Little Trail Creek

Rescue Creek Trailhead (1N2)

~8 min drive

Bunsen Peak prominently sits south of Mammoth Hot Springs. From this trailhead, you can embark on the following trails: Bunsen Peak Trail Bunsen Peak Road Trail Osprey Falls Trail Parking is limited. Winter trailhead access requires a snow coach drop-off, or skiing up from…

Boiling River

~11 min drive

<p><span style="color:#c0392b;"><strong>No swimming at Boiling River.</strong></span> Currently, swimming is not possible at Boiling River because of the impacts to the river from the <a href="https://www.nps.gov/yell/planyourvisit/flood-recovery.htm">2022 floods</a>.</p> <h2>…

Beaver Ponds Trailhead (1N4)

~13 min drive

This trailhead is located behind the Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel, next to the start of the Old Gardiner Road. From this trailhead, you can access the following trails: Beaver Ponds Trail Selpulcher Mountain Trail There is no parking at the trailhead. However, there is parking…

Lava Creek Trailhead (1N3)

~13 min drive

Situated across from the Mammoth Campground, the Lava Creek Trailhead provides easy access to: Lava Creek Trail There is a decent-sized parking lot at the trailhead. Lava Creek Trail A 4.2-mile (6.7-km) moderate one-way hike that begins and ends at different trailheads. Ei…

Liberty Cap

~13 min drive

<p>Liberty Cap is 37 feet (11 m) tall. It was created by a hot spring that was active in one location for a long time. Its internal pressure was sufficient to raise the water to a great height, allowing mineral deposits to build slowly and continuously for perhaps hundreds of…

Lower Terraces - Middle Trailhead

~13 min drive

This trailhead starts partway up the Lower Terraces, with boardwalks leading to both Liberty Cap and Palette Spring at the base of the Lower Terraces to the north and Minerva Spring & Terrace to the south. The boardwalk and trail continues into the Lower Terraces, providing vi…

Minerva Terrace

~13 min drive

<p>Activity shifts dramatically around this terrace, named for the Roman goddess of artists and sculptors.</p> <p>The cascades of travertine beside the boardwalks were formed in the 1990s. Some years, they are dry.</p> <p>In dry areas, you can clearly see the many layers and t…

Cleopatra Spring

~13 min drive

<p>These terraces are like living sculptures, shaped by the volume of water, the slope of the ground, and objects in the water’s path. Travertine builds up rapidly here and causes the features to change quickly and constantly.</p> <p>Some vents will clog completely, new vents…

Fort Yellowstone Overlook

~13 min drive

<p>The US Army administered the park from 1886 through 1918.</p> <p>In 1910, at the height of the Army's presence in Yellowstone, there were 324 soldiers here, plus some families and numerous civilian employees. These troops staffed Fort Yellowstone and the park's outposts.</p…

Lower Terraces - South Trailhead

~13 min drive

This trailhead leads into the top of the Lower Terraces, with close walks to Mound & Jupiter Terraces, New Blue Spring, Cleopatra Spring & Terrace, and Minerva Spring and Terrace. Continuing along the boardwalk beyond New Blue Spring leads to the Upper Terrace boardwalk. Mamm…