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- For the Ontario town, see Smiths Falls, Ontario
Smith Falls, at 63 feet (19 m), is the highest waterfall in the state of Nebraska. Located 18 miles (29 km) east of Valentine, the falls is part of Smith Falls State Park and is adjacent to the Niobrara National Scenic River. The state park was established by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission in 1992; in 1996, a footbridge was built across the Niobrara River to provide more convenient public access.
The falls are on a short spring-fed stream that plunges into a small canyon on the south side of the Niobrara. The canyon at the foot of the falls is home to an endemic hybrid of quaking aspen, Populus tremuloides, and big-toothed aspen, P. grandidentata. Smith Falls is the only place where the ranges of these two trees overlap.
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