Bucking Mule Falls is a 190-foot waterfall on Bucking Mule Creek in Big Horn County, Wyoming, in the Middle Rockies region. It lies about 23.1 miles east of Lovell and roughly 67.3 miles southeast of Billings as the crow flies.
At 190 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of Wyoming’s 230 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 49th; the typical Wyoming waterfall is about 60 feet. By form it is a horsetail, where the water keeps some contact with the bedrock as it falls.
The Middle Rockies are high, glaciated mountain ranges with alpine peaks, subalpine fir and spruce forest, lodgepole pine and grassy intermontane valleys. Snowmelt streams cascade down glacial valleys and canyon walls.
Big Horn County holds 5 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Porcupine Falls, a 120-foot plunge waterfall, is about 2.9 miles away. Melody Falls, is about 6.5 miles away. Five Springs Falls, a 240-foot tiered waterfall, is about 6.6 miles away.
Bucking Mule Falls is located at 44.8973° N, 107.9251° W. The listing is based on the World Waterfall Database, one of the sources compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey in its inventory of waterfalls and rapids of the conterminous United States. The creek name is confirmed against the federal Geographic Names Information System. The position was verified on aerial imagery. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.