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Legendary Hospitality by Xanterra OUR SOFTER FOOTPRINT Legendary Hospitality by Xanterra Well Done The Mammoth Dining Room is Xanterra’s first certified green restaurant, and is also the first 3-star certified restaurant in Wyoming. To achieve this designation, we excelled in the areas of sustainable energy, food, water, waste, disposables, furnishings and building materials, chemical safety, and pollution reduction. Xanterra.com Printed in the USA on recycled paper. Authorized Sustainability Concessioner O r water e r a U o Beartooth Highway C r A K l l closed from mid- r E e October to late May a T A Gardiner e H B A L P N Roosevelt Arch Cooke North Entrance O City 5314 ft Road between Gardiner and L Silver Sportsman A Electric Peak 1620 m Cooke City is open all year Road between Gardiner and F Lake Hellroaring k Gate 1096 9 ft y F e Cooke City is open all year a 5 mi e 3343 m Mountain U r w - 8 km C 836 3 ft B e MONTANA n 254 9 m o k lowston l e e Northeast Entrance Mammoth Hot Springs Ye e k WYOMING 7365 ft r r e C C h 2245 m e Mount Everts r g Albright Visitor Center r e u e 784 1 ft e Forces of the C o l l D S b 239 0 m Mammoth Hot Springs Terraces See Northen Range l b i R e Abiathar detail G Park Headquarters a Barronette t i P a o k McBride r above v l Peak d c Phantom e Peak R Blacktail a a r Lake 1092 8 ft l n Lake f 1040 4 ft e Pond B f 3331 m R 18 mi u 3171 m Little Quadrant r Undine B Road closed from l a B A 29 km c A Falls k Mountain early November t one-w Bunsen a ay Slough Creek 9885 ft il to mid-April Peak Pl 3013 m R Wraith a t e N E a N iv 856 4 ft u Floating L Golden Falls e 261 0 m BLACKTAIL DEER D Island Tower-Roosevelt r O Gate r r 627 0 ft G H e i Lake v v PLATEAU 191 1 m e G i S Pebble Creek R E R Yellowstone E Swan N r Petrified Tree Association e L a k D Lake m E Quadrant n Institute e R a The d r e Mountain A r r Tower Fall C Thunderer G a R Druid Peak Trout Lake 9944 ft G 132ft i 9583 ft 1055 4 ft 3031 m Roosevelt Lodge v e P eek 40m S e 2921 m tt 3217 m anther Cr Sheepeater Cliff P r u Tower E B Cache Mountain Indian Creek Prospect Peak C Fall I L a 9596 ft 9525 ft M 29 mi d A o 2925 m 2903 m S k Antler E M 47 km Mount e k W N e Peak e A e I Norris r r P L 10023ft A C C A L R 9936 ft O W k R n 3055m e K R 3028 m W e t V 21 mi L r e C e a I A n l A a 34 km o h i v D L c d k a p L a n I e S e G e 19 mi E C r er Y C w C E C H o 31 km E T r r r Dome Mountain e e N e B e e k k O 9894 ft Chittenden v U i Road between Tower Fall T 3016 m r Road R S e and Canyon Village is closed t Beaver R Obsidian Cliff mid-October to late May W in N Lake 7383 ft Mount Holmes O W 1033 6 ft 2250 m L L 3150 m R Grizzly E A Lake Y Mount Washburn N 1024 3 ft k G k E M e e E 3122 m e H I r R C T R Roaring Mountain Dunraven Pass t Observation Peak 8859 ft e F O h Twin 9397 ft n O R g 2700 m i o Lakes 2864 m a t N r Museum of the s t w O P S Cascade Y Nymph National Park Ranger Grebe Washburn o ll N L Lake Lake Lake e A A ller C Hot Springs Y C Mi reek Wolf Overlook T Norris Lake D E 7526 ft 231 1 m See detail above N A n A bo River R U Museum and b G i Information Station Ice G A Lake P Canyon Village P NORRIS GEYSER BASIN R Steamboat Geyser O Wapiti Lake 12 