Heart Lake Trail

Heart Lake Trail is a 38.16-mile out-and-back foot trail in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. It climbs 1,480 ft to a high point of 8,142 ft. Difficulty: very strenuous, from the NPS hiking-rating formula.

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

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