Thursday, April 24, 2014

Yellowstone National Park

  • Yellowstone National Park crosses 3 states: Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana
  • Yellowstone was the world's first national park, established on March 1, 1872
  • 1988: Fires ravage Yellowstone
    • No major feature destroyed, though
  • Covers 2,221,766 acres
  • The park's features were formed by an explosion 640,000 years ago
  • Yellowstone sits on a dormant volcano
  • 10,000 geothermal features
    • Most geysers on Earth
  • Attractions
    • Great Fountain Geyser
    • Grand Canyon of Yellowstone
    • Hayden Valley
    • Mammoth Hot Springs
    • Biscuit Basin
    • Pelican Valley
    • Soda Butte
    • Lamar River
    • Old Faithful
    • Lone Star Geyser
    • Shoshne Lake
    • Mt. Wasburn
    • Roosevelt Arch

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