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Yellowstone National Park Park Information 307-344-7381 Emergency Dial 911 www.nps.gov/yell Yellowstone National Park Park Information 307-344-7381 Mammoth Hot Springs Old Faithful Canyon Village West Thumb and Fishing Bridge, Lake Village 6239ft 1902m 7365ft 2245m 7918ft 2413m Grant Village 7770ft 2368m and Bridge Bay 7735ft 2358m Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel To Madison Grand Geyser To Norris To Tower/ Amphitheater To Lake Village North 0 0.5 Km To Canyon Roosevelt Fi Duck Fishing Bridge re 0 0.5 Mi Post h Lake Amphitheater o Office le Visitor Showers-Laundry Museum and Visitor Center Amphitheater West Thumb Education Castle Post To Geyser Basin Geyser Office Riv Center Canyon Old Upper Terrace Drive er Faithful Information Geyser Lodge Showers No buses, trailers, or Visitor Old Station Laundry RVs; closed in winter Hill Center Faithful Lake Lodge To East YELLOWSTONE Post Entrance Inn Old e iv Office To Faithful r LAKE Lake Village Brink D Fishing Bridge Upper Lower North Lower Geyser of Terraces Terraces Chapel Entrance Falls RV Park m Hard-sided camping and Upper 308ft i Visitor R one-way Gardiner 94m units only Old Falls h Grand Inspiration Education Faithful Nort View Grant Village Historic Fort Point Amphitheater Amphitheater Center Lodge R Yellowstone Post Lookout e Artist iv Lake Hotel Point n Point e r Office sto Visitor Center Yellow To Old Faithful via Snow e YELLOWSTONE Norris and Madison Uncle Tom’s riv Lodge D Bridge Bay Trail Marina-Boat tours LAKE Rim th Laundry No camping or overnight Sou Clear Showers Lake Post Office recreational vehicle parking Upper Lodge Gull Point North 0 0.1 0.5 Km North 0 0.1 0.4 Km Falls North 0 0.5 Km To North 0 0.5 Km To Tower- To West Thumb 109ft South Registration 0 0.1 0.5 Mi Roosevelt 0 0.1 0.4 Mi and Grant Village 33m 0 0.5 Mi Entrance To 0 0.5 Mi West Thumb to Livingston 52 mi/84 km to Bozeman Yellowstone Live! 84 mi/135 km Get real-time road status for to Big Sky, MT 48 mi/77 km 89 Yellowstone National Park at to Bozeman, MT 90 mi/144 km Jardine http://go.nps.gov/yellroads k e e r C Gardiner G n a e ll a im tin c 212 R pe North Entrance eek Cooke City . S e Cr Silver Electric Peak 5314ft 5 mi bbl 8 km Pe Gate 10967ft 1620m 3343m MONTANA k e ellowsto re A Northeast Entrance Y n WYOMING C B B e S 7365ft to Red Lodge 31 mi Mammoth Hot Springs l Hellroaring h A a g R 2245m 69 mi/111 km 50 km c Mountain u (Detail map above) k O Visitor Center lo to Billings t K R 8363ft S Mammoth Hot Springs Terraces a i A 125 mi/200 km i 18 mi v 2549m G l e Barronette Peak to Cody r a 29 km 10404ft r Undine 68 mi/109km d 3171m n Falls B R G la Slough Creek e c A Bunsen Peak D kt r a N A Wraith e i l P 8564ft e la Tower-Roosevelt G L te Falls r a E L u R 2610m D 6270ft A . r . 1911m R 29 mi T Swan C Pebble Creek I r Petrified Tree 47 km N r G Lake e e Yellowstone al n e k l e at d k 191 in r Forever e r a Roosevelt Lodge Institute C R G e iv t e R t r Tower Fall u A B N Indian Creek L a A d Mount Norris G G o ra M S 9936ft y E lin A R 3028m g L C a re 21 mi 19 mi V m e 34 km 31 km A k LL a E r Y R iv e r r Chittenden e Road v i Obsidian Cliff R to Earthquake 7383ft Mount Holmes Lake Visitor 2250m 10336ft Mount Washburn Center 3150m 10243ft 3122m e n 287 o t Roaring Mountain Observation Peak s Dunraven Pass w 9397ft o 2864m 8859ft ll Museum of the 2700m Ye National Park Ranger Cascade 191 Grebe Lake Lake 287 R. NORRIS GEYSER BASIN on Canyon Village C b a ib ld HEBGEN LAKE Information Station G Visitor Education Center e ra Museum allow 30 min. (Detail map above) B ou 12 mi n allow 30 min. d Virginia 19 km a L 14 mi ry a k m 23 km Cascade Cree Artists Paintpots ter a Ot r R i West Y v HAYDEN VALLEY e Yellowstone Norris e r M l 7484ft l 20 a o d Madison 2281m w to Ashton ison 16 mi Ri r 6806ft 26 km s 60 mi/97 km ve t 2091m o n allow 30 min. Gibbon Falls e Information West Entrance 14 mi R. Center 