It was a beautiful day for my first time down the Yellowstone River Valley. We started at Fishing Bridge and it was lovely. The bridge is fun to look at, and you can see some of the largest trout I have ever seen from it. Fishing is not allowed from the bridge, and for a mile downstream, but I would love to catch one of those prize trout! We could also see dust sized trout at the river's edge.
Some other things we saw along the Yellowstone River are LeHardy Rapids, The Mud Volcano Area, Sulphur Cauldron which has a PH of about 1, grassy valleys, forests, wildflowers, and hundreds of bison.
The biggest problem you might find is cars stopping for bison to cross the road or to take photos of them. There was one little hot pool in the Mud Volcano Area that was the worst smelling hot pool I have ever encountered! People think the egg smell of many hot pools and geysers is nasty but nothing compares to this one! I think it was sour lake and I did not want to linger to take a photo of it. But the area is beautiful and worth the drive at least. You can see these places if you take the road which travels between Yellowstone Lake and the Upper and Lower Falls on the Yellowstone River (and the Grand Canyon of The Yellowstone). If you love to fish or hike there is plenty of that to do as well.
Enjoy these photos of the Yellowstone River Valley.
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| Fishing Bridge, Yellowstone River |
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| 14 photo panorama - Fishing Bridge, Yellowstone River |
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| People on Fishing Bridge, Yellowstone River |
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| My wife near on shore near Fishing Bridge, Yellowstone River |
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| 11 photo panorama - From Fishing Bridge, Yellowstone River |
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| 4 photo panorama - Fishing Bridge, Yellowstone River |
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| My lovely wife on the Fishing Bridge, Yellowstone River |
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| My lovely wife on the Fishing Bridge, Yellowstone River |
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| 16 photo panorama - LeHardys Rapids, Yellowstone River |
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| 7 photo panorama - LeHardys Rapids, Yellowstone River |
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| Wildflowers near Mud Volcano, Yellowstone National Park |
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| Mud Geyser (Mud Volcano Group) and Yellowstone River, Yellowstone National Park |
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| Churning Caldron, Mud Volcano Group, Yellowstone National Park |
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| Dragon's Mouth Spring, Mud Volcano Group, Yellowstone National Park |
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| Sulfur Cauldron, Yellowstone National Park |
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| 8 photo panorama - Sulfur Cauldron and Yellowstone River area, Yellowstone National Park |
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| Sulfur Cauldron, Yellowstone National Park |
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| Sulfur Cauldron, Yellowstone National Park |
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| Bison on hillside in Yellowstone River Valley, Yellowstone National Park |
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| Western Fringed Gentian wildflower in Yellowstone River Valley |
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| 16 photo panorama - Yellowstone River Valley and Yellowstone River, Yellowstone National Park |
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| Western Fringed Gentian wildflower in Yellowstone River Valley |
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| 11 photo panorama - Yellowstone River Valley and Yellowstone River, Yellowstone National Park |
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| Western Fringed Gentians in Yellowstone River Valley |
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| Western Fringed Gentians and Yellowstone River Valley, Yellowstone National Park |
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| Bison Leading traffic in Yellowstone River Valley, Yellowstone National Park |
