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Here is huge Jupiter Terrace. These colorful formations change constantly in appearance as one spring temporarily dries up and another begins to flow. The more water, the more color is the general rule.

Southward from Mammoth Hot Springs is Norris Geyser Basin with its collection of smaller geysers, hot springs and other phenomena. Here you will see the Black Growler, emitting superheated steam at a temperature of 284 degrees. The Chocolate Pots just beyond, demonstrate the remarkable chemical coloring from which they derive their name.

From a bluff just north of the community the buildings of Mammoth Hot Springs are spread before the camera. This is the administration center for Yellowstone Park, and, with the tourist facilities, comprises a small town in itself.

Depending on the gateway selected for exit from the Park, schedules of Park tours vary slightly. Complete itineraries for the various tours are shown elsewhere in this book.

This brief summary is a far from complete outline of what may be seen and done in Yellowstone. You might profitably spend an entire summer within the confines of the Park or—as many do—come back repeatedly.

Wild Life in Abundance

Yellowstone is a great wild animal refuge where the game is protected and therefore quite unafraid of humans. You will see dozens and dozens of the famous bears whose clumsy antics are an unfailing source of amusement. Among them is the grizzly bear, rightfully the most respected of all the wild animals. In meeting bears on the roads and paths, never tease the animals with food.

Almost anywhere in the Park you may catch glimpses of deer, and perhaps of buffalo, antelope, elk and mountain sheep as well as smaller animals such as marmots, beaver and chipmunks. You will have ample opportunity to take short walking trips. You can fish and swim; join community singing around huge campfires; listen to lectures on the geology and animal life of the Park; see informal entertainments by the boys and girls who staff the lodges and hotels; join in the fun of informal dances.

Whether you have little time or much, no finer vacation spot exists than magnificent, incredible Yellowstone. Boundless in wonders and in hospitality, this is your Park, your playground ... the magic land where dreams come true.

Almost like man-made rice fields are these dikes and terraces engineered by nature from minerals carried in the waters of the hot springs.

Yellowstone Fun

1. A tour party with a Ranger guide starts through Old Faithful geyser basin.

2. Dances and friendly gatherings are nightly features at the hotels and lodges.

3. This camera fan has moved in for a close-up of a good-sized black bear.

4. Gamy, solid-fleshed trout like these reward the fisherman in Yellowstone Lake.

5. The horns of this young bull elk are “in the velvet” during the summer.

This relief map of Yellowstone shows all the features of the Park, the road from Gallatin Gateway Inn—the geyser basin, the road over the loop of the Continental Divide, the lake, the river and the circle of road up to Mammoth Hot Springs.

Geysers are the trademark of Yellowstone. Here is another view of a steaming basin.

Plenty of trout in the lakes and rivers.

Yellowstone visitors used to ride in stages like this.

Castle Geyser at ease.

Indian Chiefs of the Nez Perce Tribe.

Park Motor Transportation Schedule

Key Code for Meals:

A: Breakfast

B: Lunch

C: Dinner

D: Lodging