Grand Canyon Yellowstone
Here’s what naturalist John Muir wrote in 1898 about Hayden Valley, the Yellowstone River, and its falls: For the first twenty miles its course is in a level, sunny …
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Hell and the Devil in Yellowstone
The first observers of Yellowstone Park’s features were often reminded of the Prince of Darkness and his abode. As historian Aubrey L. Haines writes in Yellowstone Place Names: Mirrors …
Yellowstone Riverside Geyser Spur
Turn east toward the river at Spa Geyser to see the most gracefully situated and aesthetically satisfying geyser eruption in the park. Riverside Geyser has been for a century …
THE BEARTOOTH SCENIC BYWAY
NOTE: Road construction may delay trac on segments of this highway for the next several years. The Beartooth Highway, open only between Memorial Day weekend and early October, covers …
For Hikers and Mineral Collectors Yellowstone
You can follow a Gallatin National Forest trail into the mountains to find specimens of petrified wood like those preserved in Yellowstone. The petrified trees are located about a …
Travel to Zurich Switzerland
HISTORY The first settlers on the site of Zurich were Neolithic pile-dwellers. In 15 BC the Romans built the fortified settlement of T uricum. In the Middle Ages the …
Yellowstone Birds
Nearly 300 different bird species have been sighted in Yellowstone over the years. Here we name some birds with personality that are common to the central plateaus, first birds …
Along the shores of Yellowstone Lake
The American white pelican (Pelecanus erythrorynchos) can be 5 feet (1.5 m) long and have a wingspan of 9 feet (2.7 m). Park Service regulations protect the pelican’s nesting …
ISTANBUL MAP
ON THE BOSPHORUS No stay in Istanbul can be considered complete without an excursion by boat along the magical and legendary Bosphorus, the fabled and renowned winding strait that …
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 …