The next side road leads to a petrified redwood tree. Such trees may be found over hundreds of square miles in northern Yellowstone. Some are still in an upright position. Tower Junction to Northeast Entrance Lamar Valley , accessible all year, is winter range for elk and bison. Tower Junction to Canyon Tower Falls , tumbling 132 feet, was named for the adjacent volcanic pinnacles.
Tower Creek flows into the Yellowstone River.
South from Tower Falls, as you drive up Mount Washington , look east, downslope, into prime grizzly bear country on Antelope Creek. This area is closed to human travel, to offer the bears refuge. Meadows produce a profusion of wildflowers during the brief summer. From the Washburn Hot Springs Overlook south of the pass, you can see the Yellowstone caldera. You can see the Teton Range on clear days, on the right beyond the Red Mountains.