Boiling River

Boiling River is a 4.28-mile out-and-back foot trail in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. It climbs 385 ft to a high point of 5,929 ft. Difficulty: moderate, from the NPS hiking-rating formula.

Boiling River, Yellowstone National Park
Photo: Greg Willis from Denver, CO, usa · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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