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Shell Falls Interpretive Site Closed For The Rest Of 2025 And Possibly All Of 2026
A popular waterfall area in the western Bighorn Mountains has been closed off to visitors for the rest of this year and possibly most of next year as well.
By order of Bighorn National Forest Supervisor Andrew Johnson, the entire Shell Falls Interpretive Site is closed for safety, health and repair reasons.
This includes the main parking lot area just off of US Highway 14.
The area has been without power for several years and the waste system has failed.
Port-a-potties have been in place since that time.
The site is located about 26 miles east of Greybull and 9 miles southwest of the Antelope Butte Mountain Recreation Area.
It is a Class B misdemeanor for those who enter the closed off area without permission.
Violators could be punished with up to 6 months in jail, and/or an individual fine of $5,000.
Organizations who violate the closure order are subject to a $10,000 fine.
Click here to view the closure order.
mark steingass
June 6, 2025 at 7:56 am
The state of Wyoming should be funding the forest service to keep it open during the summer months to facilitate the increased tourism. The Trump administration in co-ordination with Elonzo Musk and DOGE is purely to blame and the GOP in Washington DC is a corrupted oligarchical disgrace to this country.
Glenn Woodhouse
June 7, 2025 at 7:21 am
Your anti trump/musk rant has no bearing on this one. “No power for several years and waste system has failed”. Why aren’t you calling out Biden since until Jan of this year, he was in office? It was closed last year as well.
Martha Wutzke
June 8, 2025 at 10:14 pm
Did you not read the article???
“By order of Bighorn Nation Forest Supervisor Andrew Johnson, the entire Shell Falls Interpretive Site is closed for safety, health and repair reasons.
This includes the main parking lot area just off of US Highway 14.
The area has been without power for several years and the waste system has failed “ DOGE wasn’t in effect for the last three years.
Darrell Smith
June 6, 2025 at 8:51 am
Just like the big horn mountain fires last year neglect and very little preventative up keep is what has caused this. Wyoming doesn’t get funding to keep these area up and if they did it wouldn’t have fallen into disrepair. The national forest service was reprimanded for lack of maintenance because the fires were way worse due to all the amount of over growth and dead fuels on the face and by the roads.
This doesn’t surprise me one bit!!!
Irene Nettles
June 6, 2025 at 10:13 am
Unless someone is up there to keep people out, there is going to be an accident or worse. I drive that way at least once a month. There’s always people parking at the entrance and walking the trails!