Yellowstone has a canyon named The "Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone". No, it not as big as the Grand Canyon- but it still has a pretty river, two waterfalls, and lots of colors in the rock walls. You can hike both sides of the canyon and to the brinks of the falls, or you can take advantage of the well-placed viewing areas that are an easy drive. We would normally opt for the hike but I had injured a tendon on a hike in August and was still having problems with it, so we opted to drive and walk to the lookout points.
The canyon has the Upper and Lower falls but there are also many other waterfalls in Yellowstone. We also visited Gibbons Falls, Undine Falls, Firehole Falls, Virginia Cascades and Lewis Falls. So if you love waterfalls, Yellowstone is a great place to visit. There were many more we did not see.
We stayed at the Canyon Lodge, which is actually a group of lodges. Our room was nice with a comfy bed and a big bathtub. We were able to do laundry at the campground laundromat and also able to get hot takeout food for dinner, which was nice because the weather was quickly becoming cooler. The store area of the lodge is one of the few places in the park where you can get internet access as well. We came out the front door of our lodge one morning to find a big bison grazing on the front lawn!
Lake Yellowstone is a big lake! It's 136 square miles. I imagine that area is normally very busy in summer, but with COVID the park service had closed one of the marinas and I think one of the lodges there as well. It was still a pretty drive and we followed the shore as we drove south and moved on to the next portion of our trip- Grand Teton National Park.
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| Grand Canyon of Yellowstone |
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| Canyon and Upper Falls |
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