Yellowstone National Park · Idaho, Montana, Wyoming

Black Sand Basin Trail

0.4 mi of trail, end to end · 7,275 ft–7,288 ft · asphalt, earth, wood surface · trail class Developed, Fully Developed, Minimally Developed · hiking

7,285 ft 7,285 ft · 0.1 mi high 7,286 ft

Trailhead Black Sand Basin Trailhead 7,288 ft Drive there

On the parks map

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About this trail's facts

The lines are the National Park Service's public trails layer, the trailheads and the waterfalls, views, peaks and historic places along them the Service's public points of interest, read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end. The write-ups are the Service's own "things to do" text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the park's own site before you go.