Through hikes, camping, photography, presentations and wildlife watching, visitors can discover hands on why these places have captured our imagination for centuries with their wild beauty. We enter a new century with Old Faithful as wondrous as ever in the world's first national park, Yellowstone - located in the northwest corner of Wyoming. President Ulysses S. Grant signed into law the bill to create Yellowstone National Park in 1872. While Old Faithful, the most widely recognized geyser, serves as the park's signature steam, there are more than 10,000 other geothermal features in Yellowstone including geysers, hot springs, mudpots and fumaroles. In recent years some geysers which had been dormant began spouting off again.
Cold water has a major role to play in the pleasuring grounds of the park as well.
The Yellowstone River drops over 400 feet in two waterfalls cutting a grand canyon deep into the golden-hued rock that gives the park its name. Family adventures in Yellowstone are boundless. Touring motor coach excursions run several routes from late May through September. One and two-hour horseback trail rides are available from Mammoth Hot Springs, Roosevelt Lodge and Canyon Village. Stagecoach travel is an option out of the Roosevelt Lodge area where the popular Old West Cookout completes the day from mid-June through early September.