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Yellowstone National Park is a national park in the United States, distributed among the states Wyoming, Montana and Idaho. The park is best known for its many thermal activity. There are hot springs, boiling mud pools, and geysers in the park. But the wilderness has also attracted many tourists for more than a century.
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History
Yellowstone's history as a national park begins with John Colter. He was a member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and explored the area in 1807. When he told others about the boiling mud pools, steam, waterfalls and colored rock formations he encountered, not many believed him. However, they had to change their minds when they traveled to the area themselves and saw exactly what Colter had described. In 1870 a group of scientists traveled to the area on behalf of the government to verify its existence. Two years later, then-President Ulysses S. Grant declared the area the world's first national park.
Landscape
The landscape of Yellowstone is extremely geothermal. There are about 3,000 hot springs, 200 geysers, as well as a slew of waterfalls and brightly colored rock formations. The environment consists of dense forests with deep rivers and mountains.
Flora and fauna
The Yellowstone National Park is home to moose, grizzly bears, wolves, coyotes, bison and buffalo.
climate
Yellowstone National Park has a cold steppe climate that is especially noticeable because of the low rainfall that falls here. Only in the early spring months is the average precipitation here somewhat higher. The winter months here are particularly cold with long periods of frost. Especially the nights during these months are very cold. Camping is prohibited here during this period. The summer months are pleasantly warm during the day. The nights can still be on the cool side here and you can't lie in your tent without a sleeping bag.
Arrive
Entrance
Travel around
To look at
- Old Faithfull. Best known geyser in the area.
- the colorful hot water pools as the Grand Prismatic Spring and the Morning Glory
To do
To buy
Food
Going out
stay overnight
Safety
Yellowstone National Park is basically a ticking time bomb. Beneath the park is an active super volcano that erupts every 600,000 years. The last eruption was over 640,000 years ago and the next could theoretically happen at any time - even as you read this right now.
When you go to the park you don't have to worry about something happening to you right away, but it's good to know that this is happening so you won't be surprised when you feel the ground tremble; it does that a lot.
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