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Yellowstone Lake, Lake Village, WY

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Yellowstone Lake

Yellowstone Lake is an outdoor activity in Lake Village, WY, part of the Yellowstone Country guide. Cost: $25 to $50.

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

Why you should go…

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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What's around here?

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.

  • Sport & Outdoor
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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.

    18 mi awayMore like this

  • 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

  • Sport & Outdoor
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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.

    24 mi awayMore like this

  • Attractions
    Family Favorite

    Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center

    Under $25

    Nonprofit wildlife park near Yellowstone's west entrance, home to rescued grizzly bears, gray wolves and other native species.

    38 mi awaySwitch it up: Attractions

  • Sport & Outdoor
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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.

    38 mi awayMore like this

  • Tours
    Outdoor Adventure

    Yellowstone Helicopters

    $50+

    Helicopter sightseeing flights from West Yellowstone Airport over Hebgen Lake, Two Top and Earthquake Country, from 20-minute hops to a 60-minute wilderness explorer.

    39 mi awaySwitch it up: Tours

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