Kepler Cascades is located only 2.6 miles/4.2 kilometres south of Old Faithful and the Upper Geyser Basin. It is one of Yellowstone National Park's more easily accessible waterfall type features, being situated right next to the Grand Loop Road, on Yellowstone's lower loop.
You will see a parking lot for Kepler Cascades adjacent to the Grand Loop Road, as you make your way from Old Faithful, in the general direction of West Thumb Geyser Basin. At 40 feet or 12.2 metres, Kepler Cascades is not particularly high, but it does present a pretty sight, which you can take in from a viewing platform high above the Firehole River, the flowing water of which creates Kepler Cascades.
A cascade is generally regarded as a series of small waterfalls, with the water dropping a short way over each, as opposed to a classic waterfall, where the water plunges a distance over a cliff.
There is another cascade in Yellowstone, which is also readily accessible, namely Virginia Cascades, which is just off the road between Norris Geyser Basin and Canyon Village, which road divides Yellowstone into two massive loops.
