Yellowstone National Park - Picnicking in Yellowstone National Park (U.S. National Park Service)

People take time to enjoy a picnic in a quiet spot near a river

Visitors can use picnic areas throughout the park. The numbers on the map below indicate the picnic area locations; they also correspond to the list. Signs along the roadway also indicate picnic areas. Every picnic area has tables, except for the 3 newest areas near Gibbon Falls, and most have vault toilets. You can use camping stoves and self-contained charcoal grills to prepare food at any picnic area. Fires are permitted only in picnic areas with fire grates. Only one picnic area—Madison—has water. Camping is not allowed in any picnic area.

Special fire restrictions are occasionally put in place when the danger of wildland fires is great. If you plan to light a fire in the park, please ask about current fire restrictions at the entrance station when you arrive or email our Visitor Services Office immediately prior to your visit.

Picnic Area Information

No.	Name	Grates	Tables	Restrooms
1	Madison River		7	1*
2	Madison Junction		14	1
3	Firehole River		12	1
4	Nez Perce	3	12	1*
5	Whiskey Flat	1	12+1*	1*
6	East Lot	0	6+1*	1*
7	Spring Creek	2	10	1*
8	Delacey Creek		9	1
9	East Divide		14	1*
10	Lewis Lake		9	2*
11	Cave Falls		4	2*
12	Snake River	8	15	1*
13	Grant Village	12	17	1
14	West Thumb		5	1*
15	Hard Road To Travel		3
16	Fisherman's Access		3	2
17	Pumice Point		2
18	Spruce-Fir Exhibit		4
19	Sand Point		18	4
20	Gull Point		21	1*
21	Bridge Bay	3	23	1*
22	Lake Village		2
23	Fishing Bridge		11
24	Steamboat Point		2	1*
25	Sedge Bay		3	1*
26	Sylvan Lake		8	1*
27	Eleanor Lake		2
28	LeHardy		6
29	Cascade		6	1*
30	Nez Perce Ford		17	1*
31	Otter Creek		8
32	Chittenden Bridge/Wapiti Lake		4
33	Cascade Lake Trail	5	16	1
34	Dunraven Road		12	1
35	Yellowstone River		9	1*
36	Warm Creek		7	1*
37	Lava Creek		5	1*
38	Albright		4	nearby*
39	Mammoth		4	nearby*
40	45th Parallel/Gardner River		2	nearby*
41	Arch Park	1	7	nearby*
42	Sheepeater Cliff		5	1*
43	Appolinaris Spring		6	2
44	Beaver Lake		9	1*
45	Norris Meadows	4	16	1*
46	Virginia Cascades		6	1*
47	Gibbon Meadows		9	2*
48	Caldera Rim		To come	1*
49	Iron Spring		To come	1*
50	Gibbon Falls		To come	0
51	Tuff Cliff		3	1*
52	Soda Butte		3+1*	1*

*Wheelchair Accessible

Detailed map of picnic areas around the park.

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