Yellowstone Facts

Here are just a few facts about Yellowstone that make the park so unique:

• Established in 1872, Yellowstone is the world’s first national park.
• With more than 10,000 geysers, hot springs and fumaroles, Yellowstone is the largest concentration of hydrothermal features in the world.
• Yellowstone Lake is the largest high-altitude lake in North America.
• Yellowstone rests on one of the largest active volcanoes in the world.
• Yellowstone is the only place in the lower 48 states that wild bison have survived continuously. 
• More than 2,400 miles of streams flow through Yellowstone, providing some of the best fly-fishing in the world.
• Reaching a height of 106-184 feet, Old Faithful eruptions are predictable to within 10 minutes, erupting every 46 to 92 minutes.