Yellowstone National Park

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Yellowstone National Park's Absolute Must-Sees

Yellowstone sits atop a volcanic hotspot, creating the world's densest concentration of hydrothermal features. This collection highlights the park's geological diversity, from the travertine terraces of Mammoth Hot Springs to the acidic pools of Norris Geyser Basin. It includes major cataracts like the 109-foot Upper Yellowstone Falls and historic structures such as the Lake Yellowstone Hotel. These sites showcase the unique convergence of active volcanism, high-altitude lakes, and preserved 19th-century frontier architecture.

Yellowstone National Park's Absolute Must-Sees — Kaart

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Old Faithful

Old Faithful is a cone geyser in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, United States.

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Mammoth Hot Springs Terraces

Mammoth Hot Springs is a large complex of hot springs on a hill of travertine in Yellowstone National Park adjacent to Fort Yellowstone and…

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West Thumb Geyser Basin

Located on the shores of Yellowstone Lake, this basin features the Abyss Pool and the Fishing Cone, a geyser that emerges directly from the lake's water.

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Upper Yellowstone Falls

A 109-foot waterfall situated upstream from the larger Lower Falls within the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone.

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Tower Fall

Tower Fall is a waterfall on Tower Creek in the northeastern region of Yellowstone National Park, in the U.S. state of Wyoming.

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Gibbon Falls

Gibbon Falls is a waterfall on the Gibbon River in northwestern Yellowstone National Park in the United States.

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Firehole Falls

Firehole Falls is a waterfall on the Firehole River in southwestern Yellowstone National Park in the United States.

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Fountain Paint Pot

The Fountain Paint Pot is a mud pot located in Lower Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park.

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Morning Glory Pool

Morning Glory Pool is a hot spring in the Yellowstone Upper Geyser Basin of the United States.

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Midway Geyser Basin

Home to the Grand Prismatic Spring, the largest hot spring in the United States, and the massive Excelsior Geyser Crater.

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Norris Geyser Basin

The park's hottest and oldest geyser basin, containing Steamboat Geyser, the world's tallest active geyser, and unique acidic hydrothermal features.

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Grand Geyser

Grand Geyser is a fountain geyser in the Upper Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park in the United States.

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Castle Geyser

Castle Geyser is a cone geyser in the Upper Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park.

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Kepler Cascades

Kepler Cascades is a waterfall on the Firehole River in southwestern Yellowstone National Park in the United States.

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Moose Falls

A 30-foot waterfall on Crawfish Creek, located near the park's South Entrance.

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Lake Yellowstone Hotel and Cabins

A Colonial Revival-style National Historic Landmark originally completed in 1891, making it the oldest operating hotel in the park.