06/03/2026
Did you know?
🦬 Yellowstone was the world’s first national park, established in 1872.
🌋 Yellowstone sits on top of a supervolcano, one of the largest active volcanic systems on Earth.
💧 The park contains about half of all the world’s geysers, including the famous Old Faithful.
🐺 Yellowstone is home to incredible wildlife, including wolves, grizzly bears, black bears, bison, elk, moose, and bald eagles.
🦬 The Yellowstone bison herd is the oldest and largest public bison herd in the United States.
🌈 Grand Prismatic Spring, Yellowstone’s most colorful hot spring, gets its bright colors from heat-loving microorganisms living in the water.
🏞️ Yellowstone covers parts of Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho, with most of the park located in Wyoming.
🌲 More than 2 million acres of mountains, forests, rivers, canyons, and geothermal features make Yellowstone one of the largest protected ecosystems in North America.