The 200-foot-high Fairy Falls might be the ultimate destination of this trail, and a spectacular one at that, but it’s far from the only jaw-dropping sight along the route. The 5.4-mile trek runs through lodgepole pine forest and skirts around one of Yellowstone’s most famous landmarks, Grand Prismatic Spring (pictured from the trail).

It also passes other hot springs, with an optional add-on to view Spray and Imperial geysers.

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