Yellowstone National Park

Yellowstone National Park is located in the western United States, with 96 percent located in Wyoming, and extending into Montana and Idaho. The 2.2 million-acre park offers an unforgettable journey into a natural wonderland alive with geysers – Old Faithful being the best-known – mountain ranges and rivers, waterfalls, dormant volcanoes, and hundreds of colourful hot springs and pools such as Yellowstone’s Grand Prismatic Hot Spring.

The park’s geothermal areas contain about half the world’s active geysers, as well as geologic wonders like the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River.

In addition to its superb scenery, visitors to this UNESCO World Heritage Site have unparalleled opportunities to observe wildlife roaming freely in one of the world's principal wildlife preserves. Home to eagles, grizzly and black bears, buffalo, elk, and more, you're bound to see wildlife on your drive.

Explore mountains, forests, and lakes to witness the drama of the natural world unfold, book a river rafting trip, and get active by hiking along park trails or boardwalks. Or take a winding drive along Beartooth Highway — called one of the best drives in the U.S.— which starts near the park's northeast entrance in Cooke City, Montana.

Attractions and towns near Yellowstone include the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in the rodeo town of Cody, Grand Teton National Park, the trendy and hip city of Jackson Hole, the historic old Wild West town and open-air museum of Virginia City, Nevada, the Wyoming Dinosaur Center, Native American Pow Wows in Wind River Country, the National Museum of Wildlife Art, and the spectacular Shoshone National Forest Reserve.