Known well for Old Faithful, Yellowstone National Park is also the world’s first National Park. But that’s not all that makes Yellowstone so special and unique. In fact, when you look across all the states that it touches (Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming), you’ll find that Yellowstone truly is a national treasure.
On the subject of geysers, Old Faithful is not the only geyser that the park has to offer. In fact, Yellowstone is home to about 500 geysers that are as equally, if not more, impressive than Old Faithful.
In addition to the geysers, the park has about 10,000 thermal features, including hot springs. But these aren’t your typical hot springs because you won’t want to take a soak in any of these. The water that percolates up from the caldera beneath the ground is so hot it’ll burn you in an instant. But these thermal features are incredible to see with your own eyes, some even show off different colors of water at the surface like Grand Prismatic Spring.
Geysers, thermal features, and other geological formations are only the beginning of Yellowstone National Park. The park itself also has a plethora of lakes to enjoy. The primary one being Yellowstone Lake. Here visitors can enjoy the lake by boat, go fishing, have a picnic along its shoreline, go for a hike on one of the trails that runs by the lake, and even camp along the lake’s shore. Sitting towards the center of the park, 22 miles north of the south entrance, the lake is easily accessible and is a must visit for anyone that’s never been there.
The Grand Canyon is one of those incredible landscapes that’s worth a visit, but it’s in Arizona. If a trip that far south is out of the question, Yellowstone has its own Grand Canyon that’s almost equally impressive as the actual Grand Canyon. The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone is an impressive canyon that’s cut by the Yellowstone River. The entire Yellowstone River plunges 308 feet from Lower Falls shortly after cascading 109 feet at Upper Falls. The impressive waterfalls and colorful canyons make this one of the most photogenic areas in the park.
Yellowstone is one of the best places in the country to see a variety of wildlife. Yellowstone is an area where bears, bison, rabbits, and all sorts of animals can roam free amongst a well preserved and protected natural environment.
From geysers to lakes and thermal features to the wildlife, Yellowstone is a multifaceted national treasure that’s worth a visit many times over.
