Buffalo Ford

Buffalo Ford is a hamlet in Park, Wyoming and has an elevation of 5,997 feet. Buffalo Ford is situated nearby to the hamlet Tower Junction, as well as near the locality Bannock Ford.

Type: Hamlet
Description: hamlet in Park County, Wyoming, United States
Also known as: “Buffalo Ford, WY” and “Buffalo Ford, Wyoming”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tower Fall and Bumpus Butte.

Tower Fall

Waterfall

Photo: Maveric149, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Tower Fall is a waterfall on Tower Creek in the northeastern region of Yellowstone National Park, in the U.S. state of Wyoming. Approximately 1,000 yards upstream from the creek's confluence with the Yellowstone River, the fall plunges 132 feet. Tower Fall is situated 2 miles south of Buffalo Ford.

Bumpus Butte

Peak

Photo: Semiautonomous, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Bumpus Butte is a peak, which is situated 1½ miles southwest of Buffalo Ford.

Calcite Springs

Spring

Photo: Semiautonomous, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Calcite Springs is situated 1½ miles southwest of Buffalo Ford.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Yanceys.

Yanceys

Locality

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

John F. Yancey also known as Uncle John Yancey was a Yellowstone National Park concessionaire who operated Yancey's Pleasant Valley hotel near Tower Junction in Yellowstone from 1882 until his death in 1903. Yanceys is situated 3 miles west of Buffalo Ford.

Buffalo Ford

Categories: human settlement and locality
Location: Park, Wyoming, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude

44.92494° or 44° 55′ 30″ north

Longitude

-110.37798° or 110° 22′ 41″ west

Elevation

5,997 feet (1,828 metres)

Open location code

85PFWJFC+XR

OpenStreetMap ID

node 150937477

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

5819906

Wikidata ID

Q122568165

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