North Falls

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  • A quick 5-minute walk from the North Falls Trailhead, this is the second most visited/photographed of the waterfalls in the park.

  • If you like geology, visit this waterfall; if you do not like geology, visit this waterfall to get excited about geology!!

    • look for the tree casts in the ceiling where the lava had started cooling around the trees in the ancient forest

    • check out the volcanic layers in the wall that show the geologic timeline so clearly

    • learn fun geology words like, “entablature” and find this cool feature in the canyon wall

North Falls 136’; North Fork Silver Creek

North Falls 136’; North Fork Silver Creek

Geologic layers

Geologic layers

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Canyon Map simplified North Falls.jpg
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