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Bison
With over 4,500 bison, VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
Yellowstone has the world’s
largest herd. They roam Practical Information
freely across the park, US 26 in Moose.
n YNP Headquarters,
often even disrupting
traffic. Despite their docile Mammoth Hot Springs
appearance, bison can be Tel (307) 344-7381.
dangerous, so visitors Open year-round, but most
should avoid contact facilities & roads are closed from
with them or any other October to May due to winter
wild animal. snows. The only open road is
US 212, along the northern
Livingston edge, between Gardiner &
Cooke City, Montana. & 7
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Gardiner Cooke City
Montana
Wyoming Northeast Entrance
Mammoth Hot Springs Yellowstone
Tower-Roosevelt Red Lodge
Gardiner

Roaring Mountain Lamar
Canyon Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
Village
Norris
Steamboat Geyser
West Mad ison Madison
Entrance . Grand Canyon
Central Plateatu Fishing Bridge Plunging 500 ft (152 m) in a pair
of falls – Upper and Lower Falls –
Great Fountain
Geyser Lake Village the Yellowstone River has carved this
Grand Prismatic 20-mile- (32-km-) long canyon into
Spring Bridge Bay East Entrance the mineral-rich yellow and orange
MT
Cody rhyolite rock. Many trails along its
ID
Old Faithful rim offer splendid vistas. “Uncle Tom’s
Yellowstone Lake Trail” drops down a steep staircase
Lone Star
Geyser West Thumb on to a platform, offering a close-up
view of the falls.
Firehole Shoshone Lake Village Southeast Arm
Grant
Lewis South Arm
Lake
Approximate Caldera Boundary
Lewis Yellowstone
South
Entrance
Bears
Jackson Bears are plentiful in the park. Black
0 km 10 bears are the most common, and more
Key
0 miles 10 than 600 grizzlies inhabit its wilder
Park boundary reaches. Most animals avoid contact with
humans, and rangers advise that humans
Major road
should avoid any contact with bears.
State border
For keys to symbols see back flap

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