The parking lot has 22 slots and a lane for 2 RV’s or trailers. This 2.2-mile (4.4-mile round trip) trail leads you through open meadows, pockets of forest, over a small stream, and through a wet marshy area before opening to a beautiful pristine blue lake that is rich with native cutthroat and grayling. See Fly Fishing Cascade Lake in the intro section for details. There are a few backcountry campsites just northeast of the lake.

Observation Peak Trail: When the Cascade Lake Trail reaches the north end of Cascade Lake a marker identifies the start of the Observation Peak Trail which immediately begins to climb 1,400 feet over roughly 3 miles through whitebark pine forest. As you make your climb look back to see Cascade, Grebe, and Wolf Lakes to the south and southwest.

Cascade Lake was mentioned in our article titled: "Best Places to Go and Things to do with Kids in Each of Yellowstone's 14 Road Sections"