Friday, September 13, 2013

Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Yellowstone national park is one of the geological wonders that exist in earth.  Yellowstone Lake is one of the largest high-altitude lakes in North America and is centered over the Yellowstone Caldera, the largest super volcano on the continent. The caldera is considered an active volcano. It has erupted with tremendous force several times in the last two million years. Half of the world's geothermal features are in Yellowstone, fueled by this ongoing volcanism. Yellowstone National Park spans an area of 3,468.4 square miles (8,983 km2)

Seattle to Yellowstone (12 hours by car)



The park engulfs the Yellowstone Lake. We were traveling from Seattle to Yellowstone. So we crossed the states of Idaho and Montana and stayed at Wyoming, Montana which is a border township of Wyoming Montana border. We spent almost two days at the Yellowstone national park. The park had got several entrances. This one is the west entrance. First day we covered the Grand Canyon, Lamar Valley, Lower and Upper falls, Great fountain Geyser, Old faithful etc. The park consists of Bison's and several other wild animals.Second day mainly focused on visiting the volcanic activity basins. Norris Geyser Basin, Biscuit basin etc. Finally we exited thru the North entrance after visiting the Mammoth Hot Springs.

This would be the one among the must visit places if you are coming to north america for a visit. 

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