page_title: Shoshone Lake
section_title: Shoshone Geyser Basin
hierarchical_section_title: Shoshone Lake / Shoshone Geyser Basin
caption_attribution_description: English: Union Geyser, Shoshone Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
context_page_description: Shoshone Lake is a U.S. backcountry lake with the area of 8,050 acres elevated at 7,795 feet in the southwest section of Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. It lies at the headwaters of the Lewis River a tributary of the Snake River. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service believes that Shoshone Lake is the largest backcountry lake in the lower 48 states that cannot be reached by a road.
context_section_description: Located at the southwest end of the lake, The Shoshone Geyser Basin contains one of the highest concentrations of geysers in the world - more than 80 in an area 1,600 feet (490 m) by 800 feet (240 m). Hot springs and mudpots dot the landscape between the geyser basin and the lake.
caption: Union geyser, Shoshone Geyser Basin, 1955
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