Yellowstone National Park

Yellowstone National Park is an adventurer’s playground. Be it on foot, by car or via water, there are thousands of miles of trails and numerous lakes and streams to explore. By car you are restricted to its roads (sometimes jammed with bison). But by paddle, Yellowstone’s world opens up.

Located primarily in Wyoming, Yellowstone National Park sprawls its 2.2 million acres of spectacular and wild beauty into parts of Montana and Idaho, too, and is one of the largest parks in the US National Park Service.

Exploring Yellowstone National Park’s geysers, waterfalls, mountains and canyons by foot is easily the best way to see this magnificent park. It’s also the best way to lose the crowds. Only 10% of Yellowstone visitors leave the boardwalks during their visit and only half of those venture more than a mile from their car. That leaves an awful lot of exploring for the rest of us.

Who doesn’t remember their first family trip to Yellowstone National Park? The taste of burnt campfire hot dogs, the scent of lodgepole pine in the air, your first glimpse of a wolf in the wild – these are memories that you and your kids will remember together for years.

Yellowstone is the world’s oldest national park, and its more than 3400 square miles are full of incredible wildlife viewing, powerful geysers and other geothermal features, and beautiful scenery. Each season provides a different visitor experience, so considering the time of year is imperative when planning your visit.

Yellowstone National Park is vast. It encompasses more than 3400 sq miles and it includes more than 450 miles of roads, providing plenty of space to explore. Driving yourself means you can spend as much time as you like doing the best things that Yellowstone has to offer, whether that's gazing at geysers or hiking the 900 miles of trails.