Montana
Yellowstone Country
Gallatin

West Yellowstone

West Yellowstone, , is a rustic mountain town nestled between National Forest lands and is the gateway to . 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.
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  • 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.

Museum
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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, .

Aerodrome
Photo: Sunnya343, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a state-owned public-use located adjacent to U.S. 191/U.S. 287 one nautical mile north of the central business district of West Yellowstone, a town in , , .

West Yellowstone

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
node 4965185236
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
5685767
Wiki­data ID
Q956110
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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: “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”
  • 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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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “West Yellowstone”. Photo: Thatotherperson, CC0.