WALKING TOURS OF PORCELAIN BASIN
NOTE: Consult the Norris Geyser Basin map, 229, for Porcelain Basin’s walkways. Porcelain Basin Overview Approaching from the parking lot, turn right and pass through the museum breezeway to …
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Yellowstone Larger mammals
Ruminants are cud-chewing, hoofed mammals with an even number of toes, and four species are common in the central plateaus: mule deer, elk, moose, and bison. Male elk, deer, …
Yellowstone North Entrance to Swan Lake Flat
From the North Entrance to Mammoth Hot Springs Junction After you enter the park, you will follow the Gardner River through its canyon. You might spot mule deer, bison, …
Yellowstone Gardiner or Gardner?
Why do we spell the names differently for a town and a river in the same vicinity? The river was named in the 1830s for Johnson Gardner, a rough …
Carving the Canyon
This kettle pond was formed when a glacier covering this area gouged a hole in the ground. When the glacier melted, it left sand, gravel, and boulders on the …
Norris Geyser Basin in the History of Yellowstone
None of the famous early expeditions visited this geyser basin. It was not until 1872 that a man named Eugene S. Topping and his companion happened to notice steam …
Where Are All the Yellowstone Bears Now?
This is a question rangers must hear several times a day, since for at least 50 years, you were guaranteed the opportunity to see black bears along the roads …
Yellowstone Mammoth Hot Springs Area
NOTE: Both this Mammoth area map and the terraces map on 263 have north at the top, so they differ slightly from some ocial NPS maps. The flat grassy …
Glaciers reshape the landscape Yellowstone
At about the same time that the plume started sending up magma in the Yellowstone region, a worldwide climate change brought colder temperatures and, in some places, glaciers. Vast …
Yellowstone Larger mammals
The pronghorn antelope (Antilocapra americana) is the smallest but by far the fleetest horned animal in Yellowstone. There’s no point in chasing one. It can sprint up to 60 …