Ullysses S.Grant designated
Yellowstone National Park as the first national park in the world. It’s also a biosphere reserve a World Heritage Site for its spectacular topography. Most of its area is in Wyoming but also holds the Montana and Idaho. The park heights vary between 3462 m (11,358 ft) of Eagle Peak and 1610 m (5282 ft) of Reese Creek. The park is home to the most diverse collection of geysers on the planet, hot springs and fumaroles. Yellowstone has about 300 geysers, two-thirds of existing on the planet. The park also has an active volcano, has over 2000 earthquakes a year, one of the largest petrified forests in the world, a huge caldera with 72 by 48 km (45 by 30 mi) and 290 waterfalls whose Lower Falls are the largest with 94 m (308 ft). The Upper Geyser Basin is home to the largest number of geyseres like Castle, Grand, Daisy, Riverside and most famous Old Faithful (picture below). At Midway Geyser Basin, smaller than the Upper Geyser Basin, is the crater of Excelsior Geyser and the Grand Prismatic Spring. There are beautiful pools in Yellowstone National Park as Morning Glory (picture on the top) and Emerald Pool (picture below). Yellowstone is also home to black bears, grizzly bears, coyotes, red foxes, gray wolves, bobcats, lynx and mountain lions. Hotels in Yellowstone National Park
How to get Yellowstone National Park: Jackson Hole Airport (JAC) is the main airport in the area. There is an entrance fee for vehicles that costs 25$usd and it’s valid for seven days (hikers and cyclists pay 12 $usd and motorcycles 20$usd).
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