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Junior Ranger Program, Young Scientist Program, and Ranger-Led Activities for Children 4-13 years old. Get your activity booklet at Visitor Centers.

The closest airport to Glacier National Park's West Entrance

Nestled at the foothills of the Big Horn Mountains, Ucross is 27 miles southeast of Sheridan and 18 miles northwest of Buffalo, an easy half-day drive from Yellowstone National Park or the Black Hills of South Dakota.

This full-service Cody hotel is conveniently located downtown, 52 miles from Yellowstone's east entrance and eight blocks from the Buffalo Bill Center of the West.

You can see wild sheep year-round at Whiskey Basin. Visit the National Bighorn Sheep Center in Dubois on the way to Yellowstone's South Entrance.

Bears are omnivores. That means they eat both meat and plants.

Complete your vacation to Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks by visiting the not-for-profit Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center in West Yellowstone, Montana. Observe live bears and wolves in naturalistic habitats.

One of America's bucket-list parks, Glacier National Park is often an add-on to a Yellowstone vacation.

Wildlife and Rock Formations

Since wild bison compete with humans for habitat, it is necessary to "manage" this "wildlife." These videos, discusses the problems with bison management.

Firehole Lake Road is a 3-mile, one-way road off the Grand Loop between Old Faithful and Madison. Geysers and hot springs are visible from the road and boardwalk. Watch the time-lapse video of the drive.

It's a Teton Village tradition.

A member of the National Geographic Unique Lodges of the World Collection.

How to hike and camp in the backcountry of Yellowstone.

Located along Yellowstone Lake's West Thumb, the Grant Village hotels give you access to geysers, lake sports, and restaurants.

Lake Lodge has inviting cozy cabins and cafeteria-style dining that create a family-friendly atmosphere.

After 234 years, it’s time for another animal to join the American eagle as a national symbol. President Obama signed the bill making the bison the official national mammal in May 2016.

The Coeur d'Alene area is surrounded by dozens of lakes left behind by the glaciers of the ice age. There are more than 55 lakes within easy driving distance of Coeur d'Alene, but none more scenic and full of activities than Lake Coeur d'Alene itself.

Five types of snakes can be found in Yellowstone - the rattlesnake being the only venomous one.

Visit an active Catholic church and gift shop on the reservation.

Learn about gold mining at the “Home of Mount Rushmore” and truly a “City of Gold.” The quaint town of Keystone is steeped in gold mining history.

Happily, many species of birds in Yellowstone today are success stories, having come back from zero or very low population levels just a few decades ago. Good examples are the osprey, bald eagle, and most recently, the peregrine falcon.

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Start in Pleasant Valley then ascend to 6,350 feet.

The trip E.H. Harriman, president of the Union Pacific Railroad, and Frank J. Haynes, president of Monida & Yellowstone Stage Line, made to Yellowstone National Park in 1905, led to the existence of the town of West Yellowstone.

Old Faithful’s predictability is the exception; most geysers give little warning when they’re about to blow. The result, of course, is a surprise steam-and-water show. And in the case of Steamboat Geyser, there’s no other show like it Earth.

How big is Yellowstone Lake? How deep is it? Is it natural? and answers to other questions about the largest lake in our America's first national park.

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Visit forts, monuments, historic buildings, and battlegrounds of the old west in Wyoming, Montana, Utah, and Idaho.

Don’t miss Gold Rush Days and hunting for treasures in the historic gold and sapphire mining towns of Wyoming and Montana when you travel to Yellowstone.

Old West shootout reenactments happen daily during the summer season in towns near the park.

The greater Yellowstone Park region is home to 27 scenic national forests throughout Wyoming, Idaho and Montana including the Wind River Range.

The beautiful trumpeter swans are the largest North American waterfowl and the world’s heaviest flying birds. Great birding abounds in Wyoming, Utah, Montana, and Idaho

Learn about fishing regulations, fees, season and general information. Watch the video about fishing in the park.

All the numerical facts about the lake such as square miles and depth.

In 1870, Truman Everts went on a Yellowstone Expedition. He got lost two times then started a forest fire. So of course he was offered a superintendent job.

Get commanding views of Yellowstone on this hike to the summit of Bunsen Peak.

A flood of science is emerging from research focused on the impact that wolves have on a host of other species, especially elk and coyotes.