Tag - GPS coordinates

Wraith Falls 18

Wraith Falls in Yellowstone National Park

Location: Yellowstone National Park Length: 0.8 miles Elevation change: 120 feet GPS Coordinates: N 44 56.540 W 110 37.408 Yellowstone National Park is one of the greatest parks in US, it is very diverse and beautiful, featuring different geothermal features. This is the World?s First National Park that comprises the territory of 2,219,789 acres. The park is home to one of the world?s largest calderas with over 10,000 thermal features and more than 300 geysers. The park has 290 waterfalls and is home [...]

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Calcite Springs Overlook in Yellowstone National Park

Location: Yellowstone National Park Length: 0.25 miles Elevation Gain: 25 feet GPS coordinates: N 44 54.109 W 110 23.586 Yellowstone is known for its gorgeous views and nature. This is the World’s First National Park that comprises the territory of 2,219,789 acres. The park is home to one of the world's largest calderas with over 10,000 thermal features and more than 300 geysers. The park has 290 waterfalls and is home for one of the largest petrifiied forests in the world. One of the [...]

Amazing sunset at Yellowstone National Park 9

Amazing Sunset at Yellowstone National Park

One of the most magical and gorgeous moment in a day is sunset. It’s the time when the day fades and the sun drowns in the endless horizon. Bright colors of the sky are just indescribable by words. John Lubbock said: “Sunsets are so beautiful that they almost seem as if we were looking through the gates of Heaven.” And this was a special sunset, the sky was colored in unbelievably beautiful and unearthly colors, it was the time to [...]

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Brink of the Upper Falls on the Grand Canyon ib the Yellowstone National Park

Location: Yellowstone National Park Distance: 0.4 miles (roundtrip) Elevation change: 75 feet GPS Coordinates: N 44 42.874 W 110 30.042 The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone Rivet takes its beginning at Upper Falls. Beautiful and panoramic views from the edge of this Nature’s masterpiece will take your breath away. Brink of the Upper Falls Trail provides fascinating views of the 109-foot waterfall with all its power. The Brink of the Upper Falls may be visited when you hike the North Rim Trail, but it [...]

Back Basin - Norris Geyser Basin 18

Back Basin of Norris Geyser Basin – Yellowstone National Park

Location: Yellowstone National Park, Mammoth Hot Springs Length: 1.75 mile GPS Coordinates: N 44 43.567 W 110 42.117 The Norris Geyser Basin is the hottest geyser basin in Yellowstone National Park, one of its parts the Back Basin is considered to be more wooded and full of different geothermal features. Some people call this part “the land of extremes”. Tourist will see here the tallest geyser, but at the same time this geyser is infrequent, new and old geysers, springs that have been [...]

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Boiling River Trail

Location: Yellowstone National Park, Mammoth Hot Springs Length: 025 mile GPS Coordinates: N 44 59.557 W 110 41.496 Boiling River Trail is an interesting must-see and try destination in the Yellowstone National Park. A short 1.25-mile trail will take you to the Boiling River, a place where a large hot spring enters the Gardner River. The cold and hot water mixes here and becomes warm for bathing. Wear your bathing suit and enjoy this remarkable hot spring tub! Yellowstone’s Boiling River is located [...]

Artist Point, Yellowstone National Park 18

Artist Point on the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone National Park

Location: Yellowstone National Park, Grand Canyon, South Rim Length: 0.1 mile GPS Coordinates: N 44 43.178 W 110 28.829 Artist Point on the Grand Canyon in the Yellowstone National Park offers fabulous views of the Yellowstone River and gorgeous canyons of light yellow and orange colors. Enjoy the views of the famous Lower Falls. It is truly a must-see and must-visit place in Yellowstone. The Grand Canyon itself is about 20 miles long; it was approximately measured from the Upper Falls to Tower Fall [...]

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Artist’s Paint Pots – Yellowstone National Park

Location: Yellowstone National Park Length: 1.1 miles GPS Coordinates: N 44 41.774 W 110 44.466 The Artist's Paint Pots trail is an easy and very popular hike featuring colorful hot springs, geysers, a fumaroles and mudpots in Yellowstone National Park. We encourage you to enjoy it in a natural setting. From the trailhead the trail takes you through a conifer forest. It should be mentioned that these trees were able to survive during the fire in 1988. After the forest the trail takes [...]

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Old Faithful Geyser – Is it really so faithful?

Location: Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park GPS Coordinates: N 44 27.635 W 110 49.846 The Upper Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park is home for one of the most famous and faithful geysers in the world. This basin is famous for the fact that nearly one quarter of all worlds’ geysers is located here. Just imagine a territory in one square mile that has 150 geysers. Not only geysers, but also such thermal features like hot springs, boiling springs and [...]

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Biscuit Basin – Yellowstone National Park

Difficulty: Easy Length: 0.7 miles GPS Coordinates: N 44 29.103 W 110 51.153 Biscuit Basin is part of Upper Geyser Basin and is home for Mustard Spring, beautiful Sapphire Pool and Black Opal Pool, Shell Geyser, Avoca Spring, Jewel Geyser, etc. Biscuit Basic is located at Yellowstone National Park, only 3 miles from a very famous Old Faithful. The basin got its name thanks to the deposits, biscuit-shaped, that were found on the territory around Sapphire Pool. On August 17, 1959 the earthquake [...]

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Real Marble at Mosaic Canyon, Death Valley National Park

Location: Death Valley National Park, Stovepipe Wells Area Length: ½ - 2 miles GPS Coordinates: N 36 34.324 W 117 8.667 Contact Information: Death Valley National Park P.O. Box 579 Death Valley, CA 92328 Mosaic Canyon is one of the most scenic and beautiful sights in Death Valley national Park. The short trail will take you through the narrow canyon with high polished walls. Numerous floods have polished the marble walls and multicolored rock formations. Tourists will enjoy this hike with numerous opportunities to explore smooth marble walls. Mosaic Canyon [...]

Devil's Golf Course 18

Devil’s Golf Course – Alien Views and Landscape

Location: Death Valley National Park Length: It can be as long as you want (there is no a designated trail) GPS Coordinates: N 36 17.157 W 116 49.567 Contact Information: Death Valley National Park P.O. Box 579 Death Valley, CA 92328 The Devil’s Golf Course is a fabulously beautiful and large salt pan on the floor of Death Valley National Park. It is located in the Mojave Desert. This salt pen is a huge bed of a dried up Lake Manly that covered the territory of the valley. The [...]