Haynes new guide and motorists' complete road log of Yellowstone National Park . ewed by but few white men, and wefelt glad to have looked upon it before its primeval solitudeshould be broken by the crowds of pleasure seekers whichat no distant day will throng its shores. The Thumb Ranger Station is situated facing thelake at West Thumb Junction (WT). West Thumb Public Camp Grounds are across theroad and southeast of the Rano^er Station. YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK 83 TOUR OF THE PAEKFEOM THE SOUTHERlSr ENTRANCE At the West Thumb the road from Moran, Wyo-ming, joins the main loop road of the par
Haynes new guide and motorists' complete road log of Yellowstone National Park . ewed by but few white men, and wefelt glad to have looked upon it before its primeval solitudeshould be broken by the crowds of pleasure seekers whichat no distant day will throng its shores. The Thumb Ranger Station is situated facing thelake at West Thumb Junction (WT). West Thumb Public Camp Grounds are across theroad and southeast of the Rano^er Station. YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK 83 TOUR OF THE PAEKFEOM THE SOUTHERlSr ENTRANCE At the West Thumb the road from Moran, Wyo-ming, joins the main loop road of the park. TheSouthern Entrance is miles south of the WestThumb ; and Moran, at Jackson Lake, is miles southof the Southern Entrance. At Moran may be seen themajestic Teton range, the largest mountains of which arethe Grand Teton and Mount Moran. At the West Thumb there are several geyser cones,paint pots and springs. The Lake Shore Geyser plays at intervals severalfeet high. The Fishing Cone, named by the Expeditionof 1870, has a boiling spring in its centre which projects. MT. MORAN. 12,100 FT., ELEVATION, FROM JENNY LAKE 19004 84 HAYNES NEW GUIDE above, and is surrounded by the cold water of the is the famous place where fishermen stood and, aftercatching the Lake, boiled them while still on thehook (a practice now prohibited by law). Four miles toward Moran the Continental Divideis crossed once more, and at miles Lewis Lake isreached. There is a good camping ground at this point. Lewis Falls may be viewed from the bridge overthe Lewis River, miles from West Thumb. Moose Fall at miles also is well worth is reached by a footpath 100 yards down Crawfish Southern Entrance (SE) and the Snake RiverRanger Station are miles from the main loop roadof the park, and miles north of Jackson Lake atMoran, Wyoming. Mt. Moran, altitude 12,100 feet, one of the largepeaks of the Teton range, was named for the great Ameri-can pa
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