Updated July 2026
Bucking Mule Falls
Among the tallest waterfalls in Wyoming's Bighorn Mountains, dropping roughly 200 feet (lidar) into a rugged river canyon. The trail leads to an overlook deep in lodgepole pine in the Bighorn National Forest near Lovell.
Before you go
Waterfalls are hazardous by nature — wet rock, cold water, and unstable edges — and flow varies enormously with season and recent rain. Trail figures here describe the route as documented, not conditions today. Check U.S. Forest Service (Bighorn National Forest) for closures and current conditions, and confirm land status before setting out.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Bucking Mule Falls drops about 200 feet. That makes it the 88th-tallest documented waterfall in this inventory, taller than roughly 89% of the falls listed here. Height comes from published land-manager and survey records, not from our own measurement.
The Bucking Mule Falls Trail #053 reaches it about 5 miles (out-and-back) with roughly 472 feet of elevation gain, rated moderate. The nearest town is Lovell. That describes the route as documented, not conditions on the day — check with U.S. Forest Service (Bighorn National Forest) for closures and current conditions.
June to September. Waterfall flow swings enormously with snowmelt and recent rain, so a fall that roars in spring can be a trickle by late summer.
More Wyoming waterfalls
- Dunanda Falls · 150 ft
- Fairy Falls · 197 ft
- Garden Creek Falls · 80 ft
- Gibbon Falls · 84 ft
- Granite Falls · 50 ft
- Hidden Falls · 100 ft
- Lewis Falls · 30 ft
- Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River · 308 ft
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