mi Lower Falls Visitor Education Center X IM 19 km Upper Falls Canyon and falls visible only from Saddle Virginia A overlooks along the canyon rims T Mountain Cascade ek E L e a 1067 0 ft r m Artists C C 3252 m r a te A r Monument Paintpots t O L D Geyser Basin Yellow E s R Beryl Spring t A o River 14 mi ek re n 23 km C B e m O u 16 mi U 14 mi l Castor Peak A White 23 km 26 km R N 1085 4 ft i Lake D Gibbon Falls v 3308 1 m 84ft A bon e Madiso Gib River 26m r R Pelican n Y River YELL OWST ONE N AT I O NAL Cone PARK Madison H A 9643 ft Mount Haynes National Park 6806 ft 207 4 m U Y D E Sulphur Caldron 2939 m Mountain N V A L L E Y 8235 ft Information Station A 2510 m 7500 ft E 2286 m Mud Volcano LeHardys F T ir Rapids Firehole Falls e A h o Mary L l P Pyramid Peak Firehole Canyon Drive e Lake k R e 1049 7 ft Fishing Bridge re C 3199 m L Y E th reek n L r C A rce Museum and a L o Pe ic N z R l A e Visitor Center e V N T See detail above P Fountain Flat Drive N N A Fishing Bridge RV Park LIC E Lake Village E Hard-sided camping units only P NOR TH ABSAROKA W I LDER NESS k C e LOWER GEYSER BASIN e Indian r Fountain Paint Pot Pond C Turbid Lake Beach Bridge Bay y y ry Ba r Firehole Lake Drive Ma i Lake a F Great Fountain Geyser Fairy Goose Steamboat Lake Lake Butte Falls Natural Point e Bay Overlook MIDWAY GEYSER BASIN Bridge Stevenson Sedg 8348 ft East Entrance Island 2544 m Cody Peak 6951 ft Grand Prismatic Spring Gull 1026 7 ft 2119 m 16 mi Point Avalanche Peak 3129 m Biscuit Basin 26 km Drive 27 mi 1056 6 ft 43 km 3221 m INE DE irehole ONT NTAL DIVI Hard-sided F River C YELL OWST ONE camping e Mallard Sylvan tl Mystic UPPER GEYSER Eleanor Sylvan Pass units only it Lake L AKE Lake Lake L Falls BASIN 8530 ft De Lacy Surface elevation 2600 m Road closed from early November See detail above Lakes k 21 mi Grizzly Peak Black Sand Basin e 7733ft 2357m to early May e 9948 ft r 34 km Old Faithful Geyser C 3032 m Maximum depth 410ft 131m 8391 ft Dot WEST Top Notch Peak Kepler 2558 m Isa Island Cascades 1023 8 ft Lake THUMB Scaup 3121 m Craig Pass Visitor Education Center Lake 8262 ft 17 mi 2518 m See detail above Reservation Peak 27 km y 1062 9 ft Old Faithful c Mount Doane Mount a Frank 3240 m L 1065 6 ft Lone Star West Thumb Island Langford Summit e 3248 m 1077 4 ft Geyser D Information Station P Lake 3284 m r WEST THUMB GEYSER BASIN Mount L e Delusion A iv Stevenson A R Lake S 1035 2 ft O 3155 m B e T l H T o U SHOSHONE NATIONAL FOREST h E T e E S K P E r A H i L R F Visitor Center O m E W ASHAKIE A Ar M A Riddle ain A ount O E M S U N Lake Grant Village Flat N T O T L 7988 ft R H O e S S w CO O 2435 m N O R Mount Schurz T A H i I Y S s N O 1113 9 ft E U N R R 3395 m T T i A M v L H e K r D A I Eagle Pass V A A P I 9628 ft P D R R E Eagle Peak 2935 m O M X Y 1135 8 ft I e M LEWIS l 3462 m A l o Highest point T LAKE Table E w Colter in the park C s Mountain A t Peak L D o 1106 3 ft E Lewis Lake 1068 3 ft 3372 m R A n 3256 m T e B O INS k U A e W N NT H D U e A O E r R Trail Y M C Lewis Falls A O Turret D r E R Lake R e 29ft Mount T Mountain v i 9m Sheridan e 1099 5 ft s R O R 1030 8 ft u 3351 m PITCHSTONE PLA TEAU L A 3142 m K E o C i r C v 22 mi Overlook E G h e i Ouzel 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