Gilded Falls is a waterfall on Staircase Creek in Park County, Wyoming, in the Middle Rockies region, with a total height of about 75 feet. It lies about 19.7 miles northeast of West Yellowstone and roughly 114.3 miles northeast of Idaho Falls as the crow flies.
At 75 feet it is taller than the typical Wyoming waterfall of about 60 feet, ranking 101st of 230 with a recorded height. The tallest single drop is 50 feet. The water comes down as a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another. It falls in 2 drops.
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. Staircase Creek carries 3 recorded waterfalls, and Gilded Falls is the tallest of them.
There are 114 recorded waterfalls in Park County. Stone Hollow Falls, a 40-foot plunge waterfall, is under a mile away. Sublimity Falls, a 15-foot plunge waterfall, is under a mile away. Grayling Falls, a 6-foot block waterfall, is about 7 miles away.
Gilded Falls is located at 44.9199° N, 110.9316° 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 exact position has not yet been verified on aerial imagery, so treat the map pin as approximate. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.