- We are located just 4 blocks from the West Gate of Yellowstone National Park
- Yellowstone National Park was established on March 1, 1872, 20 years before Montana, Idaho and Wyoming were granted statehood
- There are over 40 major waterfalls in Yellowstone
- 1,000 feet below the surface of Norris Geyser Basin the water is 459ºF
- Yellowstone has about 300 active geysers and about 10,000 thermal features
- The average elevation of Yellowstone Park is 8000 Feet
- Yellowstone produces 3.3 million acre-feet of water every year making it one of the riches
sources for water in the western United States
- Twelve major rivers originate in the Greater Yellowstone area
- The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone is 20 miles long, 1,500 to 4,000 feet wide and 1,500 feet deep
- Grand Prismatic Spring pumps out over 4,000 gallons of boiling water every single minute, making it the largest hot springs in North America
- The average life span for a lodgepole pine is about 200 years
- A grizzly bear will eat about 35 pounds of food in a typical day
- A moose can keep its head underwater for 3 minutes
- Yellowstone is the only place in the lower 48 that supports every species of wild animal that occupied the area before the arrival of civilization
- The Lower Falls of Yellowstone’s Grand Canyon is 308 feet high
- Only 26% of the Park actually suffered canopy burn in the 1988 fires
- The average year round temperature of Yellowstone is 35º Fahrenheit
