Upper Terraces Area
Upper Terraces Area is a bench in Park, Wyoming and has an elevation of 6,539 feet. Upper Terraces Area is situated nearby to the village Mammoth.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mammoth Hot Springs and Orange Mound Spring.
Mammoth Hot Springs
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mammoth Hot Springs is a large complex of hot springs on a hill of travertine in Yellowstone National Park adjacent to Fort Yellowstone and the Mammoth Hot Springs Historic District.
Orange Mound Spring
Spring
Photo: The Dye Clan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Orange Mound Spring is one of the several hot springs in Yellowstone National Park. The name comes from its dark orange appearance caused by orange cyanobacteria living on the travertine, the rock that it is made of.
Fort Yellowstone
Protected area
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fort Yellowstone was a U.S. Army fort, established in 1891 at Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park. Yellowstone was designated in 1872 but the Interior Department was unable to effectively manage the park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mammoth and Gardiner.
Mammoth
Village
Photo: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mammoth is a census-designated place in Park County, Wyoming, United States, in Yellowstone National Park. As of the 2010 census, its population was 263.
Gardiner
Photo: Lumpytrout, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gardiner is a small town located near the north entrance to Yellowstone National Park. It is the only entrance to Yellowstone Park accessible by car year round and has served as a home base for thousands of tourists visiting the area.
Upper Terraces Area
- Type: Bench with an elevation of 6,539 feet
- Category: landform
- Location: Park, Wyoming, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
44.96732° or 44° 58′ 2″ northLongitude
-110.70938° or 110° 42′ 34″ westElevation
6,539 feet (1,993 metres)Open location code
85PFX78R+W6GeoNames ID
5831472
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Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Highland Terrace and Highland Spring.
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