Outline of Yellowstone National Park

The following articles relate to the history, geography, geology, flora, fauna, structures and recreation in Yellowstone National Park.

Yellowstone National Park history

• Exploration
• Cook–Folsom–Peterson Expedition – 1869 exploration of Yellowstone river and lake
• Washburn–Langford–Doane Expedition – 1870 exploration of Yellowstone river, lake and Firehole river basin
• Fort Ellis – Starting point of the Washburn Expedition
• Hayden Geological Survey of 1871 – First of five surveys by Hayden in Yellowstone
• Native Americans
• Nez Perce National Historic Trail – Nez Perce tribe traversed Yellowstone during Nez Perce War of 1877
• People
• Explorers
• Robert Adams, Jr. – U.S. Geological Surveys 1871–1875
• Jim Bridger – Mountain man familiar with Yellowstone region (1856)
• John Colter – First person of European descent to visit Yellowstone region
• Lt.Gustavus C. Doane – U.S. Army Cavalry escort during Washburn expedition of 1870
• Truman C. Everts – former U.S. Assessor for the Montana Territory, member of Washburn Expedition
• Warren Angus Ferris – Early Yellowstone region trapper
• Arnold Hague – U.S. Geological Surveys 1880s
• Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden – U.S. Geological Surveys 1871–1875
• Nathaniel P. Langford – Member of Washburn expedition and first park superintendent
• William F. Raynolds – Early explorer in Yellowstone region
• Alexander Ross (fur trader) – Early fur trader in Yellowstone region
• Osborne Russell – Early trapper to visit region and describe the Lamar Valley (1834)
• Cyrus Thomas – agricultural statistician and entomologist on the 1871 Hayden survey
• Henry D. Washburn – Leader of Washburn expedition
• Park superintendents and administrators
• Horace M. Albright – Park superintendent (1919–1929)
• Frazier Boutelle – Park superintendent (1889–1890)
• Harry W. Frantz – Director of publicity 1923 – named Grand Loop Road
• John W. Meldrum – 1st U.S. Commissioner to Yellowstone (1894–1935)
• Philetus Norris – Second park superintendent
• Park rangers
• Harry Yount – First park ranger
• Isabel Bassett Wasson – the first female ranger in Yellowstone
• Engineers and architects
• Hiram M. Chittenden – U.S. Army Engineer
• Dan Christie Kingman – U.S. Army Engineer
• Herbert Maier – Yellowstone architect (1929–31)
• Robert Reamer – Old Faithful Inn architect
• Photographers, artists and illustrators
• Heinrich C. Berann – Panoramic artist
• Albert Bierstadt – Early Yellowstone artist
• Frank Jay Haynes – Official park photographer 1884–1921
• William Henry Jackson – US Geological Survey photographer 1869–1878
• Thomas Moran – Early Yellowstone artist – guest member of 1871 Hayden Geological Survey
• Birger Sandzén – Sweden artist
• Naturalists and scientists
• Thomas D. Brock – Microbiologist
• Don G. Despain – Botanist – Yellowstone flora specialist
• Shaun Ellis (wolf researcher)
• Henry Gannett – Geographer, member of Hayden Surveys, named Electric Peak
• George Bird Grinnell – Early naturalist promoting Yellowstone
• William Henry Holmes – Early geologist documenting Yellowstone geothermal features
• A. Starker Leopold – author of the 1963 Leopold Report-Wildlife Management in the National Parks
• Bill McGuire – Volcano researcher
• L. David Mech – Wolf researcher
• Adolph Murie – National Park Service Wildlife Biologist – published seminar study on coyotes in Yellowstone (1940)
• Military
• John W. Barlow – Explored Yellowstone at same time as 1871 Hayden expedition
• William W. Belknap – Secretary of War (1869–1876) – Guided by Lt. Gustavus C. Doane on two week visit in 1876 to Yellowstone that followed Washburn route.
• Chris Madsen – U.S. Army guide – guided U.S. President Chester A. Arthur in Yellowstone (1883)
• General Philip Sheridan – Early U.S. Army protector of Yellowstone
• Captain Wilber E. Wilder – Acting Superintendent, March 15, 1899 – June 23, 1899
• Captain Samuel B. M. Young – Acting Superintendent, June 23, 1897 – November 15, 1897; Full Superintendent as a General, June 1, 1907 – November 28, 1908
• Politicians
• William H. Clagett – Montana Territorial Congressman, 1871–1872 – Introduced park creation bill in U.S. House of Representatives on December 18, 1871
• Henry L. Dawes – Congressman from Massachusetts (1863–1873) – strong supporter of park creation. Chester Dawes, his son was a member of the 1871 Hayden survey and Anna the first boat on Yellowstone Lake was named after his daughter: Anna Dawes
• William D. Kelley – In 1871, he was the first Washington politician to suggest of what would later become Yellowstone National Park
• John F. Lacey – Iowa Congressman who sponsored The Lacey Act of 1884 to protect Yellowstone wildlife from poachers.
• Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (II) – Secretary of Interior (March 1885 – January 1888) – Lamar River is named after him.
• Guy R. Pelton – U.S. congressman who died in Yellowstone (1890)
• Samuel C. Pomeroy – Kansas Senator, 1861–1873 – Introduced park creation bill into U.S. Senate on December 18, 1871
• Lyman Trumbull – Senator from Illinois who supported Yellowstone creation act – Father of Walter Trumbull, a member of the Washburn Party
• George Graham Vest – Senator from Missouri (1879–1903) – Self-appointed protector of Yellowstone
• Promoters
• Jay Cooke – Northern Pacific Railroad – Financed Nathaniel P. Langford's 1871 lectures on Yellowstone exploration
• Historic events
• Expeditions and the protection of Yellowstone (1869–1890)
• Nez Perce in Yellowstone Park
• History of the National Park Service
• 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake
• Mission 66 – National Park Service ten-year program to prepare parks for 1966 50th Anniversary
• Teton–Yellowstone tornado – F4 tornado – July 21, 1987
• Yellowstone fires of 1988
• Advocates
• Greater Yellowstone Coalition
• Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative
• Concessionaires
• Harry W. Child – Assembled and operated the Yellowstone Park Company
• Hamilton's Stores (Yellowstone National Park)
• John F. Yancey – operated Yancey's Pleasant Valley Hotel, 1884–1903
• Xanterra Parks and Resorts

