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Yellowstone National Park showcases the splendor of North American wilderness from its mountains to its valleys and its streams in between. You won’t want to miss this!
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#Yellowstone has long remained in the American imagination as a land little touched by humanity. From the steaming power of erupting geysers, to the thundering might of the Yellowstone River, this magnificent landscape is testament to the power and beauty of Mother Nature.
When European explorers first ventured into these enchanting lands, they returned with stories which most people dismissed as hallucinations. Since then, it has become one of America’s ultimate #adventure #vacation destinations and provides a home for the largest remaining herd of wild bison on the planet. Welcome to Yellowstone, the grandfather of all national parks.
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Mt. Rushmore, Yellowstone & Grand Teton National Parks - Tour the US with Gate 1 Travel
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Experience the rustic mid-west like never before with this incredible tour that takes you to the must-visit national parks in the U.S.. Arrive in Rapid City and visit the Crazy Horse Memorial and the magnificent Mount Rushmore National Memorial, the largest statue-monument in the world. Experience Yellowstone National Park, home to more than 10,000 hot springs and two-thirds of all of the geysers in the world. Visit the spectacular Grand Teton National Park, with its jagged peaks, glaciers, lakes and dense forests rich with wildlife. Travel to Utah to the beautiful Bear Lake, with its sparkling turquoise waters, a mecca for boating, sailing and other water sports, before proceeding to Salt Lake City.
10 Things to do in West Yellowstone Montana
There's so much to do in West Yellowstone, MT, a gateway town to Yellowstone National Park. Living just north of the Park, we have spent a lot of time in that area but we also love the west entrance of West Yellowstone Montana. It's got a very retro, historic ambiance to it with plenty of fun things to do before you even go into the first national park. And it's not just for RV campers. Here are 10 of our favorite things about this wonderful Montana town.
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Quick hits list:
Walking tour
Historical Center Museum
Adventure ropes course
hiking trails
mountain biking
fly fishing blue ribbon trout streams
guided tour of national park
Grizzly Wolf Discovery Center
Quake lake discovery center
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Snowmobile tour Yellowstone, West Yellowstone, 1
Arrived late afternoon to the town of West Yellowstone in Montana after a day of some what bad weather in Yellowstone National park. The town had lots of snow, so we could drive all the way to the hotel.
This was on New Years eve in 2013.
Explorer Cabins at Yellowstone
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USA Road Trip: Yellowstone, Mt. Rushmore, Chicago, Niagara Falls, NYC
From Sea to Shinning Sea: Seattle to New York. Map of our road trip:
From Seattle, we stopped along the way: Yellowstone National Park (0:08) (Old Faithful, Mammoth Hot Springs, Midway Geyser Basin and Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone)
Crazy Horse Monument (2:56), Mt. Rushmore (3:14)
Chicago (3:53) (the Bean or Cloud Gate @Millennium Park and the Sears Tower or Willis Tower Skydeck Ledge)
NFL Pro Football Hall of Fame (5:28)
Niagara Falls (6:23), West Point Academy (7:02) (visited General Custards Grave), and New York City (7:26) where we went to Little Italy, up to the Empire State Building observation level, and saw the construction of the Freedom Tower. From August 2011.
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*Stop as much as possible when doing this road trip! There is truely so much to see.
*Stay atleast two nights at Yellowstone, and make sure to see each Geyser as they are all unique and amazing.
*Make sure to do the hike at Mt Rushmore where you can stand under the monument (example @3:41).
*There's so much to do in Chicago, but Millenium Park was definitely worth going to.
*Any NFL fan should go to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Very cool, for football fans only.
*Niagara Falls is beautiful from both sides, don't forget your passport so you can see it from Canada too!
*Little Italy and the Empire State Building are some of my favorites in New York City, I recommend them. There are also about a billion other things to do in NYC, so enjoy!
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WINTER IN YELLOWSTONE | VACATION TRAVEL VIDEO
Winter is by far the best time to visit Yellowstone National Park! There's no worrying about traffic jams, other than the typical bison roadblock, which can and will happen any time of year. But I don't mind those traffic jams! There are less visitors, endless beautiful snowy landscapes, and it's snowmobile season. If you ever visit Yellowstone in the winter, I highly recommend doing a snowmobile tour. The snowcoach tour are another great option but the snowmobile tours are much better, in my opinion. And don't forget that you can drive through the Gardner entrance in the winter. It's the only entrance that you can drive in winter so, if you have the time, it's a must. There is so much to see and do in Yellowstone. Every visit is completely unique but always amazing!
