The places generally visited are Mammoth Hot Springs, the Upper Geyser
Basin, Yellowstone Lake, the Grand Cañon of Yellowstone River, and
Mount Washburn. All these points lie on the main road system that is
traversed by the automobile coaches. The distances along this route
are as follows:--
_Points of interest and distances on circular tour on main road from
Gardiner, Montana, northern entrance_
_Miles_
Mammoth Hot Springs (Mammoth Hotel,
permanent camp) 5
Hoodoos and Silver Gate 8
Golden Gate and Rustic Falls 9
Swan Lake 10
Willow Park 14
Apollinaris Spring 15
Obsidian Cliff 17
Beaver Lake 17-1/2
Roaring Mountain 20-1/2
Twin Lakes 21
Bijah Spring 22
Fryingpan 23
Norris Geyser Basin 25
Elk Park 27
Gibbon Meadows 28
Artists (Gibbon) Paint Pot 29
Gibbon Cañon 29-1/2
Beryl Spring 30
Soda and Iron Springs 33
Gibbon Falls (80 feet) 33-1/2
Cañon Creek 34
Road to western entrance 35
Cascades of Firehole River } 39-1/2
Road to western entrance }
Nez Percé Creek 43
Lower Geyser Basin 45
Excelsior Geyser 48
Biscuit Basin 51
Upper Geyser Basin (Old Faithful Inn,
permanent camp) 54
Kepler Cascade 56
Lone Star Road 57-1/2
Continental Divide 62-1/2
De Lacy Creek 63-1/2
Shoshone Point 64-1/2
Continental Divide 69-1/2
Lake View } 72
Duck Lake }
Thumb of Yellowstone Lake 73
Arnica Creek 78-1/2
Natural Bridge } 84-1/2
Bridge Creek }
Yellowstone Lake (Lake Hotel permanent camp) 89
Lake outlet 90
Mud Volcano 96-1/2
Grotto Springs 97
Hayden Valley 100
Alum Creek 102
Grand Cañon of the Yellowstone River (Cañon
Hotel, permanent camp) 105
Dunraven cut-off 112
Top of Mount Washburn 116
Tower Falls Road 119
Tower Falls (132 feet) 125-1/2
Permanent camp 127-1/2
Petrified trees 128-1/2
Blacktail Deer Creek 140
Lava Creek, Undine Falls (60 feet) 143
Mammoth Hot Springs 148
Gardiner 153
_Distances from Yellowstone, Montana, western entrance, to main road_
_Miles_
Via Cañon Creek:--
Ranger Station 3
Junction of Gibbon and Firehole Rivers 13
Cañon Creek, main road. (This point is 35 miles
from Gardiner; for distances beyond this point
see table of distances from Gardiner) 17
Via Firehole River:--
Cascades of the Firehole River direct via road up
Firehole River. (This point is 39-1/2 miles from
Gardiner; for distances beyond this point see
table of distances from Gardiner) 15-1/2
_Points of interest and distances from Cody, Wyoming, via eastern
entrance to main road_
_Miles_
Eastern entrance 63
Sylvan Pass 71
Sylvan Lake 72
Cub Creek 76
Turbid Lake 83
Lake outlet, main road. (This point is 90 mile
from Gardiner; for distances from this point
see table of distances from Gardiner) 91
_Points of interest and distances from Jackson, Wyoming, via southern
entrance, to main road_
_Miles_
Southern entrance 25
Lewis Falls (upper, 80 feet; lower, 50 feet) 34
Lewis Lake, south end 36
Trail to Shoshone Lake 41
Continental Divide 43-1/2
Thumb of Lake, main road. (This point is 73 miles
from Gardiner; for distances beyond this point
see table of distances from Gardiner) 48