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Yellowstone National Park is a national park of the United States located in the northwest corner of Wyoming and extending into Montana and Idaho.
Yellowstone National Park, the oldest, one of the largest, and probably the best-known national park in the United States. It is situated principally in northwestern Wyoming and partly in southern Montana and eastern Idaho and includes the greatest concentration of hydrothermal features in the world.
Yellowstone National Park is a national park in the United States. It was the world's first national park. [5] United States President Ulysses S. Grant signed a law to create it in 1872. The name comes from the Yellowstone River, which flows through the park. Yellowstone became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1978.
Yellowstone National Park is a 2,219,789-acre (898,317 hectares) wilderness area maintained by the National Park Service. It is located at the intersection of Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming, with the majority of its area in Wyoming.
Within Yellowstone's 2.2 million acres, visitors have unparalleled opportunities to observe wildlife in an intact ecosystem, explore geothermal areas that contain about half the world’s active geysers, and view geologic wonders like the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River.
History of Yellowstone National Park. Precontact. People have been in Yellowstone more than 11,000 years, as shown by archeological sites, trails, and oral histories.
Learn how Yellowstone National Park works to preserve and interpret the human history of the region.
In 1978, just over one hundred years later, it was inscribed by UNESCO on the World Heritage list -- the United States' first World Heritage Site. It encompasses over 2 million acres (800,000 ha) in the northwestern corner of Wyoming and includes portions of Idaho and Montana.
Everything to know about Yellowstone National Park. Here’s what to see and do in the world’s first national park.
The following articles relate to the history, geography, geology, flora, fauna, structures and recreation in Yellowstone National Park. Yellowstone National Park history [ edit ]