- 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
Thursday, April 24, 2014
Yellowstone National Park
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