Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone National Park is a national park and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It was the world's first national park, set aside in 1872 to preserve the vast number of geysers, hot springs, and other thermal areas, as well as to protect the incredible wildlife and rugged beauty of the area.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Park
- Description: first national park in the world, located in Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho in the United States
- Also known as: “Coulters Hell”, “Wonderland”, “YELL”, “Yellow Stone”, “Yellow Stone National Park”, “Yellowstone”, “Yellowstone N. Park”, “Yellowstone National Parc”, “Yellowstone National park”, “Yellowstone National Park, Montana”, “Yellowstone National Park, WY”, “Yellowstone NP”, “Yellowstone park”, and “Yellowstone Park”
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Abyss Pool and Fishing Cone.
Abyss Pool
Hot spring
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Abyss Pool is a hot spring in the West Thumb Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park in the United States.
Fishing Cone
Geyser
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Fishing Cone, also known as Fishing Pot Hot Springs is a geyser in the West Thumb Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming - America. In the earlier part of the 20th century, this cone had eruptions as high as 40 feet.
Black Pool
Hot spring
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Black Pool is a hot spring in the West Thumb Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park in the United States. The pool was cool enough up until 1991 for dark orange-brown cyanobacteria to grow throughout the pool.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Grant Village.
Grant Village
Hamlet
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Grant Village is a developed area of Yellowstone National Park, offering lodging, camping and other visitor services. It is located on the southwest side of Yellowstone Lake, about 2 miles south of West Thumb Geyser Basin. Grant Village is situated 3 miles southeast of Yellowstone National Park.
Yellowstone National Park
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Yellowstone National Park” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Yellowstone Nasionale Park”
- Afrikaans: “Yellowstone- Nasionale Park”
- Albanian: “Yelloustoun”
- Arabic: “متنزه يلوستون الوطني”
- Armenian: “Ելոուսթոուն”
- Armenian: “Յելոուսթոուն”
- Asturian: “Parque nacional de Yellowstone”
- Azerbaijani: “Yellouston Milli Parkı”
- Balinese: “Taman Nasional Yellowstone”
- Basque: “Yellowstone Parke Nazionala”
- Bavarian: “Yellowstone-Nationalpark”
- Belarusian: “Елаўстонскі нацыянальны парк”
- Belarusian: “Елаўстоўнскі нацыянальны парк”
- Bengali: “ইয়েলোস্টোন জাতীয় উদ্যান”
- Bengali: “ইয়েলোস্টোন ন্যাশনাল পার্ক”
- Bhojpuri: “यलोस्टोन नेशनल पार्क”
- Breton: “Park broadel Yellowstone”
- Bulgarian: “Йелоустоун”
- Burmese: “ယဲလိုးစတုန်း အမျိုးသားဥယျာဉ်”
- Catalan: “Parc Nacional de Yellowstone”
- Catalan: “Parc Yellowstone”
- Cebuano: “Yellowstone National Park”
- Central Kurdish: “پارکی نەتەوەییی یەلۆستۆن”
- Central Kurdish: “پارکی نیشتمانیی یەلۆستۆن”
- Chinese: “Yellowstone Kok-ka Kong-hn̂g”
- Chinese: “黃石國家公園”
- Chinese: “黄石公园”
- Chinese: “黄石国家公园”
- Chuvash: “Йеллоустон наци паркĕ”
- Cornish: “Park Kenedhlek Yellowstone”
- Croatian: “Nacionalni park Yellowstone”
- Czech: “Yellowstonský národní park”
- Danish: “Yellowstone National Park”
- Dutch: “Nationaal park Yellowstone”
- Dutch: “Yellowstone National Park”
- Esperanto: “Nacia Parko Flavŝtono”
- Esperanto: “Nacia Parko Yellowstone”
- Estonian: “Yellowstone’i rahvuspark”
- Faroese: “Yellowstone National Park”
- Finnish: “Yellowstonen kansallispuisto”
- French: “parc national de Yellowstone”
- French: “Parc national de Yellowstone”
- French: “Yellowstone”
- Galician: “Parque Nacional de Yellowstone”
- Georgian: “იელოუსტოუნის ეროვნული პარკი”
