• Visitors stand on the boardwalk of Grand Prismatic, the park's largest hot spring which is ringed with orange, brown and yellow runoff channels.

    Yellowstone

    National Park ID,MT,WY

Concise Information on Yellowstone

This page is a collection of site bulletins that we hand out in the park. The bulletins contain information of general park topics, human history in Yellowstone, wildlife and geology in the park.

General Human History Wildlife Geology
A Brief History of the Park (86 KB pdf) Flight of the Nez Perce (602 KB pfd) The Restoration of Wolves (400 KB pdf) Mammoth Hot Springs (442 KB pdf)
Bicycling in Spring (412 KB) Yellowstone Associated Tribes (246 KB pdf) Horns or Antlers (276 KB pdf) Obsidian Cliff (123 KB pdf)
Bioprospecting (269 KB pdf) Yellowstone and the Lewis and Clark Expedition (743 KB pdf) Mammals (22 KB pdf) Steamboat Geyser - Tallest Active Geyser in the World (268 KB pdf)
Dayhike Sampler (556 KB pdf) Exploring the History of Yellowstone with John Colter (437 KB pdf) Yellowstone Mammal Checklist (1.1 MB pdf) A Geology Outline of Yellowstone National Park(19 KB pdf)
Fire as a Natural Force (153 KB pdf) Horace M. Albright
Pioneer of the
National Park Service (356 KB pdf)
 Children's Wildlife Checklist & Identification Game (1.1 MB pdf) Geology Part I (1.9 MB pdf) Part II (1.1 MB pdf) Part III (1.4 MB pdf)
Park Facts (178 KB pdf) Characteristics of Black Bears and Grizzly Bears in Yellowstone National Park (37 KB pdf)
 Current Activity of Selected Geysers (48 KB pdf)
Skiing & Snowshoeing
In Yellowstone National Park
West Yellowstone & Gallatin Areas (210 KB pdf)
 Bison Natural History (500 KB pdf) Old Faithful Geyser-Symbol of Yellowstone National Park (184 KB pdf)
Visiting in Winter-Winter Information for 2012-2013 (914 KB pdf) Lake Trout Crisis (728 KB pdf)
Where are the Blooming Wildflowers? (159 KB pdf) Denning and Hibernation Behavior of Bears in Yellowstone National Park (18 KB pdf)
Yellowstone Picnic Areas (222 KB pdf) Yellowstone National Park Checklist of Birds (154 KB pdf)



Did You Know?

Fishing Bridge.

You cannot fish from Fishing Bridge. Until 1973 this was a very popular fishing location since the bridge crossed the Yellowstone River above a cutthroat trout spawning area. It is now a popular place to observe fish.