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At Madison Junction, you'll find a campground, restroom facilities, an information station and a trailside museum. From here you can head south to Old Faithful and...
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Exploring Mammoth'swhite travertine terraes is a bit like stepping out onto another planet. Be sure to take time to visit the Upper Loop ...
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Barronette Peak, elevation 10,354 feet, is a mountain peak in the Absaroka Range, in the northeast section of Yellowstone National Park. The peak is named...
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Soda Butte, a striking hot spring cone about two and a half miles above the mouth of Soda Butte Creek, is the feature that suggested...
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The Lamar Valley is located in the remote Northeast section of the park, offering visitors one of the best places to view the largest variety...
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Yellowstone Lake is the largest body of water in Yellowstone National Park. The lake is 7,732 feet (2,357 m) above sea level and covers 136...
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Across the road from the parking area and to the right of the creek, the trail enters the forest and begins its steep ascent 2,100...
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The original bridge was built in 1902. It was a rough-hewn corduroy log bridge with a slightly different alignment than the current bridge. The existing...
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Located at the boundary between Yellowstone National Park and the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway, rangers staff the entrance gate providing visitor information and...
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Moose Falls is a plunge type waterfall on Crawfish Creek in Yellowstone National Park. The waterfall was named in 1885 by members of the Arnold...
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Just a few steps off the road lie Lewis Falls, named for Meriwether Lewis of the Lewis and Clark expedition. It’s a convenient photo op...
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Grant Village is located on the southwestern shore of beautiful Yellowstone Lake. It is named in honor of President Ulysses S. Grant who established Yellowstone...
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Rustic Falls is a textured 47ft waterfall next to the former Golden Gate Road west of Bunsen Peak and south of the Mammoth Junction in...
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Sheepeater Cliff is made up of columnar basalt deposited by lava flows roughly 500,000 years ago. The Gardner River flows through the valley, exposing the...
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Obsidian Cliff, designated a National Historic Landmark in 1996, is located on the Grand Loop Road between Mammoth and Norris.
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Roaring Mountain is a large, acidic thermal area (solfatara) that contains many steam vents (fumaroles). In the late 1800s and early 1900s, the number, size,...
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Virginia Cascades, is a cascade type waterfall on the Gibbon River in Yellowstone National Park. Virginia Cascades is located just south of the Norris-Canyon road...
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The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River expresses the park's complex geologic history in dramatic colors and shapes. Puffs of steam mark hydrothermal features in...
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Tower Fall is a waterfall on Tower Creek in the northeastern region of Yellowstone National Park, in the U.S. state of Wyoming. Approximately 1,000 yards...
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Trail begins with a steep descent to the Yellowstone River Suspension Bridge, then crosses a sagebrush plateau, and drops down to Hellroaring Creek. Both the...
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Don't pass by Yellowtone's oldest and hottest geothermal basin! Norris Geyser Basin has over 100 hydrothermal features spread along a 1.5-mile boardwalk. Some big-ticket items...
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This 1.0 mile boardwalk is one of the best basins for mudpots--some of the most exciting geothermal features in the park. The colorful mudpots come...
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Gibbon Falls is a waterfall on the Gibbon River in northwestern Yellowstone National Park in the United States. Gibbon Falls has a drop of approximately...
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Firehole Falls is a waterfall on the Firehole River in southwestern Yellowstone National Park in the United States. The falls are located approximately 0.5 miles...
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Grand Prismatic Spring is the largest natural hot spring in the United States and located inside Yellowstone National Park!
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Along Fountain Paint Pot Trail you will see various hydrothermal features that are expressions of Yellowstone’s still active volcano. Within this geologic system, each type...
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Biscuit Basin is traversed by an easy 0.6-mile (1-km) lollipop loop boardwalk trail, which leads past many fascinating hydrothermal features, such as Sapphire Pool, Avoca...
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Watching Old Faithful Geyser erupt is a Yellowstone National Park tradition. People from all over the world have journeyed here to watch this famous geyser....
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Kepler Cascades is a waterfall on the Firehole River in southwestern Yellowstone National Park in the United States. The cascades are located approximately 2.5 miles...
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Isa Lake at at Craig Pass was, at one time, probably the only lake on Earth that drained naturally backwards to two oceans, the east...
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The West Thumb Geyser Basin, including Potts Basin to the north, is the largest geyser basin on the shores of Yellowstone Lake.
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Located on the Yellowstone River, the longest undammed river in the contiguous United States. In spring, you might be able to see Yellowstone cutthroat trout...
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Early explorers to Yellowstone described this features as a “most repulsive and terrifying site.” It is a volcano-like cone, 30 by 30 feet high and...
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Yellowstone is the only place in the United States where bison have lived continuously since prehistoric times. Bison live year-round in the Hayden Valley. Winters...
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