Northern Entrance
Since established in 1872 as America's first national park, Yellowstone has remained the largest park in America. It stretches through Montana and Idaho, although a majority of the park is located in Wyoming. Yellowstone receives about 3 million visitors per year, ranking it as the third most commonly visited park in North America.
*cornerstone of arch laid by Teddy Roosevelt
Old Faithful
Almost 60% of the earth's geysers are located at Yellowstone as well as hot springs and the site of the worlds largest volcanic eruptions. Old Faithful is the biggest regular geyser, active between every 35 - 120 minutes. Other regular geysers include Castle, Riverside, and Grand.
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Yellowstone is home to over sixty different mammals. Among the rare species include... - Raccoon
- Fisher
- Striped Skunk
- Wolverine
- Preble's Shrew
- Dwarf Shrew
- Long-eared Bat
- Yuma Bat
- Northern Flying Squirrel
Yellowstone Lake
Yellowstone Lake is over 7,000 feet above sea level -making it the largest lake at a high elevation in America. Although the lake is heated from over 3,000 gallons of hot basin water from nearby geysers the average temperature is 7 degrees Celsius (45 degrees F).
Mammoth Hot Springs
Mammoth Hot Springs is a combination of water, heat, limestone, rock, and living bacteria thats constantly changing. Together they create an array of rainbow like colors on the lower and upper terraces.
Guided llama packing tours can be reserved!
Other things to do: camping, snowshoeing, skiing, fishing, boating, hiking, horseback riding, and biking.
*can observe fish from Fishing Bridge
