yellowstone lake lodge cabins Archives - ToursMaps.com ® http://toursmaps.com/tag/yellowstone-lake-lodge-cabins Tue, 21 Jun 2016 11:40:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.9 Yellowstone Lake Recreation http://toursmaps.com/yellowstone-lake-recreation.html http://toursmaps.com/yellowstone-lake-recreation.html#respond Thu, 30 Jun 2016 07:00:00 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=207083 Swimming in Yellowstone Lake is strongly discouraged, even forbidden at West Thumb. This is due to the extremely cold water after all, the lake’s elevation is nearly 8000 feet (3400 m). On a recent hot July day the surface water temperature behind Fishing Bridge Visitor Center was 55°F (13°C), but this was rare, and lakes like this one have colder layers beneath the surface. Signs at Bridge Bay are explicit: Warning water extremely cold. Survival time limited to twenty minutes. Boating is allowed from several launch sites, but motorboats are restricted to Grant Village and Bridge Bay Marina. Permits and

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