# Outline of Yellowstone National Park

The following articles relate to the history, geography, geology, flora, fauna, structures and recreation in Yellowstone National Park.

## Yellowstone National Park history

* Exploration
** Cook–Folsom–Peterson Expedition – 1869 exploration of Yellowstone river and lake
** Washburn–Langford–Doane Expedition – 1870 exploration of Yellowstone river, lake and Firehole river basin
*** Fort Ellis – Starting point of the Washburn Expedition
** Hayden Geological Survey of 1871 – First of five surveys by Hayden in Yellowstone
* Native Americans
** Nez Perce National Historic Trail – Nez Perce tribe traversed Yellowstone during Nez Perce War of 1877
* People
** Explorers
*** Robert Adams, Jr. – U.S. Geological Surveys 1871–1875
*** Jim Bridger – Mountain man familiar with Yellowstone region (1856)
*** John Colter – First person of European descent to visit Yellowstone region
*** Lt.Gustavus C. Doane – U.S. Army Cavalry escort during Washburn expedition of 1870
*** Truman C. Everts – former U.S. Assessor for the Montana Territory, member of Washburn Expedition
*** Warren Angus Ferris – Early Yellowstone region trapper
*** Arnold Hague – U.S. Geological Surveys 1880s
*** Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden – U.S. Geological Surveys 1871–1875
*** Nathaniel P. Langford – Member of Washburn expedition and first park superintendent
*** William F. Raynolds – Early explorer in Yellowstone region
*** Alexander Ross (fur trader) – Early fur trader in Yellowstone region
*** Osborne Russell – Early trapper to visit region and describe the Lamar Valley (1834)
*** Cyrus Thomas – agricultural statistician and entomologist on the 1871 Hayden survey
*** Henry D. Washburn – Leader of Washburn expedition
** Park superintendents and administrators
*** Horace M. Albright – Park superintendent (1919–1929)
*** Frazier Boutelle – Park superintendent (1889–1890)
*** Harry W. Frantz – Director of publicity 1923 – named Grand Loop Road
*** John W. Meldrum – 1st U.S. Commissioner to Yellowstone (1894–1935)
*** Philetus Norris – Second park superintendent
** Park rangers
*** Harry Yount – First park ranger
*** Isabel Bassett Wasson – the first female ranger in Yellowstone
** Engineers and architects
*** Hiram M. Chittenden – U.S. Army Engineer
*** Dan Christie Kingman – U.S. Army Engineer
*** Herbert Maier – Yellowstone architect (1929–31)
*** Robert Reamer – Old Faithful Inn architect
** Photographers, artists and illustrators
*** Heinrich C. Berann – Panoramic artist
*** Albert Bierstadt – Early Yellowstone artist
*** Frank Jay Haynes – Official park photographer 1884–1921
*** William Henry Jackson – US Geological Survey photographer 1869–1878
*** Thomas Moran – Early Yellowstone artist – guest member of 1871 Hayden Geological Survey
*** Birger Sandzén – Sweden artist
** Naturalists and scientists
*** Thomas D. Brock – Microbiologist
*** Don G. Despain – Botanist – Yellowstone flora specialist
*** Shaun Ellis (wolf researcher)
*** Henry Gannett – Geographer, member of Hayden Surveys, named Electric Peak
*** George Bird Grinnell – Early naturalist promoting Yellowstone
*** William Henry Holmes – Early geologist documenting Yellowstone geothermal features
*** A. Starker Leopold – author of the 1963 Leopold Report-Wildlife Management in the National Parks
*** Bill McGuire – Volcano researcher
*** L. David Mech – Wolf researcher
*** Adolph Murie – National Park Service Wildlife Biologist – published seminar study on coyotes in Yellowstone (1940)
** Military
*** John W. Barlow – Explored Yellowstone at same time as 1871 Hayden expedition
*** William W. Belknap – Secretary of War (1869–1876) – Guided by Lt. Gustavus C. Doane on two week visit in 1876 to Yellowstone that followed Washburn route.
*** Chris Madsen – U.S. Army guide – guided U.S. President Chester A. Arthur in Yellowstone (1883)
*** General Philip Sheridan – Early U.S. Army protector of Yellowstone
*** Captain Wilber E. Wilder – Acting Superintendent, March 15, 1899 – June 23, 1899
*** Captain Samuel B. M. Young – Acting Superintendent, June 23, 1897 – November 15, 1897; Full Superintendent as a General, June 1, 1907 – November 28, 1908
** Politicians
*** William H. Clagett – Montana Territorial Congressman, 1871–1872 – Introduced park creation bill in U.S. House of Representatives on December 18, 1871
*** Henry L. Dawes – Congressman from Massachusetts (1863–1873) – strong supporter of park creation. Chester Dawes, his son was a member of the 1871 Hayden survey and Anna the first boat on Yellowstone Lake was named after his daughter: Anna Dawes
*** William D. Kelley – In 1871, he was the first Washington politician to suggest of what would later become Yellowstone National Park
*** John F. Lacey – Iowa Congressman who sponsored The Lacey Act of 1884 to protect Yellowstone wildlife from poachers.
*** Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (II) – Secretary of Interior (March 1885 – January 1888) – Lamar River is named after him.
*** Guy R. Pelton – U.S. congressman who died in Yellowstone (1890)
*** Samuel C. Pomeroy – Kansas Senator, 1861–1873 – Introduced park creation bill into U.S. Senate on December 18, 1871
*** Lyman Trumbull – Senator from Illinois who supported Yellowstone creation act – Father of Walter Trumbull, a member of the Washburn Party
*** George Graham Vest – Senator from Missouri (1879–1903) – Self-appointed protector of Yellowstone
** Promoters
*** Jay Cooke – Northern Pacific Railroad – Financed Nathaniel P. Langford's 1871 lectures on Yellowstone exploration
* Historic events
** Expeditions and the protection of Yellowstone (1869–1890)
** Nez Perce in Yellowstone Park
** History of the National Park Service
** 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake
** Mission 66 – National Park Service ten-year program to prepare parks for 1966 50th Anniversary
** Teton–Yellowstone tornado – F4 tornado – July 21, 1987
** Yellowstone fires of 1988
* Advocates
** Greater Yellowstone Coalition
** Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative
* Concessionaires
** Harry W. Child – Assembled and operated the Yellowstone Park Company
** Hamilton's Stores (Yellowstone National Park)
** John F. Yancey – operated Yancey's Pleasant Valley Hotel, 1884–1903
** Xanterra Parks and Resorts

