Cascade Lake Trail Picnic Area
Cascade Lake Trail Picnic Area is a picnic site in Wyoming, at a modelled elevation of 2,446 m. Mount Holmes stands 3,149 m to the west-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Dunraven Road Picnic Area, a picnic site 1.0 miles away. Beartooth Highway passes 29 miles off.
What to expect
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 29.4 mi off the Beartooth Highway, National
- 29.9 mi off the Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Hedges Peak: 1.8 mi
- Dunraven Peak: 2.3 mi
- Observation Peak: 3.3 mi
- Mount Washburn: 4.1 mi
- Crater Hills: 6.6 mi
- Turbulent Pool: 8.9 mi
- Dragon's Mouth Spring: 9.1 mi
- Mud Caldron: 9.2 mi
- Sizzling Basin: 9.4 mi
- Whiterock Springs: 10.6 mi
- Grizzly Fumarole: 9.2 mi
- Churning Caldron: 9.4 mi
- Sour Lake: 9.4 mi
- Medusa Spring: 11.2 mi
- Frying Pan Spring: 11.6 mi
- Dunraven Road Picnic Area: 1.0 mi
- Chittenden Bridge Picnic Area: 3.1 mi
- Otter Creek Picnic Area: 3.8 mi
- Virginia Cascades Picnic Area: 7.7 mi
- Nez Perce Ford Picnic Area: 9.7 mi
- Canyon Horse Corral: 2.1 mi
- Mud Volcano Area: 9.3 mi
- Norris Geyser Basin: 10.8 mi
- Porcelain Basin: 10.8 mi
- Steamboat Geyser: 10.8 mi
- Overhanging Cliff: 11.1 mi
- Obsidian Cliff: 12.8 mi
- Sheepeater Cliffs: 15.6 mi
- Gull Point: 15.9 mi
- Storm Point: 15.9 mi
- Lower Yellowstone Falls: 2.4 mi
- Silver Cord Cascade: 2.5 mi
- Crystal Falls: 2.6 mi
- Upper Yellowstone Falls: 2.8 mi
- Virginia Cascades: 8.4 mi
- Willow Park: 14.8 mi
- Arch Park: 22.1 mi
- Frank Island Bay North: 23.6 mi
- De Lacy Park: 23.9 mi
- Frank Island Bay South: 24.0 mi
- Museum of the National Park Ranger: 10.4 mi
- Norris Geyser Basin Museum: 10.8 mi
- Yellowstone National Park: 9.1 mi
- Queen's Laundry Bath House: 22.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.6 miles of Cascade Lake Trail Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Holmes | WNW 284° | 3,149 m | 18.7 mi |
| Mount Washburn | NE 39° | 3,122 m | 4.1 mi |
| Antler Peak | WNW 295° | 3,048 m | 19.0 mi |
| Quadrant Mountain | WNW 302° | 3,034 m | 19.9 mi |
| Dome Mountain | WNW 289° | 3,018 m | 18.4 mi |
| Dunraven Peak | NNE 21° | 3,008 m | 2.3 mi |
| Three Rivers Peak | WNW 289° | 2,976 m | 20.6 mi |
| Cook Peak | NW 325° | 2,973 m | 7.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 18:56 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 20:27 | 21:12 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:43 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:57 | 15:56 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 15 | 19 | 28 | 36 | 45 | 53 | 60 | 59 | 50 | 38 | 25 | 15 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tower Falls, 12 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Yellowstone National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Nov and Mar; busiest: Jul.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/4405251974
Day trips start here
- Yellowstone National Park · 10 mi
- Gardiner · 22 mi
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