- German: “Yellowstone National Park”
- German: “Yellowstone Park”
- German: “Yellowstone-Nationalpark”
- German: “Yellowstone”
- Greek: “Εθνικό Πάρκο Γιέλοουστοουν”
- Hebrew: “הפארק הלאומי ילוסטון”
- Hindi: “येलोस्टोन नेशनल पार्क”
- Hindi: “येलोस्टोन राष्ट्रीय उद्यान”
- Hungarian: “Yellowstone Nemzeti Park”
- Icelandic: “Yellowstone-þjóðgarðurinn”
- Ido: “Nacionala parko Yellowstone”
- Indonesian: “Taman Nasional Yellowstone”
- Interlingua: “Yellowstone”
- Italian: “Parco nazionale di Yellowstone”
- Japanese: “イエローストーン国立公園”
- Javanese: “Taman Nasional Yellowstone”
- Kazakh: “Йеллоустон ұлттық саябағы”
- Kirghiz: “Йеллоустон улуттук паркы”
- Korean: “옐로스톤 국립공원”
- Kurdish: “Parka Neteweyî ya Yellowstonê”
- Latin: “Flavisaxia”
- Latin: “Iellostonia”
- Latin: “Parricus Nationalis Flavisaxorum”
- Latin: “Saeptum nationale Yellowstone”
- Latvian: “Jeloustonas nacionālais parks”
- Lithuanian: “Jeloustono nacionalinis parkas”
- Lithuanian: “Jeloustouno nacionalinis parkas”
- Luxembourgish: “Yellowstone-Nationalpark”
- Macedonian: “Јелоустон”
- Macedonian: “Јелоустоун”
- Macedonian: “Национален парк Јелоустоун”
- Malagasy: “Valan-javaboarin’i Yellowstone”
- Malay: “Taman Negara Yellowstone”
- Malayalam: “യെല്ലോസ്റ്റോൺ ദേശീയോദ്യാനം”
- Maltese: “Park Nazzjonali ta‘ Yellowstone”
- Maltese: “Park Nazzjonali ta’ Yellowstone”
- Maltese: “Yellowstone”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Yellowstone Kok-ka Kong-hn̂g”
- Mongolian: “Йелловстоун үндэсний цэцэрлэгт хүрээлэн”
- Nepali: “एल्लोस्टोन राष्ट्रिय निकुञ्ज”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Yellowstone nasjonalpark”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Yellowstone nasjonalpark”
- Norwegian: “Yellowstone nasjonalpark”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Parc Nacional de Yellowstone”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Pargue Nacional de Yellowstone”
- Panjabi: “ਯੈਲੋਸਟੋਨ ਨੈਸ਼ਨਲ ਪਾਰਕ”
- Persian: “پارک ملی یلواستون”
- Persian: “پارک ملی یلوستون”
- Persian: “یلواستون”
- Polish: “Park Narodowy Yellowstone”
- Polish: “Yellowstone National Park”
- Polish: “Yellowstone Park”
- Polish: “Yellowstone”
- Portuguese: “Parque Nacional de Yellowstone”
- Portuguese: “Yellowstone”
- Quechua: “Yellowstone mamallaqta parki”
- Romanian: “Parcul Național Yellowstone”
- Russian: “Йеллоустонский национальный парк”
- Russian: “Йеллоустоун”
- Sakizaya: “Huang-se kanatal kun-yen”
- Serbian: “Јелоустоун”
- Serbian: “Национални парк Јелоустоун”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Nacionalni park Yellowstone”
- Sindhi: “يلو اسٽون نيشنل پارڪ”
- Sinhala: “යෙලෝස්ටෝන් ජාතික වනෝද්යානය”
- Slovak: “Yellowstonský národný park”
- Slovenian: “Narodni park Yellowstone”
- Slovenian: “park Yellowstone”
- Slovenian: “Yellowstone Park”
- Slovenian: “Yellowstone”
- Somali: “Beerta Qaranka ee Yellowstone”
- Spanish: “Parque nacional de Yellowstone”
- Spanish: “Parque Nacional Yellowstone”
- Swahili: “Yellowstone National Park”
- Swedish: “Yellowstone nationalpark”
- Tamil: “யெல்லோஸ்டோன் தேசியப் பூங்கா”
- Tatar: “Йеллоустоун милли паркы”
- Telugu: “ఎల్లోస్టోన్ నేషనల్ పార్క్”
- Thai: “อุทยานแห่งชาติเยลโลว์สโตน”
- Turkish: “Yellowstone Millî Parkı”
- Ukrainian: “Єллоустон”
- Ukrainian: “Єллоустонський національний парк”
- Ukrainian: “Єллоустоунський національний парк”
- Urdu: “ییلوسٹون نیشنل پارک”
- Uzbek: “Yellouston milliy parki”
- Uzbek: “Yellouston Milliy Parki”
- Uzbek: “Yellowstone milliy bogʻi”
- Vietnamese: “Vườn quốc gia Yellowstone”
- Waray (Philippines): “Nasodnon nga Parke han Yellowstone”
- Western Frisian: “Nasjonaal Park Yellowstone”
- Western Panjabi: “ییلوسٹون نیشنل پارک”
- Wu Chinese: “黄石国家公园”
- Yue Chinese: “黃石國家公園”
- “ma Jeloson”
- “यलोस्टोन नेशनल पार्क”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as West Thumb and Lake.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Duck Lake and Overhanging Geyser.
Wyoming: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Cheyenne, Casper, Gillette, and Laramie.
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