Travel Reference
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above a group of hot springs, allowing the superheated water to flash to steam. Duck Lake is
an explosion crater filled with water.
See
page 139
for a good trail to Duck Lake from West Thumb Geyser Basin.
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West Thumb Junction. For West Thumb Geyser Basin turn left (north), then an im-
mediate right (east). For Fishing Bridge Junction and other points on the Grand Loop Road,
also turn left (north). Grant Village and the South Entrance are to the south, Old Faithful Vil-
lage to the west.
West Thumb Geyser Basin and facilities at West Thumb are described on
pages 140-43
and Grant Village on
pages 133-35.
