# Shoshone Falls

- **Country:** United States
- **Coordinates:** 42.595278, -114.400833
- **Type:** Block
- **Width:** 925 ft
- **Height:** 212 ft
- **Caption:** Shoshone Falls in August 2018
- **Location:** Jerome/Twin Falls County, Idaho, U.S.
- **Elevation:** 3255 ft at crest
- **Map Width:** 240
- **Image Size:** 240
- **Watercourse:** Snake River
- **Average Flow:** 3530 ft3/s
- **Number Drops:** 1

Shoshone Falls is a waterfall in the western United States, on the Snake River in south-central Idaho, approximately northeast of the city of Twin Falls. Sometimes called the "Niagara of the West," Shoshone Falls is in height, higher than Niagara Falls, and flows over a rim nearly in width.

![Photo of Shoshone Falls](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/Shoshone_Falls%2C_Idaho.jpg)

**Source:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoshone_Falls (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)