Yellowstone National Park
Join us in this episode where we journey into Yellowstone National Park on a very brisk fall day, test out our new camera and shoot Old Faithful in 4K. Stick around until the end of the video for details on our winter plans in Quartzsite.
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Old Faithful
Old Faithful is the most popular attraction in Yellowstone National Park, and everyone who visits for the first time should watch this most famous geyser erupt. She is so grand and a must-see every time when visiting Yellowstone National Park. Make sure you check out our video here of Old Faithful in all her glory!
Yellowstone was one of our first National Parks we visited years ago when our girls were younger. Since then we have been a few more times and each time it is just as stunning as the last.
We have still not seen all of her beauty, the park is so large that it covers almost 4,000 square miles. Yellowstone National Park is so large it is located in the northwest corner of Wyoming, and includes small areas of Montana and Idaho as well.
10 Random facts about Yellowstone
- Yellowstone was born on March 1, 1872, making it the world’s first national park
- The park sits on the Yellowstone Plateau, at an average elevation of 8,000 feet above sea level
- Old Faithful erupts, on average, about 17 times daily
- Old Faithful erupts every 91 minutes
- There are more than 10,000 hydrothermal features in Yellowstone
- The four types of thermal features are geysers, hot springs, mud pots, and fumaroles.
- About 290 waterfalls can be found throughout Yellowstone’s 2.2 million acres
- Yellowstone includes the nation’s oldest herd of bison
- Yellowstone is home to 67 species of mammals, 285 species of birds
- Two threatened species call the park home – Canada lynx and Grizzly bears. Wolverines are a proposed threatened species.
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