Yellowstone National Park · Idaho, Montana, Wyoming

Boundary Creek Trail

17 mi of trail, end to end · about 350 ft of climbing · 1,700 ft of descent · 6,391 ft–7,780 ft · earth surface · trail class Minimally Developed · hiking

Backcountry camps

6,451 ft 6,392 ft · 2.2 mi high 6,497 ft

Along the way 9A0 9A1 9A4

Trailhead Boundary Creek Trailhead 7,743 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.