Watch for pronghorn antelope, mule deer, and elk. Scattered groves of quaking aspen trees turn gold in autumn. The next side road leads to a petrified redwood tree. Such trees Tower-Roosevelt to Northeast Entrance Lamar Valley, accessible all year, is winter range for elk and bison. Tower-Roosevelt to Canyon Tower Fall, tumbling 132 feet, was named for the adjacent volcanic pinnacles.
Tower Creek flows into the Yellowstone River.
South from Tower Fall, as you drive up Mount Washburn, 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.