## Geography

* Rivers
** Bechler River
** Crawfish Creek
** Fall River
** Firehole River
** Gallatin River
** Gardner River
** Gibbon River
** Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
** Heart River
** Lamar River
** Lewis River
** Madison River
** Slough Creek
** Snake River
** Yellowstone River
* Lakes
** Grebe Lake
** Heart Lake
** Isa Lake
** Lewis Lake
** Shoshone Lake
** Trout Lake
** Wrangler Lake
** Yellowstone Lake
* MountainsMain article: Mountains and mountain ranges of Yellowstone National ParkMain article: Plateaus of Yellowstone National Park
** Abiathar Peak
** Absaroka Range
** Antler Peak
** Barronette Peak
** Bunsen Peak
** Clagett Butte
** Colter Peak
** Cook Peak
** Douglas Knob
** Druid Peak
** Dunraven Peak
** Eagle Peak (Wyoming)
** Electric Peak
** Folsom Peak
** Gallatin Range
** Gray Peak (Wyoming)
** Hedges Peak
** Mount Chittenden
** Mount Doane
** Mount Everts
** Mount Hancock
** Mount Haynes
** Mount Holmes
** Mount Hornaday
** Mount Jackson
** Mount Norris
** Mount Schurz
** Mount Sheridan
** Mount Stevenson
** Mount Washburn
** National Park Mountain
** Prospect Peak
** Specimen Ridge
** Terrace Mountain
** The Thunderer
** Trischman Knob
** Younts Peak
* WaterfallsMain article: Waterfalls in Yellowstone National Park
** Bechler Falls
** Firehole Falls
** Iris Falls
** Kepler Cascades
** Lewis Falls
** Moose Falls
** Mystic Falls
** Tower Fall
** Terraced Falls
** Union Falls
** Virginia Cascades
** Yellowstone Falls
* Roads and passes
** Beartooth Highway
** Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway
** Craig Pass
** Dunraven Pass
** Golden Gate Canyon
** Grand Loop Road
** Kingman Pass
** Sylvan Pass (Wyoming)
** Yellowstone Trail
** John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway

## Geology

* Geysers and thermal featuresMain article: Geothermal areas of Yellowstone
** Yellowstone Caldera
** Yellowstone Plateau
** Yellowstone hotspot
** List of Yellowstone geothermal features
** Lone Star Geyser Basin
*** Lone Star Geyser
** Lower Geyser Basin
*** A-0 Geyser
*** Artesia Geyser
*** Azure Spring
*** Bead Geyser
*** Botryoidal Spring
*** Box Spring
*** Clepsydra Geyser
*** Dilemma Geyser
*** Fountain Geyser
*** Great Fountain Geyser
*** Jet Geyser
*** Labial Geyser
*** Morning Geyser
*** Narcissus Geyser
*** Ojo Caliente Spring
*** Pink Cone Geyser
*** Pink Geyser
*** Spindle Geyser
*** White Dome Geyser
*** Young Hopeful Geyser
** Midway Geyser Basin
*** Excelsior Geyser
*** Fountain Paint Pots
*** Grand Prismatic Spring
*** Opal Pool
*** Turquoise Pool
** Upper Geyser Basin
*** Anemone Geyser
*** Artemisia Geyser
*** Atomizer Geyser
*** Aurum Geyser
*** Baby Daisy Geyser
*** Beauty Pool
*** Beehive Geyser
*** Big Cub Geyser
*** Bijou Geyser
*** Brilliant Pool
*** Castle Geyser
*** Chromatic Spring
*** Comet Geyser
*** Crested Pool
*** Daisy Geyser
*** Doublet Pool
*** Economic Geyser Crater
*** Fan and Mortar Geysers
*** Giant Geyser
*** Giantess Geyser
*** Grand Geyser
*** Grotto Geyser
*** Lion Geyser
*** Morning Glory Pool
*** Old Faithful Geyser
*** Pump Geyser
*** Riverside Geyser
*** Solitary Geyser
*** Spasmodic Geyser
*** Splendid Geyser
*** Turban Geyser
*** Vent Geyser
** West Thumb Geyser Basin
*** Abyss Pool
*** Big Cone
*** Black Pool
*** Fishing Cone
** Norris Geyser Basin
*** Big Alcove Spring
*** Echinus Geyser
*** Emerald Spring
*** Steamboat Geyser
** Gibbon Geyser Basin
*** Beryl Spring
** Mammoth Hot Springs
*** Mammoth Hot Springs
** Yellowstone River
*** Sulphur Spring
* Geologic formations
** Huckleberry Ridge Tuff
** Inspiration Point
** Lava Creek Tuff
** Mesa Falls Tuff
** Obsidian Cliff
** Overhanging Cliff
** Sheepeater Cliff

