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Enjoy full services close to the national park's east side.

Explore Yellowstone National Park in the summer with Natural Retreats’ private, customized tours.

Luxury SUV and limo van shuttle serving Big Sky and West Yellowstone from the airport north of Yellowstone National Park.

Natural Retreats’ luxury rentals are perfect for families and groups.

Stay at the only resort located on the shores of Jackson Lake in Grand Teton National Park, with camping and boat rentals available.

One of four Town Square Inns. With 400 rooms and cabins combined, you have more options to meet your style and budget than any other hotelier in town.

Stay at one of the most famous places in Yellowstone next to Old Faithful. Seven stories high, it's predominant feature is its gabled, shingled roof.

Just 2 blocks from Yellowstone National Park’s West Entrance, Gray Wolf Inn and Suites is the perfect headquarters for your Yellowstone adventure. 

Yellowstone is Earth's largest active geyser field with famous thermal features such as Old Faithful, Morning Glory Pool and the colorful Grand Prismatic.

When you’re tired from a long day of sightseeing, unwind with a dip in one of the region’s many hot springs and pools.

Enjoy six days in 2025 when national park entrance is free.

Find out what happened to Yellowstone's Boiling River during the flood of June 2022.

Experience the past in the luxury of today.

Get updated on which areas of Yellowstone are open after the June 2022 flood.

There are few places in the world where you can enjoy an elegant breakfast while watching bison roam outside your restaurant window.

Find ghost towns that will show you what life was like in the 1800s in Montana, Idaho and Wyoming in the greater Yellowstone National Park area.

The greater Yellowstone region boasts several world-class mountain resorts.

Smoking is permitted only inside vehicles and designated areas. It's forbidden in thermal and natural areas. Boom!

Located an hour from the park, Yellowstone Regional Airport in Cody is the year-round aviation gateway to America’s first national park and northwest Wyoming.

Stay a mile from the park entrance.

Today, it would be unheard of for people to intentionally feed bears but in the early 1900s it was common practice.

See wildlife on your way to or from the park.

You wouldn’t believe the strange objects tourists have thrown into Yellowstone’s geysers. Here are some of the oddest and most damaging.

Wyoming is home to the nation’s second-largest wild horse population

Drive yourself through Wyoming, Montana, Idaho and through Yellowstone on a wildlife safari to search for grizzly bears, moose, elk, eagles and more.

Located in the northeastern part of Yellowstone near Tower Junction, the fall plunges a stunning 132 feet.

About 97 wolves call the Yellowstone area home. View the latest Yellowstone Wolf Project annual report.

Congratulations to Albert Moss of Oshkosh, Wis., Grand Prize winner of the Yellowstone Road Trip vacation. Albert chose the Chicago route. See all of 2022 winners and previous winners at the bottom of the page.

Our list of top Yellowstone winter activities includes watching wildlife, swimming in hot springs, eating waffles and taking exhilarating rides.

Here are Grand Teton National Park's entrances that are open in winter to how to get there.

See them at Mammoth Hot Springs and Lamar Valley inside Yellowstone and at the gateway town of Gardiner, Montana.

Well-appointed rooms, free WiFi, complimentary continental breakfast, a heated indoor swimming pool/hot tub are just a few comforts you’ll enjoy at the Yellowstone Park Hotel.

Open year-round and clustered in five distinct camp settings, this 50-cabin property in the heart of West Yellowstone provides a sense of community without compromising privacy. 

Six on the way and two inside Yellowstone National Park

See elk grazing around the travertine terraces from the hotel.

All you need to know about Yellowstone bears and their winter slumber.

Bears climb high above timberline in Yellowstone National Park to feed on moths that come from farmland many miles away.

You know what may have saved a 10-year-old hiker's life? His parents had bear spray.

Pull off I-80 at Rock Springs and Green River to uncover the mesmerizing Killpecker Sand Dunes and Flaming Gorge

Whitewater rafting is a fantastic way to spend time with family and friends in the great outdoors near Yellowstone. Raft the longest free-flowing river in America, the Yellowstone River, or take a tour through Yellowstone on horseback.

