyolite walls lining the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone.It is also the starting point to the trail down to Red Rock, where there is another spectacular viewpoint further down in the canyon.

Photographs of Waterfall and Canyon

Overcast day at Lookout Point, Jacob W. Frank (NPS) photograph above.

Late morning at Lookout Point and Lower Falls, Jacob W. Frank (NPS) photograph above.

Lower Falls from Lookout Point July 26, 2023, Jacob W. Frank (NPS) photograph above.

Lower Falls through the trees of Lookout Point, Jacob W. Frank (NPS) photograph above.

Frozen Lower Falls from Lookout Point on March 2, 2022, Jacob W. Frank (NPS) photograph above.

Lower Falls from Lookout Point February 11, 2023, Jacob W. Frank (NPS) photograph above.

Lower Falls from Lookout Point 2/10/24, Jacob W. Frank (NPS) photograph above.

Lower Falls and the ephemeral ice dam as seen from Lookout Point, A. Falgoust (NPS) photograph above.

View of Lower Falls in the snow from Lookout Point, Addy Falgoust (NPS) two photographs above.

Photographs of Lookout Point Observation Area

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Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. circa 1890. Joseph Paxson Iddings (USGS)

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