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Different geysers in Yellowstone

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Yellowstone National Park

Plan your Trails

Bring the Whole Family

Your Adventure awaits !

Making MEmories to last a lifetime

Yellowstone National Park covers nearly 3,500 square miles in the northwest corner of Wyoming (3% of the park is in Montana and 1% is in Idaho). Yellowstone has five entrance stations, and several are closed to regular vehicles during winter. It takes many hours to drive between these entrances, so be sure to check the status of roads at the entrance you intend to use while planning your trip and before you arrive.

A family making memories together enjoying the geyser erupt.

Family taking a selfie at Old Faithful geyser.

On March 1, 1872, President Ulysses S. Grant signed the Yellowstone National Park Protection Act into law. The world’s first national park was born. The human history of the Yellowstone region goes back more than 11,000 years. The stories of people in Yellowstone are preserved in archeological sites and objects that convey information about past human activities in the region, and in people’s connections to the land that provide a sense of place or identity.

North Entrance

Northeast Entrance

Canyon Norris

West Entrance Madison Fishing Bridge

East Entrance Old Faithful West Thumb

This orange box represents the original boundary of Yellowstone National Park. Adjustment were made in 1929 and 1932. South Entrance

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Pano view of the famous Old Faithful with visitors from all over to see the geyser erupt.

Old Faithful Geyser How "faithful" is Old Faithful Geyser?

Watching Old Faithful Geyser erupt is a Yellowstone National Park tradition. People from all over the world have journeyed here to watch this famous geyser. The park’s wildlife and scenery might be as well-known today, but it was the unique thermal features like Old Faithful Geyser that inspired the establishment of Yellowstone as the world’s first national park in 1872. Old Faithful is one of nearly 500 geysers in Yellowstone and one of six that park rangers currently predict. It is uncommon to be able to predict geyser eruptions with regularity and Old Faithful has lived up to its name, only lengthening the time between eruptions by about 30 minutes in the last 30 years.

Old Faithful Erupt time 5:49 p.m. mountain time

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Visitors stroll through an erupting geyser at Norris Geyser Basin

Stroll Through Norris Geyser

Can you handle the heat

Norris Geyser Basin is the hottest, oldest, and most dynamic of Yellowstone's thermal areasthis area of the park. The highest temperature yet recorded in history of any geothermal area in Yellowstone was measured with in a scientific drill hole at Norris: 459°F (237°C) just 1,087 feet (326 meters) below the surface! There are very few thermal features at Norris under the boiling point (199°F at this elevation). These two faults intersect with a ring fracture that resulted from the Yellowstone Caldera of 600,000 years ago. These faults are the primary reason that Norris Geyser Basin is so hot and dynamic. The Ragged Hills around parts of Back Basin and are thermally altered glacial

moraines. As glaciers receded, the underlying thermal features began to express themselves once again, melting remnants of the ice and causing masses of debris to bezdumped. These debris piles were then altered by steam and hot water flowing through them.

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Stay Connected Mailing Address: PO Box 168 Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190-0168 https://www.nps.gov/yell/index.htm Phone: 307-344-7381