Geography

• Rivers
• Bechler River
• Crawfish Creek
• Fall River
• Firehole River
• Gallatin River
• Gardner River
• Gibbon River
• Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
• Heart River
• Lamar River
• Lewis River
• Madison River
• Slough Creek
• Snake River
• Yellowstone River
• Lakes
• Grebe Lake
• Heart Lake
• Isa Lake
• Lewis Lake
• Shoshone Lake
• Trout Lake
• Wrangler Lake
• Yellowstone Lake
• Mountains
• Abiathar Peak
• Absaroka Range
• Antler Peak
• Barronette Peak
• Bunsen Peak
• Clagett Butte
• Colter Peak
• Cook Peak
• Douglas Knob
• Druid Peak
• Dunraven Peak
• Eagle Peak (Wyoming)
• Electric Peak
• Folsom Peak
• Gallatin Range
• Gray Peak (Wyoming)
• Hedges Peak
• Mount Chittenden
• Mount Doane
• Mount Everts
• Mount Hancock
• Mount Haynes
• Mount Holmes
• Mount Hornaday
• Mount Jackson
• Mount Norris
• Mount Schurz
• Mount Sheridan
• Mount Stevenson
• Mount Washburn
• National Park Mountain
• Prospect Peak
• Specimen Ridge
• Terrace Mountain
• The Thunderer
• Trischman Knob
• Younts Peak
• Waterfalls
• Bechler Falls
• Firehole Falls
• Iris Falls
• Kepler Cascades
• Lewis Falls
• Moose Falls
• Mystic Falls
• Tower Fall
• Union Falls
• Virginia Cascades
• Yellowstone Falls
• Roads and passes
• Beartooth Highway
• Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway
• Craig Pass
• Dunraven Pass
• Golden Gate Canyon
• Grand Loop Road
• Kingman Pass
• Sylvan Pass (Wyoming)
• Yellowstone Trail
• John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway

Geology

• Geysers and thermal features
• Yellowstone Caldera
• Yellowstone Plateau
• Yellowstone hotspot
• List of Yellowstone geothermal features
• Lone Star Geyser Basin
• Lone Star Geyser
• Lower Geyser Basin
• A-0 Geyser
• Artesia Geyser
• Azure Spring
• Bead Geyser
• Botryoidal Spring
• Box Spring
• Clepsydra Geyser
• Dilemma Geyser
• Fountain Geyser
• Great Fountain Geyser
• Jet Geyser
• Labial Geyser
• Morning Geyser
• Narcissus Geyser
• Ojo Caliente Spring
• Pink Cone Geyser
• Pink Geyser
• Spindle Geyser
• White Dome Geyser
• Young Hopeful Geyser
• Midway Geyser Basin
• Excelsior Geyser
• Fountain Paint Pots
• Grand Prismatic Spring
• Opal Pool
• Turquoise Pool
• Upper Geyser Basin
• Anemone Geyser
• Artemisia Geyser
• Atomizer Geyser
• Aurum Geyser
• Baby Daisy Geyser
• Beauty Pool
• Beehive Geyser
• Big Cub Geyser
• Bijou Geyser
• Brilliant Pool
• Castle Geyser
• Chromatic Spring
• Comet Geyser
• Crested Pool
• Daisy Geyser
• Doublet Pool
• Economic Geyser Crater
• Fan and Mortar Geysers
• Giant Geyser
• Giantess Geyser
• Grand Geyser
• Grotto Geyser
• Lion Geyser
• Morning Glory Pool
• Old Faithful Geyser
• Pump Geyser
• Riverside Geyser
• Solitary Geyser
• Spasmodic Geyser
• Splendid Geyser
• Turban Geyser
• Vent Geyser
• West Thumb Geyser Basin
• Abyss Pool
• Big Cone
• Black Pool
• Fishing Cone
• Norris Geyser Basin
• Big Alcove Spring
• Echinus Geyser
• Emerald Spring
• Steamboat Geyser
• Gibbon Geyser Basin
• Beryl Spring
• Mammoth Hot Springs
• Mammoth Hot Springs
• Yellowstone River
• Sulphur Spring
• Geologic formations
• Huckleberry Ridge Tuff
• Inspiration Point
• Lava Creek Tuff
• Mesa Falls Tuff
• Obsidian Cliff
• Overhanging Cliff
• Sheepeater Cliff