Some other recommendations; the Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center in West Yellowstone. It's super cool to see the grizzly bears and wolves up close. And for food, Wild West Pizza has hands down the best pizzas ever. And their ranch dressing is perfection!
Also, please share what your most memorable Yellowstone moments have been! Or if you have any other recommendations, please share.
This quote sums up the exact feelings I have for the beautiful state of Montana! “I am in love with Montana. For other states I have admiration, respect, recognition, even some affection, but with Montana it is love, and it's difficult to analyze love when you're in it.” - John Steinbeck
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Top 5 Resorts Near Yellowstone Video (HD)
Many visitors to Yellowstone choose stay in the park at one of the many lodges, or at campsites with their vehicles. However, you usually have to book way in advance to get the best spots, so finding the right place to stay near the park can be a make or break aspect for your enjoyment at America's premier national park.
When deciding where to stay near Yellowstone, I look for a couple of things: proximity to the park, comfort and style of the facilities, and activities other than the park that may be available nearby.
Using these criteria, I've compiled a list of my 5 favorite places stay. This list is by no means definitive. I have stayed at places that are very nice that check all my boxes on the list, but to be on this list, there has to be something special about the place that makes it different than anywhere else.
That's why the Best Western in Cody isn't on here, even though it's a great place to stay. Or the Buffalo Bill Cabins adjacent to that property.
So enjoy the video, feel free to ask questions and above all....GET TO YELLOWSTONE NOW!
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Located just a block from the west entrance to Yellowstone National Park, WorldMark West Yellowstone is a sprawling, rustic and inviting retreat.
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West Yellowstone, Montana & Jackson, Wyoming Winter Trip 2017
Visiting the Yellowstone National Park in Summer is fun, but seeing the Park in Winter is amazing. I brought my camera gear, hit record, and had some fun! After spending a few days in West Yellowstone, we took a short drive to Jackson, Wyoming to visit Grand Teton National Park. We finished off our trip by enjoying awesome snowboarding at Jackson Hole Ski resort.
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Wild West Vacation Package feat. Yellowstone 2012 | Go Collette | USA Guided Travel
It's time to explore the wild wild west with your family! Experience the thrill of seeing Old Faithful erupt as you venture through Yellowstone National Park. Yellowstone is home to an incredible range of wildlife including free ranging herds of buffalo, easily seen from the roads. Enjoy a four night stay in one of American's most famous cowboy towns, Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The Rodeo, rafting, a cowboy shoot out and chuck wagon await! Marvel at the grandeur Grand Teton National Park's towering mountain range studded with mountain glaciers. For more details on this vacation package:
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Yellowstone National Park - Old Faithful Inn - Full Tour (2018)
The Old Faithful Inn is a hotel located in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, United States, with a view of the Old Faithful Geyser. The Inn has a multi-story log lobby, flanked by long frame wings containing guest rooms.
With its log and limb lobby and massive (500-ton, 85-foot) stone fireplace, the inn is an example of the Golden Age of rustic resort architecture, a style which is also known as National Park Service Rustic. It is rare in that it is one of the few log hotels still standing in the United States, and was the first of the great park lodges of the American west.
Initial construction was carried out over the winter of 1903–1904, largely using locally obtained materials including lodgepole pine and rhyolite stone. When the Old Faithful Inn first opened in the spring of 1904, it boasted electric lights and steam heat.
The structure is the largest log hotel in the world; possibly even the largest log building in the world. In 2007 the American Institute of Architects conducted a survey to determine the 150 favorite buildings in America; the Old Faithful Inn ranked 36. The Inn, which was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1987, is itself part of the Old Faithful Historic District. Old Faithful Inn is a member of Historic Hotels of America, the official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Yellowstone National Park is an American national park located in Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho. It was established by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant on March 1, 1872. Yellowstone was the first national park in the U.S. and is also widely held to be the first national park in the world. The park is known for its wildlife and its many geothermal features, especially Old Faithful geyser, one of its most popular features. It has many types of ecosystems, but the subalpine forest is the most abundant. It is part of the South Central Rockies forests ecoregion.
Native Americans have lived in the Yellowstone region for at least 11,000 years. Aside from visits by mountain men during the early-to-mid-19th century, organized exploration did not begin until the late 1860s. Management and control of the park originally fell under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior, the first being Columbus Delano. However, the U.S. Army was subsequently commissioned to oversee management of Yellowstone for a 30-year period between 1886 and 1916. In 1917, administration of the park was transferred to the National Park Service, which had been created the previous year. Hundreds of structures have been built and are protected for their architectural and historical significance, and researchers have examined more than a thousand archaeological sites.
