Picnic area · Yellowstone National Park
A shady table by Soda Butte Creek breaks up the northeast drive.
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The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
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Warm Creek Picnic Area and Pebble Creek Trail“You're nearing the Warm Creek area, where you can choose a creekside picnic or a full hiking day. The picnic area has shaded tables beside Soda Butte Creek, a simple place to stop for lunch.”
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“First time driving through a national park. We used the Yellowstone tour on grand loop Road and it’s just like having a tour guide in your car with you.”
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Warm Creek Picnic Area is a small roadside picnic spot on US-212 in Yellowstone’s Northeast Entrance area, with seven tables under trees beside Soda Butte Creek. It makes sense as a meal stop or breather during the drive; it’s a modest place to pause, not a destination that needs a separate outing.
The tables sit near the junction of Warm Creek and Soda Butte Creek, with shade along the bank and the valley opening west between steep mountain walls. The creekside setting is the draw here, and the seven-table scale keeps the stop simple.
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.
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