Yellowstone Country

West Thumb Area: Duck Lake Trail

NATIONAL PARK TRAIL

About

Distance, round trip: 1 mile
Estimated time: 30 minutes
Difficulty: moderately strenuous
Trailhead: at the end of the West Thumb Geyser Basin parking area, on the right

Climb a small hill for a view of Duck and Yellowstone lakes and the expanse of the 1988 fires that swept through this area. Trail descends to shore of Duck Lake.

NATIONAL PARK TRAIL BIRD WATCHING HIKING NATURE OUTDOOR ACTIVITY PHOTOGRAPHY SIGHTSEEING WILDLIFE VIEWING