Yellowstone National Park spans an area of 3,468.4 square miles (8,983 km2), comprising lakes, canyons, rivers and mountain ranges. Yellowstone Lake is one of the largest high-elevation lakes in North America and is centered over the Yellowstone Caldera, the largest super-volcano on the continent. The caldera is considered an active volcano. It has erupted with tremendous force several times in the last two million years. Half of the world's geysers and hydrothermal features are in Yellowstone, fueled by this ongoing volcanism. Lava flows and rocks from volcanic eruptions cover most of the land area of Yellowstone. The park is the centerpiece of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, the largest remaining nearly-intact ecosystem in the Earth's northern temperate zone. In 1978, Yellowstone was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
My 2016 Vacation to Yellowstone, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, and Colorado.
2016 Vacation
A september in the Rocky Mountains, 2018 USA road trip
Our road trip through the Rockies took us to Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, South Dakota and Nebraska from September 8th to September 29th. Shot with iphone 8s and some shots with GH4. Music from Kacey Musgraves' Golden hour album, go buy it! Our itinerary was :
Day 1 - Saturday 08th
- Flight from Paris
- Denver
- Night in Denver - Airbnb
Day 2 - Sunday 09th
- Georgetown
- Steamboat Springs
- Night in Steamboat Springs - Steamboat Mountain Lodge
Day 3 - Monday 10th
- Dinosaur National Monument (Colorado and Utah parts)
- Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area (Red Canyon)
- Night in Rock Springs - Quality Inn
Day 4 - Tuesday 11th
- Jackson
- Grand Teton National Park
- Night in Grand Teton - Colter Bay campground
Day 5 - Wednesday 12th
- Grand Teton National Park
- Night in Grand Teton - Headwater's Lodge & Cabins at Flagg Ranch
Day 6 - Thursday 13th
- Yellowstone National Park
- Night in Yellowstone - Madison Campground
Day 7 - Friday 14th
- Yellowstone
- Night in Yellowstone - Old Faithful Inn
Day 8 - Saturday 15th
- Yellowstone
- West Yellowstone
- Earthquake lake
- Ennis
- Virginia City
- Nevada City
- Butte
- Night in Butte - Copper King Mansion
Day 9 - Sunday 16th
- Missoula
- Ronan
- Night in Whitefish - Baymont Inn
Day 10 - Monday 17th
- Glacier National Park
- Night in Glacier - Many Glacier campground
Day 11 - Tuesday 18th
- Glacier National Park
- Night in East Glacier - Whistling Swan Motel
Day 12 - Wednesday 19th
- Helena
- Bozeman
- Night in Bozeman - Royal 7 Budget Inn Motel
Day 13 - Thursday 20th
- Gardiner
- Yellowstone National Park
- Chief Joseph Scenic Byway
- Cody
- Night in Cody - Rodeway Inn
Day 14 - Friday 21st
- Greybull
- Big Horn Scenic Byway
- Sheridan
- Gillette
- Devils Tower
- Night at Devils Tower KOA
Day 15 - Saturday 22nd
- Hulett
- Belle Fourche
- Spearfish
- Deadwood
- Night in Deadwood - 1899 Inn
Day 16 - Sunday 23rd
- Mount Rushmore National Memorial
- Black Hills National Forest
- Custer State Park
- Black Elk Peak
- Needle highway
- Norbeck Byway
- Night in Keystone - Roosevelt Inn
Day 17 - Monday 24th
- Wind Cave National Park
- Hot Springs
- Rapid City
- Night in Rapid City - Americas Best Value Inn
Day 18 - Tuesday 25th
- Wall Drugstore
- Badlands National Park
- Night in Badlands - Cedar Pass campground
Day 19 - Wednesday 26th
- Badlands National Park
- Scenic
- Chadron
- Carhenge
- Alliance
- Chimney Rock National Historic Site
- Night in Scotts Bluff - Super 8
Day 20 - Thursday 27th
- Scottsbluff National Monument
- Cheyenne
- Fort Collins
- Night in Fort Collins - Americas Best Value East
Day 21 - Friday 28th
- Golden
- Denver
- Night in Denver - Comfort Inn Denver East
Day 22 - Saturday 29th
- Flight to Paris
Montana's Backroad to Yellowstone
Open space and wildlife. Cowboy towns, fly-fishing, and great food. Things to do and places to stay. Roll down US Highway 287 on Montana's Backroad to Yellowstone!
