What makes this waterfall so memorable is the setting. It sits at the head of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River, which itself is an attraction just from its precipitous canyon and the yellow rocks which line it. The waterfall is the icing on the cake, so to speak. Those yellow rocks, by the way, are how the park got its name "Yellowstone."

On the one-way North Rim Drive, you get very nice views of the falls from Lookout Point. If you want to get closer to the falls, you can descend steeply along several switchbacks along a paved path to Red Rock Point (about a mile return).