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Mt Washburn
Mt. Washburn is the main peak in the Washburn Range, risin...
Tower Fall
The 132-foot drop of Tower Creek, framed by eroded volcani...
1988 Fires
In June of 1988, park managers and fire behavior specialis...
Calcite Springs
This grouping of thermal springs along the Yellowstone Riv...
Grand Canyon of Yellowstone
The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone is the primary geologi...
Lamar Buffalo Ranch
The extermination of bison herds throughout the West in th...
Bannock Trail
15,000 years ago, glaciers and a continental ice sheet cov...
Yellowstone River
The Yellowstone River is the last major undammed river in ...
Mammoth Hot Springs Terraces
As one early visitor described the Mammoth Hot Springs ter...
Wolves in the Northern Range
The gray wolf was present in Yellowstone when the park was...
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Mt Washburn
Mt. Washburn is the main peak in the Washburn Range, rising 10,243 ft. above the west side of the canyon. It is the remnant of volcanic activity that took place long before the formation of the present canyon. It is ...
Tower Fall
The 132-foot drop of Tower Creek, framed by eroded volcanic pinnacles has been documented by park visitors from the earliest trips of Europeans into the Yellowstone region. Its idyllic setting has inspired numerous artists, including Thomas Moran. His painting of ...
1988 Fires
In June of 1988, park managers and fire behavior specialists allowed 18 lightning-caused fires to burn after evaluating them, according to the fire management plan. Eleven of these fires burned themselves out, behaving like many fires had in previous years. ...
Calcite Springs
This grouping of thermal springs along the Yellowstone River signals the downstream end of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. The geothermally altered rhyolite inspired the artist Thomas Moran; his paintings of this scene were among those presented to Congress ...
Grand Canyon of Yellowstone
The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone is the primary geologic feature in the Canyon District. It is roughly 20 miles long, measured from the Upper Falls to the Tower Fall area. Depth is 800 to 1,200 ft.; width is 1,500 ...
Lamar Buffalo Ranch
The extermination of bison herds throughout the West in the 1800s nearly eliminated them from Yellowstone; even after the park was established in 1872 poachers faced few deterrents. With only 25 bison counted in the park in 1901, Congress appropriated ...
Bannock Trail
15,000 years ago, glaciers and a continental ice sheet covered most of what is now Yellowstone National Park. They left behind rivers and valleys people could follow in pursuit of Ice Age mammals such as the mammoth and the giant ...
Yellowstone River
The Yellowstone River is the last major undammed river in the lower 48 states, flowing 671 miles from its source southeast of Yellowstone into the Missouri River and then, eventually, into the Atlantic Ocean. It begins in the Absaroka Mountain ...
Mammoth Hot Springs Terraces
As one early visitor described the Mammoth Hot Springs terraces, "No human architect ever designed such intricate fountains as these. The water trickles over the edges from one to another, blending them together with the effect of a frozen waterfall." ...
Wolves in the Northern Range
The gray wolf was present in Yellowstone when the park was established in 1872. Between 1914 and 1926, at least 136 wolves were killed in the park; by the 1940s, wolf packs were rarely reported. By the mid-1900s, wolves had ...
