Approaches to the Northeast Entrance
If you decide to enter Yellowstone by the Northeast Entrance, you are given the choice of two unforgettable mountain roads that lead to Cooke City and the Northeast Entrance. …
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Two short hikes from West Thumb
Yellowstone Lake Overlook Trail is a loop of a little over 2 miles (3.2 km). Start by walking southwest from the West Thumb parking lot. After crossing the South …
The Sources and the Plumbing Yellowstone
Snowmelt and rainfall provide the water by soaking into the ground locally and from the surrounding mountain ranges. The water flows deep into the geyser basin as groundwater, reaching …
Yellowstone Morning Glory Pool
Across the river from Seismic and from the trail, another very short-lived geyser, called Fantail Geyser for its angled eruptions, performed impressively for one spring and summer (1986), then …
Yellowstone Lake Hotel
S H Lake Hotel (called Lake Yellowstone Hotel by the concessionaire in recent years) suggests 1920s casual elegance. The Lake String Quartet has played in the sunroom during cocktail …
Yellowstone Trail from Artist Point toward
A short walk to the east along the rim of the canyon, following a part of the South Rim Trail, reveals some of the most awe-inspiring color panoramas you’ll …
Map of Yellowstone
Even going a few hundred yards (meters) can reveal how the sky and canyon rival each other on a beautiful evening. You can turn south (right) away from the …
Yellowstone Lake
No writer has better described Yellowstone Lake than did renowned naturalist John Muir in an Atlantic Monthly article of 1898: It is about twenty miles long and fifteen wide, …
Yellowstone Canyon Hotel
The famous Canyon Hotel, incorporating an earlier hotel, opened to guests in 1911. Arguably the all-time gem of Yellowstone Park hotels, this was the largest and most elaborate one …
West Thumb Geyser Basin
Walking toward the lake from the parking lot, stay to the right to find the Thumb Paint Pots . The paint pots were named Mud Puffs originally and perhaps …