stories that continue to unfold. When Yellowstone was established as the world’s first national park in . 1872, it sparked an idea that influenced the creation of the National Park Service and the more than . 400 sites it protects today across the...
Plan Your VisitMillions of people visit Yellowstone annually to make lifelong memories...
LodgingYellowstone National Park Lodges operates nine lodges (hotel- and...
FeesYou are required to pay an entrance fee in order to access Yellowstone...
MapsWe also have a printable full map (848 KB PDF) of Yellowstone and Grand...
Current ConditionsThe weather in Yellowstone can change quickly, especially during the...
WebcamsYellowstone is a place of change, and this view highlights a place where...
Yellowstone Ecosystem—one of the largest nearly intact temperate-zone ecosystems on Earth. Greater Yellowstone’s diversity of natural wealth includes the hydrothermal features, wildlife, vegetation, lakes, and geologic wonders like the Grand Canyon of...
Yellowstone hosted members of the group Black People Who Hike, who were awarded a National Park Foundation ParkVentures grant. The ParkVentures grant program is designed to help eliminate barriers and increase representation of Black people in National...
Geologic History of Yellowstone (Modified from Yellowstone Resources and Issues Handbook, 2017) The landscape of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem is the result various geological processes over the last 150 million years. Here, the Earth’s crust has...
Yellowstone Wolf . Research and Education. Between 1995 and 1996, 31 gray wolves . were reintroduced to Yellowstone National . Park after nearly 70 years of absence. The Yellowstone Wolf Project is one of the most detailed studies of a large carnivore...
YELLOWSTONE REVER PARK ROJECTS Section Yellowstone Forever is the official nonprofit partner of Yellowstone National Park. Our mission is to protect, preserve, and enhance Yellowstone through education and philanthropy. Yellowstone Forever builds upon a...
in the Yellowstone area for thou-sands of years. The park was estab-lished in 1872. Visit Mammoth Hot Springs to walk the self-guiding trail around Fort Yellowstone, which chronicles the U.S. Army’s role in protecting the park. Other his-toric sites...
of the Yellowstone Plateau. The major mountain ranges surround the path of the hotspot. Seven major rivers flow off the Yellowstone Plateau and mountains and onto the surrounding plains. These include the Yellowstone, Clark’s Fork, Wind, Snake, Henry’s...
Yellowstone II, created during the Lava Creek eruption. Smaller lava flows dating from 150,000 years ago, 110,000 years ago, and 70,000 years ago have filled in the floor of the Yellowstone II caldera. These smaller flows—composed mostly of...
Yellowstone Wolf Project 2023 National Park Service Wyoming, Montana, Idaho Department of the Interior 2023. Summary At the end of December 2023, there were 124 wolves in eleven packs (six breeding pairs) living primarily in Yellowstone National Park...
Yellowstone National Park
National park in Wyoming
Yellowstone National Park is a national park of the United States located in the northwest corner of Wyoming and extending into Montana and Idaho. It was established by the 42nd U.S. Congress through the Yellowstone National Park Protection Act and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant on March 1, 1872. Yellowstone was the first national park in the U.S. and is also widely held to be the first national park in the world. The park is known for its wildlife and its many geothermal features, especially the Old Faithful geyser, one of its most popular. While it represents many types of biomes, the subalpine forest is the most abundant. It is part of the South Central Rockies forests ecoregion.... Read more
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Attraction
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national park of the United States located in the northwest corner of Wyoming
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the northwest corner of Wyoming and extending into Montana and Idaho