Yellowstone Attractions: Firehole Canyon Drive

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Firehole Canyon Drive, Yellowstone National Park

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Madison Junction Area
Yellowstone Nat’l Park
Wyoming 82190

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Firehole Canyon, above the confluence of the Firehole and Gibbon rivers, is home to rapids, flats, cascades and pools. And it is home to the 40-foot Firehole Falls and exposed lava flows 800 feet thick. Yet the real reason for this 2-mile detour is the swimming hole. It is one of only two safe, and legal, swims in Yellowstone! (Boiling River, near Mammoth Hot Springs, is the other.)

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Firehole Canyon Drive, a 2-mile one-way road, is just south of Madison Junction. There is a small parking lot at the swimming area.

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Pack drinks (alcohol is prohibited) and snacks as well as water shoes and towels. Wear your swimsuit to the river; there are toilets but no dressing rooms. Cliff diving is illegal. Parking is limited.