Get the official Yellowstone map before you enter the park.

Great for Trip Planning

Great for trip planning

Great for trip planning

No other activity fulfills the Western dream for families visiting this region like a horseback ride.

All together there are approximately 75 different packs in the greater Yellowstone region.

Here are the numbers. The grizzly population beat all odds after teetering on the brink of extinction. In Yellowstone area, it grew from 136 bears in 1975 to around 700 in 2019.

With 400 rooms and cabins combined, you have more options to meet your style and budget than any other hotelier in town. It's one of four Town Square Inns.

Sleep in the heart of the Wind River Indian Reservation and enjoy the indoor Fundome with an indoor pool, exercise room, QT’s Restaurant and Bottoms Up Lounge.

Stay less than an hour from Yellowstone's East Entrance. It's a quick trip to Yellowstone Lake, giant waterfalls and the geysers at West Thumb.

These 83 historic cabins maintain the exterior historic cowboy hand hewn log; the interior is a complete, full service non-smoking hotel room.

One of four Town Square Inns. With 400 rooms and cabins combined, you have more options to meet your style and budget than any other hotelier in town.

One of four Town Square Inns. With 400 rooms and cabins combined, you have more options to meet your style and budget than any other hotelier in town.

Wildlife and scenic views covered with magical snow in Yellowstone

Take a cross-country ski tour of Yellowstone, or go it on your own on these three trails that range from easy to difficult.

Despite its name, the Old Faithful Snow Lodge & Cabins is open both in winter and in summer. Winter finds the Snow Lodge in its element, while summer visitors enjoy its laid-back pace and proximity to Old Faithful and its world-famous geyser basin. 

About 800 moose inhabit the southern part of Yellowstone, Grand Teton National Park and surrounding national forests.

Located in the heart of the beautiful Gallatin Valley, BZN is the only airport serving as a year-round gateway for two Yellowstone National Park entrances.

Gatherings across the West celebrate the heritage and history of ranching, cowboys, western music and the traditions of the rural West.

Hear the park

Plan your trip to the Badlands and Black Hills of South Dakota

The suspect who murdered three people and placed them in the Snake River in the late 1800s was never convicted.

Are the lake sounds ghosts? Or are they just air in underwater caverns?

Bears raid squirrel caches of stored whitebark pine nuts in the fall.

Pick from grand, lakeside hotels to cabins on the park's east and west sides.

See an incredible waterfall and two geysers along this hike starting near the Grand Prismatic Hot Spring off the Grand Loop Road.

Located at the heart of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, the Rockefeller Parkway connects Grand Teton and Yellowstone national parks.

Waterfalls in the Yellowstone Park area are abundant. There are close to 300 Yellowstone waterfalls.

Things will die off. Other things will come in. Yellowstone could go from a forest to a sagebrush prairie. Draught could affect the geysers.

Summer thunderstorms may be vital to helping the park’s ecosystem thrive, but the lightning can prove perilous.

From the Old Faithful Lodge, enjoy your lunch or a fresh baked treat while witnessing the spectacle that is the Old Faithful Geyser.

For decades, the sole rulers of Yellowstone were grizzly bears. Today, they are learning how to cope with the rise of an equal competitor - the reintroduced gray wolf.

While in the Yellowstone region, visit any of the numerous state parks including the Buffalo Bill Dam and Reservoir, Sinks Canyon, and Hot Springs.

21 wildlife refuges call Montana home protecting birds, bison, elk, and moose. Benton Lake is a shorebird site. Red Rock Lakes is 45 mins from the Park.

Fly to the airport inside Grand Teton National Park

Yellowstone roads are open to bicyclists in spring and fall while they are closed to motorized traffic.

From the front porch, you can rock your stress to sleep and awaken your old West spirit. Enjoy rustic cabin-style lodging and dining.

Biking through Yellowstone on the park's roads is a great way to explore the beauty in an up-close-and-personal manner.

Avoid the crowds by fishing Jackson Lake in Grand Teton National Park. With a professional guide, Jackson Lake rewards anglers with trophy-sized fish.