Yellowstone National Park

a national park in the NW central US, mostly in NW Wyoming: the oldest and largest national park in the US, containing unusual geological formations and geysers. Area: 8956 sq. km (3458 sq. miles)

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Yellowstone National Park

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Address:PO Box 168
Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190
Phone:307-344-7381
Fax:307-344-2323
Web: www.nps.gov/yell/
Size: 2,219,791 acres.
Established: Established on March 1, 1872. Designated a Biosphere Reserve in 1976 and a World Heritage Site in 1978.
Location:In northwestern Wyoming, with sections in eastern Idaho and southern Montana. Park includes five main entrances: the north entrance is on US 89, near the gateway community of Gardiner, MT; the northeast entrance is on US 212, 69 miles from Red Lodge, WY; the west entrance is on US 20, near the town of West Yellowstone, MT; the east entrance is on US 20 and US 14/16, 53 miles from Cody, WY; and the south entrance is on US 89, 191 and 287, 64 miles from Jackson, WY.
Facilities:Campgrounds (é), picnic area, rest rooms (é), cabin rental, lodging, groceries, restaurant/snacks, boat rental, boat ramp, horse rental, visitor centers (é), museum/exhibit, self-guided tour/trail. Entrance fee required.
Activities:Camping, hiking, horseback riding, bicycling, boating, fishing, snowmobiling, cross-country skiing, wildlife viewing, auto touring, ranger-led programs, educational programs and courses.
Special Features:Old Faithful and some 10,000 other thermal features make this the Earth's greatest geyser area. Here, too, are lakes, waterfalls, high mountain meadows, wildlife, and the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, all set apart in 1872 as the world's first national park.

See other parks in Wyoming.

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Yellowstone National Park

located in the northwestern USA in Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho. Founded in 1872, it is the oldest national park in the country. Area, about 9, 000 sq km (1970). It is located in the Rocky Mountains on a volcanic plateau at an elevation of 2, 200–2, 500 m.

In geological structure the plateau of Yellowstone NationalPark is a subsidence that dates from the Paleocene and is filledwith later volcanic and glacial deposits. Points of interest includemore than 3, 000 geysers (the highest stream of the Excelsiorgeyser is up to 90 m) and hot springs and many mud volcanoesand lakes. Other interesting sights are the Grand Canyon of theYellowstone, 360 m deep and 20 km long; waterfalls up to 94 mhigh; and petrified trees buried under volcanic ash. There is alsoconiferous forest (a number of species of pine, fir, and spruce, with some alder, birch, and aspen). The park is inhabited bybison, American black bear, deer, grizzly, elk, pronghorn, big-horn sheep, and coyotes and trumpeter swan, bald eagle, andwhite pelican (about 200 species of birds). The principal touristseason is June through August.

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Researchers monitoring Yellowstone National Park's Caldera said that has it been rising at a record rate since 2004 - its floor has gone up three inches per year for the last three years alone, the fastest rate since records began in 1923.

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To prevent the movement of bison outside established conservation zones in Montana, management agencies attempt to haze bison back into Yellowstone National Park by 1 May along the north boundary and 15 May along the western boundary using helicopters, all-terrain vehicles, snowmobiles and horses (USDI et al.

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A popular tourist destination is the background for Restoring a Presence: American Indians and Yellowstone National Park. This book presents the predicament that accompanies the role of indigenous people in the environment that became a national park.

Restoring A Presence: American Indians and Yellowstone National Park

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