Spalding Falls is a 240-foot waterfall on meltwater Middle Teton Glacier in Teton County, Wyoming, in the Middle Rockies region. It lies about 14.3 miles north of Moose Wilson Road and roughly 64.7 miles east of Idaho Falls as the crow flies.
At 240 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of Wyoming’s 230 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 31st; the typical Wyoming waterfall is about 60 feet. The tallest single drop is 160 feet. By form it is 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. meltwater Middle Teton Glacier carries 3 recorded waterfalls, and Spalding Falls is the tallest of them.
Teton County holds 121 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Cleft Falls, a 50-foot tiered waterfall, is under a mile away. Bannock Falls, a 200-foot tiered waterfall, is about 1.4 miles away. Shoshoko Falls, a 240-foot tiered waterfall, is about 1.5 miles away.
Spalding Falls is located at 43.7282° N, 110.7931° 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 position was verified on aerial imagery. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.