Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Natural Bridge stereograph view, about 1880
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Bridge across the entrance to Bridge Bay. The bay did
not
get its name from this
bridge, as you might think, but, like Bridge Creek, was named by Superintendent Norris after
the Natural Bridge.
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Bridge Bay Marina entrance road. Bridge Bay is one of the newer
park villages, completed in the early 1960s.
Bridge Bay Campground
is the largest in the
park, with over 425 reservable campsites, three of them wheelchair-accessible. A picnic area
with an ice machine is close to the bay.
An amphitheater for nighttime ranger-interpreter talks and slide shows is in the camp-
ground. If you attend a ranger talk, be sure to return the same way you came in—it's a vast
campground with no exit signs for the unwary!
Bridge Bay Marina,
although located on a natural bay, was deepened in the 1970s to
better accommodate large boats. It is one of only two places to launch motorized vessels on
Yellowstone Lake. At the marina you can find rowboat and outboard rentals, as well as rental
slips for private boats.
There's a tackle shop, a mini-store, and a ranger station, too. The rangers have
mounted interesting displays about fishing and the lake.
Lake cruises run by the park concessionaire go out for one-hour trips several times a day,
in vessels holding 47 passengers each.
