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Midway Geyser Basin Trail

Trail to the Edge of Yellowstone's Largest Hot Spring

Interpretive Trail on Firehole River in Yellowstone NP, Rocky Mountains near Old Faithful, WY

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Length

¾mi

Surface

Boardwalk (0.4mi)

Pavement (¼mi)

Bridge (142ft)

Allows ATVs

No

Allows Bikes

No

Allows Hiking

Yes

Allows Horses

No

Allows Nordic Skiing

No

The Midway Geyser Basin Trail is a ½ mile long boardwalk that features some of Yellowstone’s largest hot springs: Grand Prismatic Spring and Excelsior Geyser Crater. It is hard to fully take in the scale or grandeur of Grand Prismatic Springs from ground level, but it is still impressive and allows you to see the bright orange bacterial mats up-close.For a more birds-eye view of Grand Prismatic Spring (with a longer walk) you can take the new Grand Prismatic Spring Overlook Trail which opened in July 2017. The overlook trail begins from the Fairy Falls Trailhead.

Grand Prismatic Spring From Boardwalk Level:

Midway Geyser Basin [Boardwalk] Trail:

Attractions

Grand Prismatic Spring

Hot Spring in Yellowstone NP, Rocky Mountains near Old Faithful, WY

Excelsior Geyser Crater

Hot Spring in Yellowstone NP, Rocky Mountains near Old Faithful, WY

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South Central Rockies Forests

Yellowstone Plateau