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Yellowstone National Park Active and Adventure Highlights

By Travel Expert: Brian Kevin
  • This quintessential U.S. national park is world-famous for a reason—and not just because of Old Faithful. It has epic wildlife, stunning geographic formations, and terrain ripe for exploration 365 days a year.
  • To penetrate Yellowstone's wilderness on foot, consider the Black Canyon of the Yellowstone Trail, which begins at the Hellroaring Creek trailhead 3.5 miles west of Tower Junction and ends 18.5 miles later in Gardiner. This one has it all—beautiful campsites, mountain vistas, outstanding fishing, and wildlife.
  • It’s a rugged 16-mile out-and-back hike to Union Falls, but the remote location of the park's second-biggest falls is its own reward. Start at the west end of the Grassy Lake Reservoir on Ashton-Flagg Road.
  • Right now, to the only way to snowmobile in Yellowstone is with a guide. Visit the National Park Service's website to see a list of approved guides. Yellowstone's concessionaire rents snowmobiles and guides its own trips from Mammoth.

Yellowstone National Park Overview

Long before you reach the entrance to Grand Teton National Park, your sights will be set on the towering spires of the Teton Range -- those signature hornlike peaks made famous through countless photographs. From afar, Yellowstone is not as dramatic because much of the parkland comprises heavily forested mountains, burn areas, and arid, high-country plateaus. However, at closer glance, Yellowstone's natural marvels...

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Old Faithful Inn
Old Faithful Village
Yellowstone National Park, WY
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Distance: 40.1 Miles
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Riverside Cottages on the Yellowstone
521 Scott St. W
Gardiner, MT 59030
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Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel
Mammoth Village
Yellowstone National Park, WY
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Distance: 33.9 Miles
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Yellowstone Institute
PO Box 117
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming 82190
Distance: 25.9 Miles (from destination center)
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Quake Lake
Off U.S. 287, 27 miles northwest of West Yellowstone and 43 miles south of Ennis
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Museum of the National Park Ranger
Norris Campground, north of Norris Junction
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming 82190
Distance: 25.9 Miles (from destination center)
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