• Lower Falls of the Yellowstone.

    Yellowstone

    National Park ID,MT,WY

Operating Hours & Seasons

Heart Springs has a deep blue center and is surrounded by white sinter crust. It was named after its resemblance to a human heart.

Heart Springs

NPS

Road, Service, & Program Schedules Can Change. Always Check Locally for Updates!

Yellowstone National Park is open 24 hours a day, 365 days per year. However, some roads are closed to wheeled vehicles from November to May or June. All road, service, and program schedules can change so check locally for updates! Recorded Road Information: 307-344-2117.

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The North Entrance outside of Gardiner, MT, and south of Livingston is always open. This road is plowed in the winter and leads toward the park's Northeast Entrance, to Cooke City, MT. Travel out of the park past that point in winter is not possible, as the pass to Red Lodge, MT, is not maintained during winter months.

See Yellowstone Map and Montana State Map (interactive and plain) for more information. The other entrances (except the North Entrance) close to automobile traffic in November while roads are being prepared for snowcoach and snowmobile traffic. Entrances close again in late March and early April so roads can be cleared for the summer season. Interior park roads are only open to over-snow vehicles during the winter season. Is there a best time to visit Yellowstone? It depends on what you are looking for and each season has its advantages.

Road Opening Dates
Learn road opening dates and more about Yellowstone in the spring, summer, fall and winter.

Sources for Unscheduled Road Changes
News Releases
Current Conditions for any unscheduled entrance closures due to adverse weather conditions. Throughout the park, in the summer expect traffic delays and road closures.

Ongoing Road Construction Projects
See the Road Construction Schedule for more information. Work on some sections of road may make it necessary for you to plan an alternate route to your destination, or to choose another one altogether.

Seasonal Opening and Closing Dates for Facilities
Please refer to our Opening and Closing Dates for Facilities for information about available services in Yellowstone. These include gas stations, clinics, Visitor Centers, Ranger Stations, restaurants, and more.

Visitor Center Hours
Check here for Visitor Center dates and hours. Yellowstone has five visitor centers, an information station and visitor facilities at Tower-Roosevelt.

Did You Know?

Fire in Yellowstone Pineland in 1988

The 1988 fires affected 793,880 acres or 36 percent of the park. Five fires burned into the park that year from adjacent public lands. The largest, the North Fork Fire, started from a discarded cigarette. It burned more than 410,000 acres.