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