Cascade Lake Trail to Observation Peak

The out-and-back Cascade Lake Trail starts from the Cascade Creek Trailhead off of Norris Canyon Road in Yellowstone National Park. The trail passes through open meadows as you hike to Cascade Lake where wildflowers abound and wildlife is often seen.You will need a wilderness permit to backpack and camp out here. The hike is relatively short and flat, but you're quickly you are whisked away int...

Lower Grand Canyon Falls is one of the gems of Yellowstone and is the one of the most photographed spots in the park. Red Rock Point on the north side of the Yellowstone River gives amazing views up and down the canyon and is only a short .3 miles from the North Rim Road. What's crazy is how long it took me to finally visit the falls, and I've lived within two hours of Yellowstone for most of ...

The Brink of the Lower Falls Trail, accessed via the North Rim Trail in Yellowstone National Park, leads to one of the park’s most awe-inspiring viewpoints — the top of the 308-foot Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River, the largest waterfall in the park. This short but steep trail gives visitors an unforgettable, up-close perspective of the raw power and beauty of the falls as they plunge int...

Artist Point, thought to be named by park photographer F. J. Haynes as early as 1883, provides what is perhaps the most beautiful views of the entire Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone and of Lower Yellowstone Falls some 308 feet high. It is a breathtaking place to photograph year round and at all times of the day, though in winter it can be closed. To get there head towards Canyon Village on the...

The Brink of the Lower Falls Trail is a short but steep hike in Yellowstone National Park that brings you face-to-face with the thundering power of the Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River. At just under a mile round-trip, this trail descends to a dramatic overlook perched directly above the 308-foot waterfall — the tallest and most powerful in the park — offering one of the most exhilarating...

If your in the Yellowstone National Park, this is a must do. The trail/stair case is visible from the opposite of the canyon, weaving its way down the canyon wall to a nice outlook at the base. Once we saw the staircase we knew we had to do it. When you're in the Yellowstone Canyon area, travel down the Artists Point Road and park at the parking lot at Artists point.Uncle Tom's Trail is more of...