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The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River

The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River covered in fog and snow on May 10, 2021. Photo by Peter Stringer

Artist Point is an overlook point on the edge of a cliff on the south rim of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. The point is located east-northeast of Yellowstone Falls on the Yellowstone River. Artist Point was originally named in 1883 by Frank Jay Haynes who improperly believed that the point was the place at which painter Thomas Moran sketched his 1872 depictions of the falls. Later work determined that the sketches were made from the north rim, but the name Artist Point stuck.

 

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Inspiration Point (0.5 miles)
Yellowstone National Park (21 miles)
Grand Prismatic Spring (22.3 miles)
Grand Prismatic Spring Overlook (22.4 miles)
Roosevelt Arch (24.1 miles)
Fawn Pass (32.5 miles)
Henrys Lake State Park (44.3 miles)
Cave Falls (47.4 miles)
Horseshoe Lake (49.5 miles)
Harriman State Park (55.6 miles)
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Artist Point, Wyoming 82190

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