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