Yellowstone River
Located 1.2 miles east of Tower Junction on the Northeast Entrance Road.
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Yellowstone River Details
The Yellowstone River Picnic Area is located 1.2 miles east of Tower Junction on the Northeast Entrance Road. Some material has it listed as the "Yellowstone Picnic Area." Tables: 9 Restrooms: 1* Fire Grates: 0 * Wheelchair Accessible. Every picnic area has tables, except for the 3 newest areas near Gibbon Falls, and most have vault toilets. You can use camping stoves and self-contained charcoal grills to prepare food at any picnic area. Fires are permitted only in picnic areas with fire grates. Only one picnic area - Madison - has water. Camping is not allowed in any picnic area. Special fire restrictions are occasionally put in place when the danger of wildland fires is great. If you plan to light a fire in the park, please ask about current fire restrictions at the entrance station when you arrive.
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Yellowstone River Picnic Area Trail
Short but scenic trail follows the eastern side of the canyon's edge.
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Yellowstone River
The longest undammed river in the lower 48 states.
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Ruddy Duck Pond
A small, seasonal pond located little more than a mile from Tower Junction, southeast of Junction Butte.
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Calcite Springs
This geothermally altered rhyolite inspired the artist Moran.
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Tower-Roosevelt
Named for its most prominent natural and manmade features -- Tower Falls and the Roosevelt Lodge.
