Haynes new guide and motorists' complete road log of Yellowstone National Park . ellowstone Lake the road leads up the Firehole Eiver to YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK 81 Kepler Cascade, less than two miles distant, whosewaters form a series of enchanting falls, aggregating 100to 150 feet in height. Lone Star Geyser, off the main road, is visited onlyas a side trip. Its cone, twelve feet high, has a large cen-tral opening and numerous small ones from which wateris thrown. The cone is its principal attraction, althoughthe eruptions are at times 75 feet high. At a point eight miles from Upper Basin i
Haynes new guide and motorists' complete road log of Yellowstone National Park . ellowstone Lake the road leads up the Firehole Eiver to YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK 81 Kepler Cascade, less than two miles distant, whosewaters form a series of enchanting falls, aggregating 100to 150 feet in height. Lone Star Geyser, off the main road, is visited onlyas a side trip. Its cone, twelve feet high, has a large cen-tral opening and numerous small ones from which wateris thrown. The cone is its principal attraction, althoughthe eruptions are at times 75 feet high. At a point eight miles from Upper Basin is NorrisPass through which a trail leads south to ShoshoneLake. Craig Pass is one-half mile further. Isa Lake is next seen; its waters floAv to both theAtlantic and Pacific Oceans from the summit of theContinental Divide. Two Ocean Pond, a similar lake,is also on the summit of this range a few miles south ofYellowstone Lake. The Continental Divide, altitude 8,240 feet, iscrossed twice between the Upper Basin and YellowstoneLake. It enters the Yellowstone Park near the Western. WEST THUMB BAY OF YELLOWSTONE LAKE 82 HAYNES NEW GUIDE Entrance and passes through the reserve to its southernborder forming the water-shed between Yellowstone Lakeand the head waters of Snake Eiver. Shoshone Point affords a most commanding overlooks the country to the south^ Shoshone Lake in abeautiful valley, and the Teton Mountains many milessouth. Beyond Shoshone Point the road again crosses thecontinental divide at an altitude of 8,345 feet. Shoshone Lake has an area of about 12 squaremiles, and a very irregular shore line. Shoshone GeyserBasin on the west shore of the Lake has several largegeysers and numerous interesting springs. It is reachedby trail from Lone Star Geyser. On a clear day from Shoshone Point may be seen thesnow-capped Teton Mountains, fifty miles distant, thatform a portion of the boundary between the states ofWyoming and Idaho, their dizzy heights overtopping allother peak
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