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Inspiration Point

Viewpoint Partially Destroyed by Earthquakes

Observation Point on Yellowstone River on Canyon Rim Ski Trail, North Rim Trail in Yellowstone NP, Rocky Mountains near Canyon Village, WY

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A set of stairs leads from the parking lot down to Inspiration Point - a viewpoint of the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone at the end of a spur off of North Rim Drive. Compared to nearby Lookout Point and Artist Point across the canyon, Inspiration Point is less dramatic, but it still offers great views on the rhyolite walls lining the canyon.

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Inspiration Point is a promontory cliff on the north rim of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone east of Yellowstone Falls on the Yellowstone River in Yellowstone National Park. The point was originally named Promontory Point in 1878 by W. H. Holmes but later given the name of Inspiration Point by G.L. Henderson, a park concessionaire in 1887. The point is a natural observation point over the rim of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone.

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