shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileWyoming

in the Tower-Roosevelt district of Yellowstone National Park

Tower Fall on the Yellowstone

Name: Tower Fall on the Yellowstone — on ceramic tile, by WenderVista
Brand: WenderVista

— — a hundred and thirty feet of water through volcanic spires.

— Where it lives

Not only on a wall.

A small tile on the nightstand catching the morning. A larger one above the fire. Yours, wherever you spend the slow hours.

— On the nightstand, a 6-inch on a walnut stand

— Among the books, a 6-inch leaning into the spines

— Down a quiet hall, an 18-inch floating off the wall

— Above the fire, the 24-inch in a walnut surround

— a note from the studio

“Tower Creek drops 132 feet between a row of dark volcanic pinnacles before it meets the Yellowstone River in the canyon below. Thomas Moran painted the fall in 1872, and the canvas reached Washington in time to help argue the case for the world's first national park. The pinnacles are still there. So is the water.

from the studio

— bring it home

Tower Fall on the Yellowstone, on ceramic.

Each tile is finished by hand in our Knoxville studio. Artwork is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, and rests beneath a thin glossy finish. The colour lives in the surface, not on top of it.

What kind of piece?

One tile — square or rectangle.

How big?

the popular one — counter, shelf, nightstand

6 × 6 in · 15 cm · 1.6 lb

Surface finish

A clear glossy finish — the artwork reads as if under resin. Ideal for show-pieces and framed wall art.

How it sits

A hidden cleat — sits ¼″ proud of the wall.

$58

Hand-finished and shipped from our studio at the foot of the Smokies. On your wall in about ten days.

— size

6 × 6 in

15 cm

— weighs

1.6 lb

solid in the hand

— surface

ceramic, hand-finished

art rests beneath a thin glossy finish

— from

Knoxville, TN

our family studio, at the foot of the Smokies

— start a Coaster Set

Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.

— about Tower Fall on the Yellowstone

The place, in three passes.

A little of what's known, in case you fall down the rabbit hole — or want to go see it yourself.

— the place

Tower Fall sits in the northeast quadrant of Yellowstone National Park, on Tower Creek about a quarter mile above its confluence with the Yellowstone River. The drop measures 132 feet. The fall lies a few miles south of the Roosevelt Lodge area along the Grand Loop Road, between Mammoth Hot Springs to the west and the Lamar Valley to the east. An overlook gives the head-on view; a shorter trail descends partway toward the canyon for a side angle on the creek below.

— informed by NPS — Tower Fall, Wikipedia — Tower Fall

— the stone

The pinnacles around the fall are eroded breccia, volcanic ash and fragments cemented into rock and weathered into rough vertical spires over hundreds of thousands of years. The same breccia walls the canyon of the Yellowstone immediately downstream. Thomas Moran's 1872 watercolours and the photographs of William Henry Jackson, both made during the Hayden Geological Survey, helped persuade Congress to set aside the region as the world's first national park later that year. Moran's larger canvas hangs in the Department of the Interior.

— informed by Smithsonian — Moran and Yellowstone

— the visit

Yellowstone is open through the year, but the road past Tower Fall closes between Tower Junction and Canyon Village in winter; that segment typically opens in late May and closes in early November. The overlook is a short walk from the parking area and is wheelchair-accessible. A general park entrance pass covers seven days and is valid in Grand Teton as well. The Roosevelt Lodge cabins, two miles north, run seasonally from early June through early September each summer.

— informed by NPS — Plan your visit

— where

United States · Park County, Wyoming

— within

Yellowstone National Park

— elevation

1,969 m · 6,460 ft

— position

44.8936° N · 110.3869° W

— the neighborhood

What's nearby.

A handful of named places within an hour's walk or short drive. Some we've already painted; some we will.

3 km N

Roosevelt Lodge

historic lodge

18 km E

Lamar Valley

wildlife valley

30 km S

Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone

river canyon

30 km W

Mammoth Hot Springs

travertine terraces

Tower Fall on the Yellowstone

Roosevelt Lodge

Lamar Valley

Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone

Mammoth Hot Springs

— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Tower Fall on the Yellowstone — and about bringing the piece home.

— about the place

The fall drops 132 feet on Tower Creek, a short distance above the creek's confluence with the Yellowstone River. It is one of the larger drops on a tributary stream inside the park.

In the northeast section of the park, just south of Tower Junction on the Grand Loop Road, between Mammoth Hot Springs to the west and the Lamar Valley to the east.

Thomas Moran painted the fall in 1872 during the Hayden Geological Survey. His watercolours and the accompanying photographs by William Henry Jackson helped persuade Congress to create Yellowstone as the first national park that same year.

They are eroded volcanic breccia, ash and rock fragments cemented and weathered into vertical pinnacles. The same rock walls the upper Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone just downstream of the fall.

The road past Tower Fall typically opens to vehicles in late May and closes in early November. The overlook is a short paved walk from the parking area and stays accessible through the open season.

— about the piece in your home

It carries well for that recipient. Tower Fall is one of the older painted views of the park and sits at the quieter northeast end. A Medium with a handwritten note from the studio reads as recognition.

Mountain-modern interiors take it naturally. The dark volcanic spires also let the piece sit in jewel-tone maximalist rooms where deep greens and blacks anchor the palette.

A single Large reads at sofa scale. A four-tile Mural reaches about five feet for a longer wall; a nine-tile Mural fills a full statement wall.

Yes. Order Dura Satin or Matte for any vertical install near steam or splash. The Glossy finish is meant for framed wall art in dry rooms.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is original to our Knoxville studio with no third-party licensing. Reid Wender curates each place into the atlas himself.

Microfibre cloth with plain water. The colour lives in the ceramic surface beneath a thin glossy finish, so it stays clean without fading.

— if this one stayed with you