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Park Highlights

2 Fort Yellowstone 12 Enjoy a walking tour of historic sites Overlook the 132-foot drop of Tower at Mammoth Hot Springs, from the Creek, framed by eroded volcanic 13 Lamar Valley pinnacles. The Lamar Valley has been a wolf 1 Mammoth Hot Springs time of U.S. Army, 1886–1918. watching mecca since the wolves Explore along the boardwalks were reintroduced in 1995. winding through ever-changing North Entrance travertine terraces and enjoy a scenic Northeast Mammoth 1 Fort Yellowstone Entrance drive through the Upper Terraces. Hot Springs 2

12 Tower 13 Lamar Fall Valley

Norris 3 11 Canyon Area Hayden West Entrance Valley Madison 4 Lake Village9 10Fishing 3 Norris Basin Midway Bridge Bay Bridge Explore the hottest, most dynamic Geyser 5 Basin East geyser basin. Norris includes 6 Yellowstone Entrance 7 Lake Steamboat, the world’s tallest geyser, Old Faithful West 8 and a variety of other and hot Thumb Grant springs. Village 11 Canyon Area North View the colorful Grand Canyon of the and the Upper South Entrance and Lower Falls from overlooks and walkways.

4 Madison The Madison River is formed at the junction of the Gibbon and Firehole rivers. The Information Station dates from 1929 and is a National Historic 9 Lake Village Yellowstone Landmark. 7 West Thumb Geyser Basin Lake is the largest high-elevation lake The boiling springs in this basin, (above 7,000 feet) in North America. including the famous , It has 141 miles of shoreline and is discharge their waters into chilly more than 400 feet deep. Yellowstone Lake.

6 Old Faithful Area The world’s largest concentration of active geysers is here. View Old 5 Midway Geyser Basin Faithful Geyser, then walk past Midway hosts two of the largest hundreds of active geysers and hot hydrothermal features of their types springs along the Firehole River. found anywhere in the world. Grand Old Faithful Historic District 8 10 Fishing Bridge Prismatic is a huge and Enjoy a tour of this historic district, The Grant visitor center interprets A popular place to observe fish, shore Excelsior Geyser is one of the largest which includes Old Faithful Geyser, fire’s role in the environment, using birds and other wildlife. geysers. the Inn, and other historic buildings. the fires of 1988 as the example. 5