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Wildlife Yellowstone National Park
48 Reviews Bison clean their hides by rolling in the dust. They often roll in the same location, over and over, killing off the grass in that area, causing a shallow, saucer like depression of dirt or sand. In...
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Geysers/hot springs Yellowstone National Park
22 Reviews I have a lot of memories of the trip we took in 1948. Yellowstone was one of the most outstanding of them, and one of the places that I liked best was Morning Glory pool. I did not see it in 2010 - it...
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Grand Canyon Yellowstone National Park
12 Reviews Just to give you some geologic history about how the Park was formed... About 600,000 years ago the area that is now the center of the park exploded. At the center of the explosion remained a crater,...
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Mammoth Hot Springs Yellowstone National Park
5 Reviews Hot Springs are deep channels through which water flows from the molten interior of the earth; closer to the surface in Yellowstone than anywhere else on the planet! The Park's headquarters &...
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Outside the park Yellowstone National Park
6 Reviews If you come in from Bozeman, there are a couple of options on how you can get to Yellowstone. You can go through Gardner, which is about an hour 1/2 drive. You go in though stone arches. Gardner is a...
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Lupine Meadows trailhead road.Ask the ranger at the booth and set your watches.Best in early evenings or pre-dawn. Especially in the fall, large male elk will gather here and bugle and fight for their harems. Other than Mammoth (in Yellowstone), this is the one place where I've seen the most elk gathered in numbers.
Road to Teton Village - best if you do this drive early morning before 11:00am. Most mornings you will find bears along the road side, especially in the fall, fattening up on berries and various grasses/fruits.Great place to also spot mothers with cubs.This place has never failed me and I have seen many bears there. No need to chase them down on foot, most will eventually continue feeding, carrying on within easy sight of your car window. DO NOT APPROACH BEARS, ESPECIALLY MOTHERS WITH CUBS!!!
If you're going to see moose in and around Grand Teton, this is a place that has never failed.Early mornings, late afternoons/evenings are best but can usually be found all day long.#1) Gros Ventre Campground and surrounding vicinity. Also, in my opinion, one of the best campgrounds in the area.Ask the local watchman if/when/where moose were last seen.Scoping the river and surrounding willows can usually get you great results.#2) Moose Junction, just opposite of Dornan's Campground on river's edge. Willows usually have moose feeding in area.#3) Road to Teton Village - moose gather all along the waterways on the road to Teton Village. Also watch for deer and bear - plentiful.
Though Yellowstone is a special place, Grand Teton National Park is most special to me. It is an incredible range and the park offers perhaps the best backpacking of any US national park. In 1994 on my first trip to Wyoming: We woke up early to move camp from Yellowstone to the Tetons as we knew there was a small but great campground there called Jenny Lake that was said to fill up early. The ride over was too amazing to not stop for some photos and it became apparent that another couple had the same thing on their minds. We leap-frogged our way with stops to the next campground and both were lucky to get spots, or so we thought. After setting up, we learned a lot of people had left early due to a black bear wrecking havoc in the campground. Quite a few tents were torn into and though no one was hurt, it made for a less than relaxing camping experience. We had a full day after setting...
North Entrance - Near the gateway community of Gardiner, MT, the North Entrance is the only park entrance open to wheeled vehicles all year. November through April, the North Entrance provides the only access to Cooke City, MT. US Highway 212 east of Cooke City is closed to wheeled vehicles November through April. The road from Mammoth to Norris is open to wheeled vehicles from the third Friday in April through the first Sunday in November, and to tracked oversnow vehicles usually from the third Monday in December to the Monday of the first full week in March. Closest airline service is Bozeman, MT. See the Operating Hours and Seasons for more information. Services are available year around.West Entrance - Adjacent to the town of West Yellowstone, MT, the West Entrance is open to wheeled vehicles from the third Friday in April through the first Sunday in November, and to tracked oversnow...
The Wyoming state flag has a bison on a blue field bordered in white and red, with the state seal on the bison. The woman on the seal represents the state motto "Equal Rights" and the two men represent cattle ranchers and miners. The words "Livestock", "Mines", "Grains" and "Oil" represent Wyoming's wealth. The dates 1869 and 1890 tell when Wyoming organized as a territory of the United States and when it became a state.Pretty cool flag. I like it.
There are several websites that I found helpful when planning our trip to Wyoming. Some of the best were:http://www.wyomingtourism.org/This is the official tourism website for the state. It’s a bit clunky in places but packed with useful info and well-supplied with external links. I found many of the best accommodations here – the info about them on this site might be limited but there are links to the motel or B&B’s own website if you want to investigate further. You can also order a useful trip planning pack which includes a reasonable road map.http://www.ultimatewyoming.com/This is another useful general website for holiday planning, though more commercial in its approach.http://www.byways.org/browse/states/WY/We enjoyed getting off the main roads and exploring the scenic byways in Wyoming – this website helped us identify the highlights on each route and plan where to stop for a walk...
One of the aspects of Wyoming that I particularly enjoyed were the numerous historical sites associated with the Oregon Trail and other pioneer routes, and with the legends of the wild west. Check out Register Rock and the Oregon Trail Wagon Ruts near Guernsey and Fort Laramie for the former. For western "heros" go to Old Trail Town in Cody to see the Hole in the Wall Cabin, or to Laramie's Wyoming Territorial Prison to see where Butch Cassidy was once incarcerated, or to Sundance to learn how the Kid got his name.
It's stating the obvious, but one of the main highlights of any trip to Wyoming has to be a visit to the two great National Parks. And I do mean two - everyone seems to know about and visit Yellowstone, but you really shouldn't omit Grand Teton from your itinerary. They're both very different, although close neighbours.We spent 3 days in Yellowstone, which I would say was about right for us (but allow more if you want to see absolutely everything, or intend to do some of the longer hikes). We only allowed 1 day for Grand Teton, based on advice given us by a friend who'd visited previously (not a VT-er!), and this wasn't really enough. Go to Yellowstone for the geysers and other geological phenomena, the spectacular canyon and the wild animals, especially bison. For me the great attraction of Grand Teton is the mountain scenery, and also the (relative) lack of crowds.For lots of tips to...
Wyoming is nicknamed "The Equality State" because it was the first state to grant women the right to vote in 1869. This action lead to the nickname "The Suffrage State" and later to "The Equality State." "Equality" is also the state motto.
Dunraven Lodge Yellowstone National Park
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Rusty Parrot Lodge and Spa Jackson
2 Reviews and 118 Opinions A fire in the fireplace in my room when I return from skiing, my masseur collecting me at my door, I...
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Q: hello we are visiting Yellowstone in a couple weeks and I need a daily itinerary.In Yellowstone we have 5 days. I am wondering...
A: Yellowstone is much bigger than the Grand Tetons. The Tetons are beautiful and one of the most beautiful sunrise I have ever seen was over those mountains as a kid, and I...
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