Yellowstone National Park · Idaho, Montana, Wyoming

Buffalo Plateau Trail

8.0 mi of trail, end to end · about 150 ft of climbing · 3,400 ft of descent · 5,958 ft–9,222 ft · earth surface · trail class Minimally Developed · hiking

8,158 ft 7,446 ft · 2.3 mi high 8,158 ft

Trailhead Buffalo Plateau Trailhead 9,223 ft Drive there

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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.