Name: Fountain Freight Road
Rating: 3.5

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Family Friendly A beautiful stretch of easy trail/path that heads past Grand Prismatic.

Closed during winter months, check the national park website for information.

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The trail is an old dirt road that appears to be ground up pavement and stone. This trail is very flat and takes you through a scenic valley where bison tend to hang out all year.

Although it is outside of the main geyser basin area, there are still Hotsprings and thermal pools along the trail. One of which is Ojo Caliente Spring, only 0.8 of a mile into the trail. The gravel trail continues to head south taking you behind the Midway Geyser Basin and ending at the Fairy Falls trailhead.

The trail also goes by Goose Lake and the back side of Grand Prismatic Springs. There are numerous possible side trips on foot along this very leisurely hike.

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Land Manager: National Park Service - Yellowstone National Park

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Chris Cook

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Trail Ratings

3.5 from 10 votes

#3

in Madison

#24170

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3.5 from 10 votes

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#3

in Madison

#478

in Wyoming

#24,170

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Grand Prismatic Hot Spring as seen from Fountain Flats Drive.

Dec 16, 2015 near Yellows…, WY

Sep 9, 2015 near Yellows…, WY

View of Grand Prismatic Spring from Overloop

Aug 1, 2020 near Yellows…, WY

Geyser pool before the Fairy Falls trail.

Sep 18, 2023 near Old Fai…, WY

A really hot spring! From Fountain Pot Trail

Apr 10, 2015 near Old Fai…, WY

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May 30, 2023

Jill Lurkins

Lots of Bison at parking area. Multiple Red Dogs with them — 10h 18m

Aug 15, 2022

Su Jin Kim

Jul 19, 2021

Raj Mathew

We took this to go to the Grand Prismatic Outlook Trail

Sep 14, 2019

Katie Falcioni

Nice flat trail. Saw two different herds of bison along the way along with a few single ones. Did the loop with fairy falls which totals about 10mi 4.2mi

Aug 6, 2019

Artem Abramyan

Sep 7, 2018

Aishwarya W

followed this trail to fairy falls, imperial geyser and the grand prismatic overlook. 12mi

Jul 27, 2018

Aaron Fagerwick

0.8mi — 0h 14m

Jul 22, 2018

Amanda Ford

Jun 29, 2018

Patrick Csongei

Hiked to the Grand Prismatic overlook and back. Awesome views! 1.6mi — 0h 30m

Sep 9, 2017

Don McCarty

Aug 4, 2017

Keith McClanahan Jr.

Jul 24, 2017

Veryl K

Easy bike ride, should do again in the fall

Jul 10, 2017

mie amarasinghe

Jun 24, 2017

Christian Cicchella

Jul 14, 2016

Amy Rogers

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Fountain Freight Road

“A family friendly tour of Yellowstone with awesome scenery and wildlife. ”

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