Tawny Falls is a 17-foot waterfall on Fall Creek in Teton County, Wyoming, in the Middle Rockies region. It lies about 26.1 miles southeast of West Yellowstone and roughly 86.4 miles northeast of Idaho Falls as the crow flies.
At 17 feet it is on the modest side for Wyoming, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 60 feet; it ranks 200th of 230. By form it is a cascade, descending over a series of rock steps rather than in a single drop.
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. Fall Creek carries 3 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 680 feet.
Teton County holds 121 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Forks of Shoshone Falls, 60 feet high, is about 1.7 miles away. Grants Pass Cascade, a 25-foot cascade waterfall, is about 3.4 miles away. Quadruple Cascades, a 65-foot tiered waterfall, is about 3.5 miles away.
Tawny Falls is located at 44.3494° N, 110.8054° 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 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.