Note the bear scratch on the bark of the nearby tree This was the line of rocks near the junction of the trail we took from Bridge Bay and the wider trail along Bridge Creek. ![]() The trail briefly went north from the Bridge Bay parking lot before skirting by the Bridge Bay Campground. We did our hike starting from the Bridge Bay Marina, which was near the Bridge Bay Campground by the northwestern shores of Yellowstone Lake. ![]() It turned out that there were actually two different ways to hike to Natural Bridge. In any case, our hike (more like a stroll) to the Natural Bridge was on the order of 2.8 miles round-trip, and it took us a leisurely 90 minutes. We did the slightly longer trail to Natural Bridge from the Bridge Bay Marina off the northwestern shores of Yellowstone Lake Instead, I wound up with partial views of the hard-to-see stream so the pictures I have on this post doesn’t do it justice. That could have at least let me get a more top down look through the span as well as more looks at the cascading stream going right through it. However, when I heard the sound of falling water (even though Bridge Creek’s volume wasn’t strong), I guess that was enough to warrant having this write-up.Īlthough my wife and daughter were concerned about having a late dinner, that prevented me from fully exploring the entire trail around the Natural Bridge. Another look up through the Natural Bridge with the course of Bridge Creek cutting through the foliage down below However, on our latest visit in early August 2020, we finally made it a point to fit in a visit this place (on the same day we happened to take part in a grizzly bear jam closer to the east end of Yellowstone Lake).Īnyways, I considered not having this write-up because I didn’t expect there to be a waterfall here. When we came back to Yellowstone in August 2017, we simply ran out of time. That prevented us from making a visit to this eccentric formation back in June 2004. Looking up through the Natural Bridge with wet rocks beneath its span where Bridge Creek cascaded into the thick bush below Typically early in the Summer, grizzly bears would frequent the trails that would lead to the Natural Bridge thereby resulting in the trail’s closure. Natural Bridge could very well Yellowstone National Park’s only significant natural arch or bridge, and it took us three trips to the reserve before we finally got a chance to see it.
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