Flora

• Thermus aquaticus
• Hadesarchaea

Fauna

• American bison
• Amphibians and reptiles of Yellowstone National Park
• Animals of Yellowstone
• Bighorn sheep
• Birds of Yellowstone National Park
• Grizzly bear
• Elk
• Fishes of Yellowstone National Park
• Gray wolf
• Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
• History of wolves in Yellowstone
• Leopold Report – Seminal 1963 study: "Wildlife Management in the National Parks"
• Pronghorn
• Small mammals of Yellowstone National Park
• Wolf reintroduction
• Yellowstone cutthroat trout
• Yellowstone Park bison herd

Districts and structures

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Yellowstone National Park
• Districts
• Firehole Village
• Fort Yellowstone
• Grand Loop Road Historic District
• Grant Village
• Lake Fish Hatchery Historic District
• Mammoth Hot Springs Historic District
• North Entrance Road Historic District
• Roosevelt Lodge Historic District
• Old Faithful Historic District
• Yanceys, Wyoming
• Structures
• Canyon Hotel
• Hotels and Tourist Camps of Yellowstone National Park
• Fishing Bridge Museum
• Lake Hotel
• Lamar Buffalo Ranch
• Madison Museum
• Marshall's Hotel
• Norris Geyser Basin Museum
• Norris, Madison, and Fishing Bridge Museums
• Northeast Entrance Station
• Obsidian Cliff Kiosk
• Old Faithful Inn
• Old Faithful Lodge
• Old Faithful Museum of Thermal Activity
• Queen's Laundry Bath House
• Roosevelt Arch
• U.S. Post Office (Yellowstone National Park)

Recreation

• Angling in Yellowstone National Park
• Trails of Yellowstone National Park
• Continental Divide Trail – Traverses southwest corner of the park

Media coverage

• Yellowstone (UK TV series)

Trivia

• J. Audubon Woodlore – Fictional Disney ranger from Brownstone Park (a parody of Yellowstone)
• Salvatore Vasapolli – Photographic artist that produces Yellowstone calendars
• Supervolcano (docudrama) – 2005 BBC/Discovery Channel docudrama centered on the fictional eruption of the volcanic caldera of Yellowstone National Park
• USS Yellowstone (AD-27) – Shenandoah-class destroyer tender named for Yellowstone National Park (1945)
• USS Yellowstone (AD-41) – Yellowstone-class destroyer tender (1979)
• Yellowstone (film) – 1936 Murder mystery staged in Yellowstone
• Yellowstone Trail – Early transcontinental highway project
• – Yellowstone inspired music by Mannheim Steamroller (1989).
• Boeing Yellowstone Project – a project to replace its entire civil aircraft portfolio with advanced technology aircraft.

Entrance communities

• Montana
• Gardiner, Montana
• Cooke City-Silver Gate
• Livingston, Montana
• West Yellowstone, Montana
• Yellowstone Airport – Located in West Yellowstone, Montana
• Yellowstone National Park (part), Montana
• Wyoming
• Cody, Wyoming
• Yellowstone Regional Airport – Located in Cody, Wyoming
• Jackson, Wyoming
• Jackson Hole Airport
• Highways
• John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway – Connects Grand Teton National Park and Yellowstone
• U.S. Route 14 – Eastern entrance <small></small>
• U.S. Route 20 – Western entrance, Eastern entrance
• U.S. Route 89 – Northern entrance, Southern entrance
• U.S. Route 191 – Western entrance, Southern entrance
• U.S. Route 212 – Northeast entrance
• U.S. Route 287 – Western entrance, Southern entrance

See also

• Bibliography of Yellowstone National Park