Swimming in YNP??

Are there designated swimming areas in YNP? Learned that Yellowstone Lake is too cold to swim in-what about mammoth area?? Any advise-Thanks

Swimming in YNP??

Here%26#39;s a thread from last year that will give you some info on a couple of options. For the most part, there is NOT swimming in Yellowstone.

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Swimming in YNP??

thanks for the link!

There is a spot on the Firehole River. You need to climb down several flights of stairs to reach the canyon floor. The river ebbs back into a nice pool there. The water is a little warmer than other rivers because of thermals spilling in up river. More of a place to just get water then any real swimming. But, it is fun and you meet people from all over. We%26#39;ve been in it and watched wildlife on the other side of the river.

Take Firehole Drive (just south of Madison Junction) drive past the falls. There are parking pullouts and some outdoor toilets/changing rooms.

Thanks, that sounds great!

%26lt;%26lt;There is a spot on the Firehole River. You need to climb down several flights of stairs to reach the canyon floor. The river ebbs back into a nice pool there. The water is a little warmer than other rivers because of thermals spilling in up river.

Take Firehole Drive (just south of Madison Junction) drive past the falls. There are parking pullouts and some outdoor toilets/changing rooms.%26gt;%26gt;

FYI We were very disappointed, but at the moment this area is closed to swimming. There was no indication it would open any time soon. (Closed due to ';human activity'; Whatever that meant?)

The ';closed to human activity'; sign probably meant that there was grizzly bear activity in the area, or that the water was fast, deep, and 37 degrees. That swimming hole would be best in late July/early August.

The water was definitely fast, deep and cold...

The Firehole River ';swim area'; was closed last year at the very end of June due to the late and very high (and cold) runoff. I took my grandson there and in all the years of visiting the area I%26#39;d never seen it that high and fast. I used to take my daughter there 28 years ago when she was 2 years old (long before there were any wooden stairs to the bottom).

Last June, there was a pelican in the upper area of the the swim area (just around the corner of the cliffs) that was (I swear) surfing the rapids. He%26#39;d swim up the side and then go out into the middle and ride the rapids back down. It was obvious what he was doing was puposeful. He did it over and over for about 15 minutes and then swam to a little cove and climbed out on a rock to rest. We got the coolest pictures of it.

Deb

Sorry, no guarantees on swimming. The Boiling River spot can also close. Of course, there is always Yellowstone Lake, but it is sooo cold. You can wade for about a minute and then most people jump out!

thanks to everyone for all the great info-gonna be a great trip even if we dont get to swim!

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