6667ft 23 km ek 2032m re Information Station C National Park m Mountain Alu Mud Volcano 7500ft/2286m F LeHardys Rapids k i r e e re h C o Firehole Canyon Drive l Nez Perce Creek e n a R ic . l e Fishing Bridge P Fountain Flat Drive 16 mi Visitor Center & Museum 26 km Fountain Paint Pot Lake Village Firehole Lake Drive Bridge Bay Steamboat Point Lake Butte Fairy Falls Natural Bridge Stevenson 8348ft East Entrance Midway Geyser Basin Island 2544m 27 mi 6951ft 43 km 2119m Avalanche Peak 20 14 10566ft 16 Mystic Falls YELLOWSTONE LAKE 3221m Old Faithful 7733ft Sylvan Lake to Cody 2357m 53 mi Biscuit Basin Visitor Education Center Upper Geyser Basin 21 mi 85 km (Detail map above) 34 km WYOMING Dot Eleanor Lake Black Sand Basin 17 mi WEST 27 km Island Sylvan Pass THUMB 8530ft Kepler 8391ft Frank 2600m IDAHO MONTANA Cascades Craig Pass 2558m Island 8262ft 2518m Lone Star Geyser West Thumb A B Geyser Basin S A r (Detail map above) e R v i O S R Grant Village O K U A le Visitor Center T o E K H h A e L E r E i N Riddle Lake A F O Flat Mountain Arm L S SH 7988ft S e O R O T H w 2435m A S U i s A N T R H R G i v M E e A B r o R u M Eagle Peak n allow 45 min. d 11358ft 22 mi a LEWIS 3462m r C 35 km Y y a el (highest point l LAKE l d o e w in the park) ra R B o s i u n t v d a Lewis Lake o e ry H n r E e Lewis Falls A R Mount Sheridan T L R 10308ft A i Dunanda Falls K v er 3142m E e v r i R r Colonnade Falls C le o h n c t e in B ak e Sn e n r Ri t v a e l e r v D i iv id R e Union Falls s i w e Bechler Falls River L Cave Falls South Entrance 6886ft/2099m to Jackson Grassy Lake 64 mi Road closed Reservoir Information Station 103 km in winter. & Flagg Ranch to Ashton 26 mi 42 km Grassy Lake Road 8 Cumulative mileages Falls River 287 John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway 191 • Upper Loop 70 mi/113 km 89 North Road not recommended for 01 10 Kilometers • Lower Loop 96 mi/155 km large trailers or RVs. Closed in winter. Grand Teton National Park 01 10 Miles (Detail map on reverse side) • Grand Loop 142 mi/229 km = Medical Clinic E Gas Station l Recycling One-way road Walking trail This map is not appropriate for hiking or planning a winter trip. Most roads are 00mi i Ranger Station Ö Store u Self-guiding trails 00km Distance indicator Boardwalk closed to wheeled vehicles November–April. Most facilities are open May–September. W Lodging − Campground I Trail rides Hydrothermal feature The park is open year-round. C Food Service b Picnic Area Revised September 2016 Emergency Dial 911 www.nps.gov/grte Grand Teton National Park Park Information 307-739-3300 To Ashton YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK Grassy Lake Road Regional Map 90 15 Grassy Butte Lake GRAND TETON 94 Bozeman Billings 90 − Laurel 212 84 Crow Agency Flagg Ranch 15 Norris Livingston Little Bighorn Battlefield Village 287 191 National Monument Ennis 78 Big Sky 89 212 JOHN D. Dillon 8 mi Red Lodge 72 310 ROCKEFELLER, JR. Gardiner Cooke City MEMORIAL 212 120 Lovell 287 14A PARKWAY 296 Powell 14A 87 310 14 West Cody Yellowstone 16 Greybull 16 20 14 20 20 14 Yellowstone 47 National Park Meeteese John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Ashton National Memorial Parkway 32 191 89 Grand Teton 120 16 287 20 33 National Park Rexburg 20 33 26 89 191 − Dubois Thermopolis 26 31 287 Idaho Falls 22 Jackson 26 20 16 mi 15 26 26 191 G RAND 89 26 26 287 Riverton TET O N 89 N ATIONAL 89 191 PARK 287 Keep your distance. Stay TWO OCEAN Colter Bay LAKE Two Ocean Road ö at least 100 yards (91 m) Visitor Center from bears and wolves. A distance EMMA − MATILDA of 25 yards (23 m) is required from JACKSON LAKE LAKE elk, bison, and other animals. Regardless of distance, if any wild 5 mi animal changes its behavior due to Jackson Lake Junction your presence, you are too close. Pacific Creek Moran Junction 2 mi Signal As you enjoy trails, be bear 26 − Mountain 287 ' aware.
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