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Yellowstone National Park Volcanoes

Yellowstone National Park

West Yellowstone, MT, WY · Greater Yellowstone

America's first national park sprawls across nearly 3,500 square miles atop an active supervolcano, packing in more than half the world's geysers alongside canyons, waterfalls, and vast wildlife-rich valleys. The Old Faithful area is the iconic heart of the park, where the famous geyser erupts on a predictable schedule and boardwalks wind through steaming, rainbow-hued thermal basins. Plan two to three days minimum, because the distances are huge and bison, elk, bears, and wolves often slow the roads to a stop.

Grand Teton National Park Mountains

Grand Teton National Park

Jackson, WY · Rocky Mountains

Grand Teton National Park packs a wall of jagged, glacier carved peaks rising more than a mile straight up from the valley floor of Jackson Hole, with no foothills to soften the view. Cobalt alpine lakes, the winding Snake River, and abundant wildlife like moose, elk, bison, and bears spread out beneath the skyline, making it one of the most photographed mountain ranges in the country. It sits just south of Yellowstone, so many travelers pair the two, but the Tetons reward anyone who comes for the hiking, paddling, and sheer drama of the peaks alone.

Jenny Lake Lakes & rivers

Jenny Lake

Moose, WY · Jackson Hole

A glacier carved this 256-foot-deep lake at the foot of Cascade Canyon about 12,000 years ago, and the Teton Range still rises straight off its far shore: Teewinot, Mount St. John, and the Grand itself crowding the water. Take the shuttle boat across instead of walking the 7.1-mile loop and you cut straight to the Hidden Falls and Inspiration Point trail, where the canyon opens up behind you. It is the most photographed view in Grand Teton for a reason, and the parking lots off Teton Park Road fill early, so come at first light when the peaks are mirrored and the crowds are still asleep.

Jackson Hole Attractions

Jackson Hole

Jackson, WY · Jackson Hole

Jackson Hole is the 55-mile valley where the Teton Range erupts straight off the sagebrush flats with no foothills to soften the rise, so the Grand Teton hits 13,775 feet barely a dozen miles from the town of Jackson. Pull off at the Snake River Overlook for the same bend Ansel Adams framed in 1942, watch the elk gather on the National Elk Refuge through winter, or ride the aerial tram up Rendezvous Mountain for a 4,139-foot climb to coffee and a waffle at the top. The four elk-antler arches on Jackson Town Square mark the human-scaled end of it, with cowboy bars and the start of the road into Grand Teton and Yellowstone just north.

Lower Yellowstone Falls Lakes & rivers

Lower Yellowstone Falls

Canyon Village, WY · Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, Wyoming

The Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River drops 308 feet, nearly twice the height of Niagara, and moves more water than any other waterfall in the Rocky Mountains. The river narrows and pours over a 590,000 year old rhyolite lava flow at the head of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, where the walls glow yellow and pink from hydrothermally altered rock. Volume swings hard with the season, from about 8,400 cubic feet per second at late spring runoff down to roughly 680 in autumn, so June brings the loudest, mistiest show. Artist Point on the South Rim frames the classic view, the falls set against the full sweep of the canyon. For a closer look, the Brink of the Lower Falls Trail switchbacks about 600 feet down to a railing at the very lip. The park entrance fee covers access, and South Rim Drive opens once snow clears in late spring.