Picnic area · Yellowstone National Park
A handy picnic stop at Craig Pass with a vault toilet.
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The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
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DeLacy Creek and Shoshone Lake“You're approaching the DeLacy Creek trailhead, for a walk to Yellowstone's largest backcountry lake.”
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DeLacy Creek Picnic Area is a Yellowstone picnic stop at Craig Pass, with ten tables beneath conifers and a gravel parking loop beside them. One vault toilet serves the site. It is a straightforward place to stop and eat during a drive through the park.
Yellowstone picnic areas have no running water, and potable water is available only at Madison. Bring drinking water and your own meal.
Wildlife
713 sightingsGrizzly BearMost seen around 6 AMSighting map
743 sightingsWolfMost seen around 6 AMSighting map
5,273 sightingsBisonMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
3,258 sightingsElkMost seen around 7 PMSighting map
397 sightingsMooseMost seen around 7 PMSighting map
1,494 sightingsBlack BearMost seen around 7 PMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Yellowstone. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
Keep exploring
EasyDeLacy Creek Trail5.8 mi · 4 hr · 0.2 mi awayEasy meadows lead to remote Shoshone Lake.
ModerateDivide Trail3.4 mi · 2.3 hr · 2 mi awayA 3.4-mile out-and-back to a former fire lookout site.
ModerateSpring Creek Trail8 mi · 4 hr · 2 mi awayAn old stagecoach road follows the creek to the Firehole.
ModerateNorth Shore Shoshone Lake Trail8.3 mi · 6 hr · 2.8 mi awayA remote one-way walk from lake beach into lodgepole forest.
ModeratePocket Lake Trail2.4 mi · 2 hr · 3.8 mi awayA steep forest trail reaches a small backcountry lake.
Sight · 1.2 mi awayIsa Lake and Continental DivideA small lake with a snowmelt-dependent two-ocean story.
Picnic area · 3 mi awaySpring Creek Picnic AreaCraig Pass picnic break with nine tables and two fire grates
Picnic area · 3.4 mi awayEast Divide Picnic AreaA simple picnic stop with 14 tables and a vault toilet.Parkwolf’s Yellowstone ranking
The audio tour guide for the drive, plus offline maps, trails, and wildlife heatmaps for when the signal drops.
