The final 320-foot drop is adjacent to an accessible viewing area and provides the most-used viewing point for the waterfalls.
Yosemite Creek emerges from the base of the Lower Falls and flows into the Merced River nearby. Like many areas of Yosemite the plunge pool
at the base of the Lower Falls is surrounded by dangerous jumbles of talus made even more treacherous by the
high humidity and resulting slippery surfaces.