Shell Creek is a tributary of the Bighorn River, approximately 50 mi long, in Wyoming in the United States. Lying entirely within Big Horn County, Shell Creek begins above the Shell Lakes in the Bighorn Mountains. Starting at an elevation of over 11,000 ft, it drops to below 3,800 ft as it descends the western side of the Bighorn Mountains through Shell Canyon and ent…Shell Creek is a tributary of the Bighorn River, approximately 50 mi long, in Wyoming in the United States. Lying entirely within Big Horn County, Shell Creek begins above the Shell Lakes in the Bighorn Mountains. Starting at an elevation of over 11,000 ft, it drops to below 3,800 ft as it descends the western side of the Bighorn Mountains through Shell Canyon and enters the Big Horn Basin near Shell, Wyoming. It flows into the Bighorn River, a tributary of the Yellowstone River, just north of Greybull.
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