## Flora

* Thermus aquaticus
* Hadesarchaea

## Fauna

* American bison
* Amphibians and reptiles of Yellowstone National Park
* Animals of Yellowstone
* Bighorn sheep
* Birds of Yellowstone National Park
* Grizzly bear
* Elk
* Fishes of Yellowstone National Park
* Gray wolf
* Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
* History of wolves in Yellowstone
* Leopold Report – Seminal 1963 study: "Wildlife Management in the National Parks"
* Pronghorn
* Small mammals of Yellowstone National Park
* Wolf reintroduction
* Yellowstone cutthroat trout
* Yellowstone Park bison herd

## Districts and structures

* National Register of Historic Places listings in Yellowstone National Park
* Districts
** Firehole Village
** Fort Yellowstone
** Grand Loop Road Historic District
** Grant Village
** Lake Fish Hatchery Historic District
** Mammoth Hot Springs Historic District
** North Entrance Road Historic District
** Roosevelt Lodge Historic District
** Old Faithful Historic District
** Yanceys, Wyoming
* Structures
** Canyon Hotel
** Hotels and Tourist Camps of Yellowstone National Park
** Fishing Bridge Museum
** Lake Hotel
** Lamar Buffalo Ranch
** Madison Museum
** Marshall's Hotel
** Norris Geyser Basin Museum
** Norris, Madison, and Fishing Bridge Museums
** Northeast Entrance Station
** Obsidian Cliff Kiosk
** Old Faithful Inn
** Old Faithful Lodge
** Old Faithful Museum of Thermal Activity
** Queen's Laundry Bath House
** Roosevelt Arch
** U.S. Post Office (Yellowstone National Park)

## Recreation

* Angling in Yellowstone National Park
* Trails of Yellowstone National Park
** Continental Divide Trail – Traverses southwest corner of the park

## Media coverage

* Yellowstone (UK TV series)

## Trivia

* J. Audubon Woodlore – Fictional Disney ranger from Brownstone Park (a parody of Yellowstone)
* Salvatore Vasapolli – Photographic artist that produces Yellowstone calendars
* Supervolcano (docudrama) – 2005 BBC/Discovery Channel docudrama centered on the fictional eruption of the volcanic caldera of Yellowstone National Park
* USS Yellowstone (AD-27) – Shenandoah-class destroyer tender named for Yellowstone National Park (1945)
* USS Yellowstone (AD-41) – Yellowstone-class destroyer tender (1979)
* Yellowstone (film) – 1936 Murder mystery staged in Yellowstone
* Yellowstone Trail – Early transcontinental highway project
* Yellowstone: The Music of Nature – Yellowstone inspired music by Mannheim Steamroller (1989).
* Boeing Yellowstone Project – a project to replace its entire civil aircraft portfolio with advanced technology aircraft.

## Entrance communities

* Montana
** Gardiner, Montana
** Cooke City-Silver Gate
** Livingston, Montana
** West Yellowstone, Montana
** Yellowstone Airport – Located in West Yellowstone, Montana
** Yellowstone National Park (part), Montana
* Wyoming
** Cody, Wyoming
** Yellowstone Regional Airport – Located in Cody, Wyoming
** Jackson, Wyoming
** Jackson Hole Airport
* Highways
** John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway – Connects Grand Teton National Park and Yellowstone
** U.S. Route 14 – Eastern entrance 44°29′18.42″N 110°00′13.8″W﻿ / ﻿44.4884500°N 110.003833°W﻿ / 44.4884500; -110.003833
** U.S. Route 20 – Western entrance, Eastern entrance
** U.S. Route 89 – Northern entrance, Southern entrance
** U.S. Route 191 – Western entrance, Southern entrance
** U.S. Route 212 – Northeast entrance
** U.S. Route 287 – Western entrance, Southern entrance