Fort Yellowstone
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Protected area
- Description: former military base in Yellowstone National Park in Mammoth, Wyoming, United States
- Also known as: “Fort Yellowstone Historic District”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Albright Visitor Center and Yellowstone Main Post Office.
Albright Visitor Center
Tourism office
Photo: Yellowstone National Park, Public domain.
Albright Visitor Center is a tourism office, which is situated 340 feet northwest of Fort Yellowstone.
Yellowstone Main Post Office
Post office
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Yellowstone Main Post Office is a historic post office in Yellowstone National Park in Mammoth, Wyoming, United States, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Yellowstone Main Post Office is situated 450 feet north of Fort Yellowstone.
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.
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.
Fort Yellowstone
- Categories: military base, historic district, and historic site
- Location: Park, Wyoming, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
44.97574° or 44° 58′ 33″ northLongitude
-110.69865° or 110° 41′ 55″ westOpen location code
85PFX8G2+7GOpenStreetMap ID
node 6821335612OpenStreetMap feature
historic=yesWikidata ID
Q1427401
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Russian—“Fort Yellowstone” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قلعة يلوستون”
- Chinese: “黃石堡”
- Chinese: “黄石堡”
- Dutch: “Fort Yellowstone”
- Finnish: “Fort Yellowstone”
- French: “Fort Yellowstone”
- German: “Fort Yellowstone”
- Italian: “forte Yellowstone”
- Polish: “Fort Yellowstone”
- Russian: “Форт Йеллоустон”
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Highlights include Park Administration and Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel.
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