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Moose Falls 
2009Location Yellowstone National Park, Teton County, Wyoming Coordinates 44°09′08″N 110°40′20″W / 44.15222°N 110.67222°WCoordinates: 44°09′08″N 110°40′20″W / 44.15222°N 110.67222°W[1] Type Plunge Total height 30 feet (9.1 m) Watercourse Crawfish Creek Moose Falls (height 30 feet (9.1 m)) is a plunge type waterfall on Crawfish Creek in Yellowstone National Park. The waterfall was named in 1885 by members of the Arnold Hague Geologic Survey for the plentiful moose found in the southern sections of the park.[2] The falls are just 75 yards (69 m) west of south entrance road via an easy trail that begins 1.2 miles (1.9 km) north of the south entrance station.
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Brink, 1977See also
- Waterfalls in Yellowstone National Park
Notes
- ^ "Moose Falls". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1601539.
- ^ Whittlesey, Lee (1996). Yellowstone Place Names. Gardiner, MT: Wonderland Publishing Company. p. 174. ISBN 1599717166.
Rivers, Waterfalls, Peaks and Lakes in the Cascade Corner (Southwest) section of the park Rivers Bechler River • Fall River • Lewis River
Waterfalls and Cascades Bechler Falls • Iris Falls • Lewis Falls • Moose Falls • Union FallsLakes and Peaks Douglas Knob • Shoshone Lake • Trischman KnobList of Yellowstone National Park related articles
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