Mist of the Trident Falls is a 140-foot waterfall on Cliff Creek in Park County, Wyoming, in the Middle Rockies region. It lies about 56.7 miles southwest of Cody and roughly 108.4 miles northeast of Idaho Falls as the crow flies.
At 140 feet it is taller than the typical Wyoming waterfall of about 60 feet, ranking 61st of 230 with a recorded height. The tallest single drop is 70 feet. By form it is a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another. It falls in 3 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. Cliff Creek carries 2 recorded waterfalls, and Mist of the Trident Falls is the tallest of them.
Park County holds 114 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Isolation Falls, a 50-foot plunge waterfall, is about 3.2 miles away. Plateau Falls, an 80-foot tiered waterfall, is about 7.2 miles away. Rapunzel Falls, a 560-foot tiered waterfall, is about 12.3 miles away.
Mist of the Trident Falls is located at 44.1734° N, 110.0922° 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.