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Yellowstone Lake Overlook Trail is an easy 1-mile trail through grassy fields and thin pine forests, running past a few gas vents and small pools until it reaches a small hill surrounded by a lovely meadow filled with wildflowers. The treeless hill provides a wonderful view of Yellowstone Lake, Duck Lake, the Red Mountains, and the Continental Divide. There are other, better vantage points for the lake, but being so close to the geyser basin, the trail gets quite a lot of traffic. The trailhead can be found close to the West Thumb parking lot. See the Map
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