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Amenities include two restaurants, an indoor pool, a sauna, a hot tub, bike rentals, a bonfire pit, a sandy beach, and an activity room with crafts.
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Robert Annis, Midwest Living, 19 Jan. 2026
In the late 1800s, the Mountain House Hotel owners created a manmade version of Firefall by pushing a bonfire off Glacier Point’s edge in a ploy to attract tourism.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 18 Jan. 2026
Sounds of gunfire had faded; there were no new bonfires.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2026
And in some residential complexes during blackouts, neighbors gather in the courtyards to cook food together on a bonfire and socialize.
—Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN Money, 17 Jan. 2026
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Robert Annis, Midwest Living, 19 Jan. 2026
In the late 1800s, the Mountain House Hotel owners created a manmade version of Firefall by pushing a bonfire off Glacier Point’s edge in a ploy to attract tourism.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 18 Jan. 2026
Sounds of gunfire had faded; there were no new bonfires.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2026
And in some residential complexes during blackouts, neighbors gather in the courtyards to cook food together on a bonfire and socialize.
—Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN Money, 17 Jan. 2026
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“Bonfire.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bonfire. Accessed 26 Jan. 2026.
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bonfire
noun
bon·fire
ˈbän-ˌfī(ə)r 
: a large outdoor fire
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