Museums
Museum of the National Park Ranger
Check pricesA Yellowstone museum in the Norris area that presents the history of the National Park Service and the ranger profession.
Photo: Erik Whalen, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.
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Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
Stand at Artist Point and look up a yellow-walled canyon to the 308-foot Lower Falls.
Artist Point, end of South Rim Drive, about 3 miles from Canyon Village · Canyon Village, WY
About Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone runs roughly 20 miles from the Upper Falls to the Tower Fall area, cut by the Yellowstone River through rock colored largely by iron and sulfur. You can see the 308-foot Lower Falls from Lookout Point, Red Rock Point, Artist Point and the Brink of the Lower Falls Trail. The 109-foot Upper Falls sits just upstream. North Rim Drive and South Rim Drive link the overlooks, and the Canyon Visitor Education Center in Canyon Village has exhibits on the Yellowstone supervolcano.
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The closest stops to Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, ordered by straight-line distance. A few more like it, plus some different kinds of fun so you can build a full day.
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Norris Geyser Basin Museum
Check pricesA historic 1930 trailside museum on a ridge above Norris Geyser Basin, staffed by rangers in summer.
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Fishing Bridge Museum
Check pricesA 1931 stone-and-log trailside museum and visitor center in Yellowstone, known for its rustic park architecture.
12 mi awaySwitch it up: Museums
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Yellowstone Lake
$25–$50Look out over North America's largest high-elevation lake, with geysers on its shore at West Thumb and trout below Fishing Bridge.
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Mammoth Hot Springs
$25–$50Walk boardwalks above steaming travertine terraces in Yellowstone, next to the red-roofed buildings of Fort Yellowstone.
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Yellowstone National Park
Under $25Drive the loop roads between geyser basins, hot springs and wildlife valleys in the park that holds more than half the world's geysers.
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