You have discovered the Backroad to Yellowstone in southwest Montana where there are so many things to do! Take your vacation in a new direction through the Madison Valley and find unspoiled landscapes, untamed wilderness, pristine lakes and abundant wildlife. Learn the story of Quake Lake and the geology of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Visit Lewis & Clark Caverns State Park for a 2-mile hike and tour of the caverns. Stop for a picnic at one of several fishing access sites along the clear, rushing Madison River. Camp, hike or ride horseback in the quiet of the non-motorized section of the Beaverhead National Forest. Fish, raft, kayak and swim in the warm months. Or come for winter and snowshoe or cross-country ski through some of the most peaceful forests in Montana – followed by a soak in the Norris Hot Springs while you listen to live folk music.
Ennis is a year-round western town in the heart of the Madison Valley with unique shops and galleries, delicious restaurants and distinctive lodging – all one-of-a-kind and owned by the folks greeting you on your arrival. Explore our Main Street and take a sip at a local distillery. Belly up for a brew at a cowboy bar with a hitching post. Shop for wholesale silver jewelry, western boots, fishing and hunting gear and locally sourced gifts. As you wander, pick up a guide and take in the outdoor art walk. Dine upscalewith fine wines, have a piece of home-made pie or try a fresh scone with a local latte. Any time of day there are great spots to satisfy the foodie in you. And when you are ready for a great night’s sleep, choose from budget friendly motels, a remote retreat or complete your Montana immersion with a stay in a fishing cabin or fishing lodge with all the modern comforts.
More things to do? Well, of course. Events – lots of them! Most famous is the 3rd and 4th of July parade and rodeo in Ennis, but also the Art Festival, the Brew Fest, the Ennis-on-the-Madison Fly-fishing Festival and Hunters’ Feed for starters. What else? How about golf course at 5000’ for long drives, a first-run movie theatre and a bowling alley? Ennis offers the traveler all the services you need to keep your vacation on track, but there is still more to explore.
Historic towns are tucked in the mountains between the Madison and Ruby valleys are the living and past reminders of the wild-west days of gold fever. Virginia City lives on as you walk the boardwalk and peer into the windows of the past –literally. Nevada City boasts a Nickelodeon museum with dozens of music machines and a walking tour of authentic western buildings, including a two-story outhouse! Ghost towns and the ghosts of the past are everywhere. At night there are even more things to do! The Brewery Follies and the Virginia City Players entertain with vaudeville, plays, song and dance. Events in Virginia City include the Victorian Balls, a motorless parade and historic stagecoach tours of the town and Boot Hill. In Nevada City, live reenactments of the days of vigilante justice play out giving travelers a glimpse of frontier justice and the true wild west.
Exploring the Backroad to Yellowstone along US Hwy 287 will take you out of your routine and give you a chance to take in a big slice of all that Montana has to offer. There are things to do, places to eat and stay and sights to see. Take your time, breath deep and leave refreshed!
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Caravan Mt. Rushmore-Yellowstone Park Tour, June 26, 2016 - Part 1
My videos and pictures are from the Mt. Rushmore-Yellowstone Nation Park tour by Caravan Tours beginning June 26 in Rapid City, SD. My Part 1 video of the tour features stops at the Crazy Horse and Mount Rushmore Memorials, Little Big Horn Battlefield and Yellowstone National Park.
Yellowstone Park Hotel - West Yellowstone Hotels, Montana
Yellowstone Park Hotel 3 Stars Hotel in West Yellowstone, Montana Within US Travel Directory Located 3 blocks from the West Entrance of Yellowstone National Park, this West Yellowstone hotel features guest rooms with flat-screen satellite TV and an indoor pool.
A continental breakfast is offered daily.
Guests at the Yellowstone Park Hotel will find a microwave, refrigerator and coffee maker in every room.
Each room also includes ironing facilities and a hairdryer.
A hot tub is available at the Hotel Yellowstone Park as well.
Guests can use the gym and business center.
Free Wi-Fi is available in the public areas of the hotel.
The Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center is steps from the Yellowstone Hotel.
Fishing, skiing, hiking and cycling are nearby for guests’ convenience.
Yellowstone Park Hotel - West Yellowstone Hotels, Montana
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YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK Family Road Trip
Please comment below and let us know if you've visited Yellowstone National Park. What was your favorite part?
This summer we took a 2 week road trip from Southern California to Montana. We stayed in KOA campgrounds along the way. The first half of our trip took us through Utah where we stayed at the St. George/Hurricane KOA and the Salt Lake City KOA. Our final destination during our first week was Yellowstone Park/West Gate KOA where we met up with family.
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