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Lower Terrace
Includes the Opal Terrace, which grows by about a foot a year.
Plan Around Lower Terrace
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Lower Terrace Details
Several boardwalks provide you with access to the lower terraces of Mammoth Hot Spring. Major features include the Opal Terrace, which grows by about a foot a year; Minerva Terrace, whose ornate formations earned the nickname of the Roman goddess of artists and sculptors; and the Jupiter and Mound Terraces. Also part of the lower terrace is the conical Liberty Cap formations and the colorful Palette Spring.
Difficulty
Low
Distance
N/A
Estimated time
Region
Mammoth Hot Springs to Norris
Nearby Parks Around Lower Terrace
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Nearby Points of Interest Around Lower Terrace
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0.1 mi away
Upper and Lower Mammoth Terraces Trail
A self-guided tour of one of the many incredible natural phenonomea in Yellowstone National Park.
0.2 mi away
Sepulcher Mountain
Climb 3,400 feet through forest and meadows to the 9,652 foot summit.
0.2 mi away
Mammoth Hot Springs
Water heated far below the earth's surface flows through a limestone-rich fault at Mammoth Hot Springs.
0.2 mi away
Mammoth
Located on the south end of Mammoth, south of the old Child's House, across the street from Liberty Cap.
