Yellowstone Lake

Look out over North America's largest high-elevation lake, with geysers on its shore at West Thumb and trout below Fishing Bridge.

Lake Village and Fishing Bridge area, Grand Loop Rd, Yellowstone National Park · Lake Village, WY

About Yellowstone Lake

Yellowstone Lake sits at 7,732 feet inside the Yellowstone Caldera and covers about 132 square miles with 141 miles of shoreline. You can watch cutthroat trout from Fishing Bridge, launch a boat at Bridge Bay Marina, or walk the boardwalks of West Thumb Geyser Basin, where hot springs steam right at the waterline. The water rarely tops 66 degrees in summer, and ice can stay on the lake into late May or June.

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The closest stops to Yellowstone Lake, ordered by straight-line distance. A few more like it, plus some different kinds of fun so you can build a full day.

Museums
Fishing Bridge Museum
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A 1931 stone-and-log trailside museum and visitor center in Yellowstone, known for its rustic park architecture.
6.7 mi awaySwitch it up: Museums
Sports & Outdoors
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Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
$25–$50
Stand at Artist Point and look up a yellow-walled canyon to the 308-foot Lower Falls.
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Sightseeing
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Old Faithful
$25–$50
Watch Yellowstone's signature geyser shoot water more than 100 feet high from the surrounding boardwalks.
23 mi awaySwitch it up: Sightseeing
Sports & Outdoors
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Grand Prismatic Spring
$25–$50
Follow the boardwalk past Yellowstone's largest hot spring, a deep blue pool ringed in orange and yellow.
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Museums
Norris Geyser Basin Museum
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A historic 1930 trailside museum on a ridge above Norris Geyser Basin, staffed by rangers in summer.
24 mi awaySwitch it up: Museums
Sports & Outdoors
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Mammoth Hot Springs
$25–$50
Walk boardwalks above steaming travertine terraces in Yellowstone, next to the red-roofed buildings of Fort Yellowstone.
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