Yellowstone: Slow Down for an Otherworldly Park: the places
13 places from this post, mapped as a trip.
- AttractionErupts roughly every 90 minutes — check predictions, then stay for the basin behind it
- AttractionThe world's tallest predictable geyser — the wait is the point
- Lodging1904 log landmark — walk in and look up seven stories
- AttractionThe park's most alien sight — boardwalk for the steam, overlook for the rainbow
- AttractionEasy 1.6 km walk up to the Grand Prismatic Overlook — go mid-afternoon
- AttractionTerraced eruptions with a dozen spectators instead of a thousand — bring a book
- AttractionA booming, belching cave — stand still and listen
- AttractionBison herds and grizzlies at dawn and dusk — park, wait, watch
- AttractionThe classic full view of the Lower Falls and the painted canyon
- AttractionSwitchbacks down to a railing directly over the 94-meter drop
- AttractionHot springs on the cold shore of Yellowstone Lake — go in the last hour of light
- AttractionLuminous teal since 1991, misnamed and magnificent
- AttractionThe 'American Serengeti' — join the wolf-watchers before first light