Howard Eaton Trail
This seldom-traveled trail offers a more isolated way to experience a number of park features.
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Howard Eaton Trail Details
Paralleling the intensely popular Grand Loop Road, this seldom-traveled trail offers a more isolated way to experience a number of park features. The trail, which is not well maintained for its duration, but is well packed in some of the more popular segments, and connects the Mammoth hot springs, Tower, the Hoodoos, Norris Campground, Yellowstone Lake, and West Thumb. The trail is level throughout, and is often shortened into segments. Although they are all scenic in their own right, the most picturesque section runs between the north side of Yellowstone Lake, following the river though meadows and pine woodlands, while the most popular segment is the southern end of the trail as it reaches the Le Hardys Rapids overlook.
Difficulty
Low
Distance
15 miles
Estimated time
8 hours
Region
N/A
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Nearby Points of Interest Around Howard Eaton Trail
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0.1 mi away
Chittenden Bridge/Wapiti Lake
Located in the Wapiti Trailhead parking lot, 1/10th of a mile north of the Chittenden Bridge.
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South Rim Trail
This generally flat, easy trail follows the South Rim of the Grand Canyon.
0.1 mi away
South Rim Drive
You can see both falls from overlooks along the South Rim Drive.
0.4 mi away
Upper Falls
Drops 109 feet over a ledge of hard volcanic rock that is eroding slower than other rock in the canyon.
0.5 mi away
Upper Falls Overlook
The Upper Falls Viewpoint not only gives you a good look at Upper Falls but also Crystal Falls.
