• Waterfalls on the Black River Scenic Byway

    The Black River Scenic Byway is a 14-mile stretch of road that follows the Black River. There are 5 major waterfalls along this route with ample hiking opportunities available. Great Conglomerate Falls The first waterfall is the Great Conglomerate Falls. Thirty feet in height, it surges over a wide conglomerate rock formation. From the parking…

  • Exploring Yellowstone: The Waterfalls

    With so many sites to see, it’s impossible to fit everything into a week. We ended up missing out on a lot of the waterfalls in Yellowstone, including some of the pretty grand ones, in order to see more geothermal areas of the park; things we just don’t see in Michigan. It was a difficult…

  • Exploring Yellowstone: Mammoth Hot Springs

    What makes something as remarkable as the Mammoth Hot Spring Terraces? There are four key ingredients: heat, water, limestone and a rock fracture system that allows hot water to reach the earth’s surface. Yellowstone has all of these elements and the Mammoth Hot Spring Terraces are a grand display of it. This major thermal feature…