West Yellowstone
West Yellowstone, Montana, is a rustic mountain town nestled between National Forest lands and is the gateway to Yellowstone National Park. It is only a mile from the park entrance, and the town's airport is the closest to the park, and to attractions like Old Faithful.- Type: Town with 1,270 residents
- Description: town in Gallatin County, Montana, United States
- Also known as: “West Yellowstone, Montana” and “West Yellowstone, MT”
- Postal code: 59758
Places of Interest
Highlights include Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center and Yellowstone Airport.
Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center
Museum
The Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center is a not-for-profit wildlife park and educational facility opened in 1993 that is located in West Yellowstone, Montana, United States.
Yellowstone Airport
Aerodrome
Yellowstone Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located adjacent to U.S. 191/U.S. 287 one nautical mile north of the central business district of West Yellowstone, a town in Gallatin County, Montana, United States.
West Yellowstone
- Categories: town in the United States and locality
- Location: Gallatin, Yellowstone Country, Montana, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
44.6632° or 44° 39′ 48″ north
Longitude
-111.1012° or 111° 6′ 4″ west
Population
1,270
Elevation
6,663 feet (2,031 metres)
IATA airport code
WYS
United Nations Location Code
US WYS
Open location code
85PCMV7X+7G
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“West Yellowstone” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ويست يلوستون”
- Basque: “West Yellowstone”
- Catalan: “West Yellowstone”
- Cebuano: “West Yellowstone”
- Chechen: “Вест-Эллоустоун”
- Chinese: “West Yellowstone”
- Chinese: “西黄石”
- Dutch: “West Yellowstone”
- French: “West Yellowstone”
- German: “West Yellowstone”
- Gilaki: “وست یلؤاستؤن (مؤنتانا)”
- Gilaki: “وست یلؤاستؤن”
- Haitian: “West Yellowstone, Montana”
- Haitian: “West Yellowstone”
- Hungarian: “West Yellowstone”
- Italian: “West Yellowstone”
- Kazakh: “Vést Ýellowstown”
- Kazakh: “Вэст Йеллоустоун”
- Kazakh: “ۆەست يەللوۋستوۋن”
- Kirghiz: “Вэст Йеллоустоун”
- Ladin: “West Yellowstone”
- Mazanderani: “وست یلووستوون (مونتانا)”
- Mazanderani: “وست یلووستوون”
- Min Nan Chinese: “West Yellowstone”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “West Yellowstone”
- Norwegian: “West Yellowstone”
- Persian: “وست یلووستوون، مونتانا”
- Persian: “وست یلووستوون”
- Polish: “West Yellowstone”
- Portuguese: “West Yellowstone”
- Russian: “Вэст Йеллоустоун”
- Russian: “Уэст-Йеллоустон”
- Serbian: “Вест Јелоустон”
- Serbo-Croatian: “West Yellowstone, Montana”
- Serbo-Croatian: “West Yellowstone”
- Spanish: “West Yellowstone (Montana)”
- Spanish: “West Yellowstone”
- Tatar: “Вест-Эллоустоун”
- Ukrainian: “Вест-Єллоустоун”
- Urdu: “ویسٹ یلو اسٹون، مونٹانا”
- Uzbek: “West Yellowstone”
- Uzbek: “Wест Еллоwстоне”
- Volapük: “West Yellowstone”
- Waray (Philippines): “West Yellowstone, Montana”
- Waray (Philippines): “West Yellowstone”
- Welsh: “West Yellowstone, Montana”
- Welsh: “West Yellowstone”
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