shoshone falls 2011

Shoshone Falls

The Niagara of the West

by Allen Shropshire

1st view of Shoshone Falls from top parking lot and park entrance.

There is a nominal charge of 3 dollars to drive your car into the Park but the view in the previous slide is enough to convince even the most frugal of visitors.

The first view is only a teaser of the wonders that await those who enter! From here one can only imagine the depths into which this river must plummet in order to create such a roar.

The view from the upper parking areaEagle Rock – center

Viewing area and concession stand

Information kiosks

Viewing platform

Viewing platform

Point McKinley

Eagle Rock

Garfield Point

From the Centennial Trail

Dierkes Lake can be seen to the right and above Shoshone Falls

Idaho Power’s 12.5 megawatt Shoshone Falls Hydro Electric Power Plant

Centennial Trail

Evel Kinevel’s Jumpsite

The Centennial Trail ends just short of the ramp

From 1 ¼ mile downstream at the end of the Centennial Trail

One of several new wetland ponds built in cooperation between the City of Twin Falls Street Department and the Twin Falls Canal Company to allow sediment and nitrates to settle out of irrigation water before it is returned to the Snake River.

Centennial Trail as it crests the canyon wall

Shoshone Falls Park 218 acres

Tomb built into canyon wall used during Easter Sunrise Services from the early to mid 1900’s

Boat Ramp above the Falls