Where are the Picnic Areas in Yellowstone National Park (by Road Section)

While we all have a need for food each day, the opportunity to picnic in nature seems to not only satisfying our hunger cravings but provide us with the unique experience of being surrounded by God’s creations of beauty and splendor. Many of Yellowstone’s picnic areas are located in picturesque settings with majestic mountains or beautiful valleys in the background, or by free flowing rivers or streams, and usually surrounded by the different types of trees common in the Park. So, here are the locations of picnic areas in Yellowstone National Park. You can read about the particulars of each picnic area in the respective road section’s identified landmark.

West Entrance to Madison

·      Barnes Hole Road (4 tables)

·      Madison Picnic Area (9 tables)

Madison to Old Faithful

·      Madison Picnic Area and Information Center (15 tables)

·      Firehole Picnic Area (12 tables)

·      Nez Perce Picnic Area (12 tables)

·      Whisky Flats Picnic Area (17 tables)

Old Faithful to West Thumb

·      Spring Creek Picnic Area (10 tables)

·      De Lacy Creek Picnic Area (9 tables)

·      East Divide Picnic Area (12 tables)

West Thumb to South Entrance

·      Grant Village Picnic Area (16 tables)

·      Lewis Lake Campground and Picnic Area (5 tables)

·      Snake River Picnic Area (5 tables)

Madison to Norris

·      Tuff Cliff Picnic Area (3 tables)

·      Gibbon Picnic Area (7 tables)

·      Iron Springs Picnic Area (5 tables)

·      Caldera Rim Picnic Area (3 tables)

·      Gibbon Meadows Picnic Area (10 tables)

Norris to Mammoth Hot Springs

·      Beaver Lake Picnic Area (8 tables)

·      Apollinaris Spring Picnic Area (6 tables)

·      Indian Creek Campground Entrance Road (6 tables)

·      Sheepeater Cliff Picnic Area (5 tables)

North Entrance to Mammoth Hot Springs

·      Gardner River Picnic Area (3 tables)

·      Mammoth Hot Springs Area (Across from Gen Store)

Mammoth Hot Springs to Tower-Roosevelt

·      Lava Creek Picnic Area (5 tables)

Tower-Roosevelt to Northeast Entrance

·      Yellowstone Picnic Area (25 tables)

·      Soda Butte Picnic Area (7 tables)

·      Warm Creek Picnic Area (7 tables)

Tower-Roosevelt to Canyon Village

·      Buffalo Paddock Picnic Area (4 tables)

·      Dunraven Road Picnic Area (12 tables)

·      Cascade Lake Picnic Area (15 tables)

Norris to Canyon Village

·      Norris Picnic Area (11 tables)

·      Virginia Cascade Picnic Area (6 tables)

Canyon Village to Fishing Bridge

·      Chittenden Bridge & Wapiti Picnic Area (7 tables)

·      Otter Creek Picnic Area (8 tables)

·      Nez Perce Ford Picnic Area (18 tables)

·      Cascade Picnic Area (7 tables)

·      LeHardy Picnic Area (6 tables)

West Thumb to Lake Village

·      West Thumb Parking Lot & Picnic Area (5 tables)

·      Hard Road to Travel Picnic Area (3 tables)

·      Angler’s Bluff Picnic Area (3 tables)

·      Pumice Point Picnic Area (3 tables)

·      Unmarked Picnic Area (2 tables)

·      Spruce-fir Exhibit & Picnic Area (4 tables)

·      Sand Point Picnic Area (18 tables)

·      Gull Point Picnic Area (23 tables)

·      Bridge Bay Picnic Area (23 tables)

·      Lake Village Picnic Area (4 tables)

Fishing Bridge to East Entrance

·      Visitor Center & Picnic Area (6 tables)

·      Steamboat Point Picnic Area (5 tables)

·      Sedge Bay Picnic Area (2 tables)

·      Sylvan Lake Picnic Area (6 tables)

·      Eleanor Lake Picnic Area (3 tables)