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Yellowstone National Park
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Cooke City
Cooke City, located in the heart of the Beartooth Mountains and bordered by the Custer, Shoshone and Gallatin national forests, offers breathtaking scenery and small-town charm. The city is only slightly more than 3 mi/5 km beyond the Northeast Entrance of Yellowstone National Park. Lodging, dining and shopping is available.
The road between Cooke City and Gardiner is open in the winter, making the area a wonderful stop for cross-country skiing and for snowmobiling enthusiasts. Beartooth Scenic Highway (Highway 212) between Cooke City and Red Lodge is one of the most beautiful drives in Montana. It's open from Memorial Day through mid-October, when the road is free of ice and snow. Chief Joseph Scenic Byway (Highway 296), also known as Sunlight Basin Road, begins southeast of Cooke City and ends at Cody, Wyoming. This byway, which is open almost year-round, is named for the Nez Perce tribal chief who fled the U.S. Cavalry in 1877 in a failed attempt to reach Canada.
Gardiner
Gardiner is located at the north entrance of Yellowstone National Park in southwest Montana. The Roosevelt Arch, dedicated in 1903 by President Theodore Roosevelt, provides a gateway to Yellowstone from this entrance. Gardiner is a quaint western town providing the perfect base to explore Yellowstone. It offers plenty to do including art galleries, restaurants, wildlife viewing, hiking, fishing, and a long list of seasonal outdoor activities.
West Yellowstone, MT
West Yellowstone is a small community located in Montana. It is a historic gateway community to Yellowstone National Park, existing since the early 1900s. Enjoy epic fishing, snowmobiling, spectacular ski trails, historic town buildings and a friendly atmosphere that will make you feel at home.
Yellowstone National Park
Established on March 1, 1872, Yellowstone National Park is the first and oldest national park in the world. Preserved within Yellowstone are Old Faithful Geyser and some 10,000 hot springs and geysers, the majority of the planet's total. These geothermal wonders are evidence of one of the world's largest active volcanoes; its last eruption created a crater or caldera that spans almost half of the park. An outstanding mountain wildland with clean water and air, Yellowstone is home of the grizzly bear and wolf, and free-ranging herds of bison and elk. It is the core of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, one of the largest intact temperate zone ecosystems remaining on the planet. The human history of the park dates back 12,000 years. The events of the last 130 years of park history are reflected in the historic structures and sites associated with various periods of park administration and visitor facilities development.
Bozeman
Located in the heart of southwesten Montana's Rocky Mountains, just 90 miles south of Yellowstone Park, Bozeman is a mecca of year-round outdoor recreation and offers some of the world's finest fly-fishing, skiing, hiking, camping, biking, rafting, climbing and kayaking.
Jackson Hole
This rollicking cowboy town hasn't changed much since the West was won, with historical architecture, authentic saloons and whitewater river rafting nearby.
Cooke City, located in the heart of the Beartooth Mountains and bordered by the Custer, Shoshone and Gallatin national forests, offers breathtaking scenery and small-town charm. The city is only slightly more than 3 mi/5 km beyond the Northeast Entrance of Yellowstone National Park. Lodging, dining and shopping is available.
The road between Cooke City and Gardiner is open in the winter, making the area a wonderful stop for cross-country skiing and for snowmobiling enthusiasts. Beartooth Scenic Highway (Highway 212) between Cooke City and Red Lodge is one of the most beautiful drives in Montana. It's open from Memorial Day through mid-October, when the road is free of ice and snow. Chief Joseph Scenic Byway (Highway 296), also known as Sunlight Basin Road, begins southeast of Cooke City and ends at Cody, Wyoming. This byway, which is open almost year-round, is named for the Nez Perce tribal chief who fled the U.S. Cavalry in 1877 in a failed attempt to reach Canada.
Gardiner is located at the north entrance of Yellowstone National Park in southwest Montana. The Roosevelt Arch, dedicated in 1903 by President Theodore Roosevelt, provides a gateway to Yellowstone from this entrance. Gardiner is a quaint western town providing the perfect base to explore Yellowstone. It offers plenty to do including art galleries, restaurants, wildlife viewing, hiking, fishing, and a long list of seasonal outdoor activities.
West Yellowstone is a small community located in Montana. It is a historic gateway community to Yellowstone National Park, existing since the early 1900s. Enjoy epic fishing, snowmobiling, spectacular ski trails, historic town buildings and a friendly atmosphere that will make you feel at home.
Established on March 1, 1872, Yellowstone National Park is the first and oldest national park in the world. Preserved within Yellowstone are Old Faithful Geyser and some 10,000 hot springs and geysers, the majority of the planet's total. These geothermal wonders are evidence of one of the world's largest active volcanoes; its last eruption created a crater or caldera that spans almost half of the park. An outstanding mountain wildland with clean water and air, Yellowstone is home of the grizzly bear and wolf, and free-ranging herds of bison and elk. It is the core of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, one of the largest intact temperate zone ecosystems remaining on the planet. The human history of the park dates back 12,000 years. The events of the last 130 years of park history are reflected in the historic structures and sites associated with various periods of park administration and visitor facilities development.
Located in the heart of southwesten Montana's Rocky Mountains, just 90 miles south of Yellowstone Park, Bozeman is a mecca of year-round outdoor recreation and offers some of the world's finest fly-fishing, skiing, hiking, camping, biking, rafting, climbing and kayaking.
This rollicking cowboy town hasn't changed much since the West was won, with historical architecture, authentic saloons and whitewater river rafting nearby.
