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

Philetus Norris

Panoramic painting of Yellowstone National Park by Heinrich C. Berann, commissioned by the National Park Service

• 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

Firehole river at Fountain Flats

• 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
• Mountains
  Main article: Mountains and mountain ranges of Yellowstone National Park
  Main 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
• Waterfalls
  Main 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

Old Faithful in Upper Geyser Basin

• Geysers and thermal features
  Main 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

Yellowstone grizzly

• 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

Roosevelt Arch

• 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

Fishing Bridge

• 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

USS Yellowstone, AD-41

• 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

West Yellowstone

• 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″N110°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

See also

• Bibliography of Yellowstone National Park