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Yellowstone National Park, MT, WY


  • Type: Natural Environ
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Terrestrial Feature

World's Largest Collection of Geysers

It's wonderland. Old Faithful and the majority of the world's geysers are preserved here. They are the main reason the park was established in 1872 as America's first national park - an idea that spread worldwide. A mountain wildland, home to grizzly bears, wolves, and herds of bison and elk, the park is the core of one of the last, nearly intact, natural ecosystems in the Earth's temperate zone. - NPS


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Places

Name of Notable Genus AsNotedIn No Address Proximity Area
Name Genus AsNotedIn Address Proximity Area
Firehole River
  • Sight
  • 1001 Nt
Fishing Bridge Museum
  • Sight
  • NRHP
E Entrance Rd N shore of Lake Yellowstone
Fort Yellowstone
  • Sight
  • NRHP
  • US NHL
N Entrance Rd
Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
  • Sight
S Rim Dr S of Canyon Village, off Grand Loop Rd
Grand Loop Road Historic District
  • Sight
  • NRHP
Grand Loop Rd
Grand Prismatic Spring
  • Sight
  • 1001 Nt
Lake Fish Hatchery Historic District
  • Sight
  • NRHP
Grand Loop Rd (US 20) N shore of Lake Yellowstone
Lake Hotel
  • Lodging
  • Sight
  • NRHP
1 Grand Loop Rd (US 20) N shore of Lake Yellowstone
Lamar Buffalo Ranch
  • Sight
  • NRHP
NE Entrance Rd (US 212) Lamar Valley
Madison Museum
  • Sight
  • NRHP
  • US NHL
Grand Loop Rd (Hwy 20, 89, 191, 287)
Mammoth Hot Springs
  • Sight
  • 1001 Nt
Mammoth Hot Springs Historic District
  • Sight
  • NRHP
N Entrance Rd and Grand Loop Rd (Mammoth-Norris Rd)
Norris Museum-Norris Comfort Station
  • Sight
  • NRHP
  • US NHL
Grand Loop Rd
North Entrance Road Historic District
  • Sight
  • NRHP
N Entrance Road (US 89)
Northeast Entrance Station
  • Sight
  • NRHP
  • US NHL
NE Entrance Rd (US 212)
Obsidian Cliff
  • Sight
  • NRHP
  • US NHL
E side Grand Loop Rd (US 89) About 13 mi S of Mammoth, S of Obsidian Cliff Kiosk
Obsidian Cliff Kiosk
  • Sight
  • NRHP
Grand Loop Rd (Hwy 89)
Old Faithful Historic District
  • Sight
  • NRHP
  • KAE
Grand Loop Rd Old Faithful Geyser
Old Faithful Inn
  • Lodging
  • Sight
  • NRHP
  • US NHL
  • Lodges
  • HHotel
Grand Loop Rd
Queen's Laundry Bath House
  • Sight
  • NRHP
Sentinel Meadows, Lower Geyser Basin
Roosevelt Lodge Historic District
  • Sight
  • NRHP
Grand Loop Rd
US Post Office-Yellowstone Main
  • Sight
  • NRHP
Mammoth Off Grand Loop Rd
Yellowstone Lake

Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1872/03/01 US National Park Service Bill establishing Yellowstone National Park is signed into law by Ulysses S Grant.
1872/03/01 Ulysses S Grant President Bill establishing Yellowstone National Park is signed into law by Ulysses S Grant.
1883/08/00 Chester Alan Arthur Camper President Arthur and his party take the train to Green River and then ride cross-country to Yellowstone to begin a 2-month Wyoming vacation.
1901/07/01 Major S F Crecelius Bridge Engineer Construction begins on the East Entrance Road, completed 10 July 1903
1936/07/00 Gerald R Ford Work Gerald Ford works as a park ranger in Yellowstone National Park during the summer of 1936.
1937/09/00 Franklin D Roosevelt Visitor FDR visits Yellowstone.
2009/08/15 Barack Obama Visitor President Obama visits Yellowstone National Park with his family as part of a business-vacation trip to Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon.

Geography »

Physiographic FeaturesTypeAsNotedIn
Yellowstone Lake Lake

Data »

Particulars for Yellowstone National Park, MT, WY:
Physiographic Mountainous
Locale Type Natural Environ
Historic Use Natural Feature
Sight Category Terrestrial Feature



Vicinage »

VicinageTypeAsNotedIn
Canyon Demesne
Geyser Demesne
Madison Demesne
Mammoth Demesne
Norris Demesne
North Shore Demesne
Tower-Roosevelt Demesne


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