How Faithful Is Old Faithful?
Old Faithful has never in recorded time erupted every hour on the hour, as you may have heard. Here are some figures given for average expected intervals between eruptions: …
Category: Vacations
In Praise of High Mountain Passes
A Yellowstone experience that’s always a delight in good weather is the opportunity to sample a high pass in the Rocky Mountains. At three places in the park, the …
CHIEF JOSEPH SCENIC BYWAY
NOTE: Wyoming Highway 296 is described here from east to west. Instead of taking the Beartooth Highway, you may choose to reach the Northeast Entrance via another beautiful mountain …
Solitary Geyser Side Loop
Just over the bridge and partway up the hill begins the trail to observation Point, a climb of about 150 feet (45 m) in elevation in less than half …
The Springs Down by the River
At Calcite Springs Overlook, you may see steam or smell a rotten egg smell coming up from below. The Calcite Springs area is interesting to know about but only …
Upper Geyser Basin Yellowstone
hot spring began a hitherto unseen boiling and doming-up activity. Organisms in the runoff from this spring create a fan of color you can see from across the Firehole. …
What Makes the Terraces?
The Mammoth area is underlain at depth by limestones, that is, hardened sediments consisting mostly of calcium carbonate . Hot water dissolves the limestone from deep below Mammoth and …
FROM DUBOIS TO MORAN JUNCTION
Instead of traveling via Jackson from the south, you may choose to reach the South Entrance via the southeast, from Dubois. Dubois, Wyoming Dubois Municipal Airport Population: 950 3.5 …