These included the exploitation of the American West. Grinnell printed weekly editorials promoting legislation to protect Yellowstone ensuring it would be managed solely by the federal government. He also recruited prominent politicians, such as Commissioner of the U. By focusing on the imminent threat to Yellowstone from unbridled corporate interests and the poaching which they encouraged, Grinnell was instrumental in helping to secure passage of the Yellowstone National Park Protection Act in This act protected the wildlife in Yellowstone National Park.
It served as a model for future national parks. The act punished crimes committed in the park. It also helped bring about the establishment of park rangers who helped to ensure the preservation and protection of Yellowstone and other national parks.
The park is home to the largest concentration of mammals in the lower 48 states. Visitors to the park can also see black bears, Canada lynx, coyotes, grizzly bears, mountain lions, wolverines, and wolves.
Many of these birds are migratory species so, depending on which season you visit, you will be treated to a different variety. Unfortunately, the National Park Service reports that each year visitors are injured due to their failure to maintain safe distances.
At Yellowstone National Park, you will experience the most extraordinary collection of hot springs, geysers, mudpots, and fumaroles on Earth. The park includes over geysers. There are five types of hydrothermal features readily visible in Yellowstone. They include:. One place worth visiting is Dunraven Pass.
Another great place to visit is Eagle Peak. So many waterfalls. So little time. Firehole Falls is one of the most accessible and stunning waterfalls in Yellowstone.
To get there you take the Firehole Canyon Scenic Drive , which is well worth the trip as you will be surrounded by some truly breathtaking scenery. Gibbon Falls is another one definitely worth seeing. If you travel just south of Old Faithful, you can see another incredible fall.
Kepler Cascades , where the Firehole River narrows and descends into a glistening pool, provides a dramatic scenic backdrop from which to gaze at this foot wonder. Do you love history? Hunter-gatherers and later native American tribes used the park as their home, hunting grounds, and transportation routes. All of this was long before Europeans arrived in the Americas. Since Yellowstone began its archaeology program in , more than 1, sites have been uncovered.
These contain projectile points or arrowheads, scrapers and other tools, and concentrations of burned and butchered bone, including the first evidence of fishing found in the park. Dismiss View all alerts. Park Facts. Yellowstone National Park was established on March 1, Annual precipitation ranges from 10 inches 26 cm at the north boundary to 80 inches cm in the southwest corner.
Learn more about weather in Yellowstone. In , Yellowstone National Park had 4,, visits - a park record. Old Faithful, a world-famous geyser, erupts every 92 minutes on average. Get the guide. Newsletter Exclusive deals and sales plus news, trip ideas and contests straight to your inbox. Sign Up. The tall tales they told of geysers, waterfalls, boiling mud, grizzly bears, and more seemed larger than life. In fact, what they saw and knew of Yellowstone just scratched the surface of its sheer magnitude and wealth or wonders.
We pulled together just 10 larger than life stats and facts that help define why Yellowstone National Park is a world treasure worthy of our admiration and protection.
Aerial view of the Upper Geyser Basin. Old Faithful can be seen in the top right corner of the photo. Grand Geyser is one of only a handful of geysers that are predictable. View from Mary Bay.
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