A TOUR OF THE PARK.
The Yellowstone Lake to Grand Cañon of the Yellowstone.
Distance seventeen miles. The road follows the Yellowstone River along the west bank all the way.
Just after the tourist leaves the Lake Hotel, he will see on the right of the roadway a small monument. It was placed there, in 1893, by the United States Corps of Engineers to mark a position accurately determined from astronomical observations by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey in 1892. It is of value as a point of reference in surveys and other similar work. [BL]
[BL] Latitude, 44° 33' 16.1" north.
Longitude, 110° 23' 43.1" west.
Magnetic variation about 19° east.
Mud Volcano (7.5 miles) is a weird, uncanny object, but, nevertheless, a very fascinating feature and one which the tourist should stop and examine. It is an immense funnel-shaped crater in the side of a considerable hill on the west bank of the river. The mud rises some distance above a large steam vent in the side of the crater next the hill, and chokes the vent until the steam has accumulated in sufficient force to lift the superincumbent mass. As the imprisoned steam bursts forth, it hurls the mud with great violence against the opposite side of the crater, making a heavy thud which is audible for half a mile. These outbursts take place every few seconds.
Terry Engr. Co.
Haynes, Photo., St. Paul.