Yellowstone National Park · Idaho, Montana, Wyoming

Summit Lake Trail

16 mi of trail, end to end · about 1,400 ft of climbing · 7,280 ft–8,634 ft · earth surface · trail class Minimally Developed · hiking

Backcountry camps

7,280 ft 8,057 ft · 1.9 mi high 8,063 ft

Along the way OE1

Trailhead Summit Lake Trailhead 8,038 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.