Print it. Bag it. Bring it.Phones die, screens crack, and most of this water has no signal. Print this map, fold it into a zip-top bag or dry bag with your license, and you have a backup your electronics can’t give you. Every marker is numbered so you can say exactly where you are.
| # | Point | Type | Lat, Lon | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lemon City Yellowstone NP backcountry site | Campsite | 44.66953, -110.04157 | Designated backcountry site; a park backcountry permit is required and sites are reserved. Walk-in only, on the Lamar River Trail. |
| 2 | 3T1 Yellowstone NP backcountry site (designation only) | Campsite | 44.67599, -110.05796 | OSM carries only the park's site code for this one. Permit required, walk-in. |
| 3 | Cold Creek Yellowstone NP backcountry site | Campsite | 44.67932, -110.05242 | Designated backcountry site; a park backcountry permit is required and sites are reserved. Walk-in only, on the Lamar River Trail. |
| 4 | Cold Creek Jct Yellowstone NP backcountry site | Campsite | 44.67907, -110.05766 | Designated backcountry site; a park backcountry permit is required and sites are reserved. Walk-in only, on the Lamar River Trail. |
| 5 | Cold Creek Cabin NPS backcountry patrol cabin | Agency / conservation office | 44.68347, -110.06085 | A patrol cabin 85 m off the river - a landmark on the upper trail, not a service point. Not open to the public. |
| 6 | Little Saddle Creek Yellowstone NP backcountry site | Campsite | 44.68991, -110.06820 | Designated backcountry site; a park backcountry permit is required and sites are reserved. Walk-in only, on the Lamar River Trail. |
| 7 | Willow Creek Yellowstone NP backcountry site | Campsite | 44.70232, -110.08027 | Designated backcountry site; a park backcountry permit is required and sites are reserved. Walk-in only, on the Lamar River Trail. |
| 8 | Warm Spring Meadow Yellowstone NP backcountry site | Campsite | 44.71811, -110.08605 | Designated backcountry site; a park backcountry permit is required and sites are reserved. Walk-in only, on the Lamar River Trail. |
| 9 | 3L9 Yellowstone NP backcountry site (designation only) | Campsite | 44.72996, -110.08793 | OSM carries only the park's site code for this one. Permit required, walk-in. |
| 10 | Middle Lamar Yellowstone NP backcountry site | Campsite | 44.75347, -110.09706 | Designated backcountry site; a park backcountry permit is required and sites are reserved. Walk-in only, on the Lamar River Trail. |
| 11 | Middle Lamar Stock Yellowstone NP backcountry stock site | Campsite | 44.75544, -110.09787 | A stock-party site, not a hiker site. Permit required. |
| 12 | Calfee Cabin NPS backcountry patrol cabin | Agency / conservation office | 44.77758, -110.11318 | A patrol cabin 67 m off the river, on the middle Lamar. Not open to the public. |
| 13 | Lower Lamar Bench Yellowstone NP backcountry site | Campsite | 44.80755, -110.13532 | Designated backcountry site; a park backcountry permit is required and sites are reserved. Walk-in only, on the Lamar River Trail. |
| 14 | Lower Lamar Yellowstone NP backcountry site | Campsite | 44.81334, -110.14253 | Designated backcountry site; a park backcountry permit is required and sites are reserved. Walk-in only, on the Lamar River Trail. |
| 15 | Cache Creek Ford S. Yellowstone NP backcountry site | Campsite | 44.83109, -110.14924 | Designated site at the Cache Creek ford, 555 m off the Lamar. Its north-side pair sits 1.01 km off and is left off the sheet. Permit required. |
| 16 | Confluence pullout Roadside pullout, Northeast Entrance Road | Access / boat ramp | 44.87029, -110.19296 | The named parking pullout beside the Lamar in the valley reach; walk-in access across open sage. Name as mapped in OSM. |
| 17 | Northeast Entrance Road bridge Road crossing | Bridge crossing | 44.91486, -110.32346 | The Lamar River bridge on the Northeast Entrance Road, 14 m off the centreline - the main roadside wade-in point on the lower river. |
| 18 | Lamar River near Tower Ranger Station USGS 06188000 | USGS gauge | 44.92818, -110.39427 | Real-time flow near the Yellowstone confluence. The OSM monitoring-station node sits on the roster coordinate to seven decimals. |
| 19 | Tower Ranger Station National Park Service | Agency / conservation office | 44.91633, -110.41998 | Ranger station near the mouth, 2.0 km off the river; permits and current conditions. |
Gauge: USGS 06188000 — Lamar River nr Tower Ranger Station YNP. Live flow on the web page.
Species: Cuttbow, Mountain Whitefish, Rainbow Trout, Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout
Regulations: wgfd.wyo.gov/regulations
Emergency: call 911 and give the number of the nearest point on this map plus its coordinates.
Tower Ranger Station - the gauge reach at the lower end, near the confluence with the Yellowstone.
Lamar Canyon - fast broken water between the valley and Tower, reached from the northeast road.
Lamar Valley pullouts - the classic meadow water, with several miles of walk-in bank.
Confluence with Soda Butte Creek - the upper end of the valley reach and a common starting point.
Slough Creek confluence - a short walk from the Slough Creek campground road.
Cache Creek - the largest backcountry tributary, reached by trail from the valley.
Silver Gate and Cooke City - the nearest towns for lodging, guides and supplies.
Spring: high, cold and usually off-color with snowmelt well into June.
Summer: the peak season once the river clears, with hoppers and other terrestrials on the banks.
Fall: excellent while it lasts, with cool stable flows and cutthroat feeding hard before winter.
Winter: closed to fishing within the park for the season.