Tower Junction Yellowstone
— — the corner the bison cross at dusk.
Not only on a wall.
“Tower Junction is the quiet hinge of northern Yellowstone, where the road from Mammoth meets the road into Lamar Valley. The Roosevelt Lodge sits in the meadow under cottonwoods, named for Theodore Roosevelt's 1903 camp nearby. A short walk south, Tower Fall drops 132 feet through volcanic columns. The Lamar bison herd grazes the open country east; wolves are watched from pullouts at dawn. From the studio, this is Yellowstone at its plainest and most alive — sage, river, road, and animals on their own time. from the studio
Tower Junction Yellowstone, on ceramic.
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The place, in three passes.
Tower Junction sits at about 6,278 feet in the northern range of Yellowstone National Park, where the Grand Loop Road meets the Northeast Entrance Road heading toward Lamar Valley and Cooke City. The junction takes its name from Tower Fall, a 132-foot waterfall on Tower Creek a short drive south, where the creek drops through eroded volcanic breccia spires into the Yellowstone River. The Roosevelt Lodge, built in 1920 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, sits at the junction and is named for the campsite Theodore Roosevelt used in 1903 during his visit with naturalist John Burroughs.
The northern range is the lowest, driest, and most accessible part of Yellowstone, which is why most of the park's large mammals winter here. Sage grassland runs east into Lamar Valley, often called the Serengeti of North America for its concentration of bison, elk, pronghorn, bighorn sheep, and the reintroduced grey wolves that descend from the 1995 Druid Peak release. Dawn and dusk are the watching hours from the pullouts along the road. Air temperatures at 6,278 feet swing widely: summer highs in the 70s and 80s Fahrenheit, hard frost still possible into June.
Yellowstone is open year-round, but the road from Tower Junction over Dunraven Pass to Canyon closes most years from early November through late May. The Northeast Entrance Road from Tower into Lamar Valley and on to Cooke City stays plowed in winter — the only winter road into the park interior accessible by private vehicle. The Roosevelt Lodge runs seasonally, typically June through early September, with cabins and the Old West Dinner Cookout from the corral. Park entrance is $35 per vehicle for a seven-day pass, with the standard federal lands pass options accepted.