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Entry for one driver and one passenger for seven consecutive days, beginning on the day of purchase.
Non-commercial group (e.g. church groups, scouts) traveling in a vehicle with a capacity of 16 or more people. Cost is per person. Unlimited entry for one vehicle and all passengers for seven consecutive days, beginning on the day of purchase.
Entry for visitors on foot, bicycle, ski, etc., when 16 years of age or older.
Unlimited entry for one vehicle and all passengers for seven consecutive days, beginning on the day of purchase. Vehicles must be private, non-commercial, and with a seating capacity of 15 or less.
Entry for one driver and one passenger for seven consecutive days, beginning on the day of purchase.
Provides unlimited entry for one year (valid through the month of purchase) to the pass holder and passengers in the same vehicle, or pass holder and up to three persons where per person fees are charged. Purchase at any entrance station.
Join millions of people who enjoy our National Parks with the "America the Beautiful" National Park & Federal Recreational Lands Pass, otherwise known as the Interagency Annual Pass. The pass is valid for a year's worth of visits from the month of purchase at more than 2,000 federal recreation sites across the country.
No entrance pass required on these days:
Monday, January 20 — Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Saturday, April 19 — First day of National Park Week
Thursday, June 19 — Juneteenth National Independence Day
Monday, August 4 — Anniversary of the Great American Outdoors Act
Saturday, September 27 — National Public Lands Day
Tuesday, November 11 — Veterans Day
The Interagency Access Pass is accepted here.
The Canyon Village, Old Faithful, Mammoth Hot Springs (Albright), Grant, West Thumb, and West Yellowstone Visitor Centers and the park's medical clinics are accessible to visitors using mobility equipment or strollers and have wheelchair accessible restrooms and drinking fountains. The Fishing Bridge, Norris, and Madison Visitor Centers are partially accessible, and visitors may require assistance. Orientation films include closed captioning at Canyon, Old Faithful, and Grant Visitor Centers, and the Albright Visitor Center has open captioning.
Loaner wheelchairs are available at Old Faithful, Canyon, Mammoth (Albright), Grant, Fishing Bridge, and Norris Visitor Centers, as well as at all medical clinics and lodges. A beach wheelchair is available at the Fishing Bridge Visitor Center for use at Yellowstone Lake.
Assistive listening devices are available at Canyon and Old Faithful Visitor Centers. Induction loop technology is available at the Albright Visitor Center. Audio descriptions, tactile exhibits, Braille, and large print materials are available.
ASL interpreters are available for ranger-led programs. Please call 307-344-2386 at least 3 weeks in advance to make a reservation for interpretation services.
Additional information about accessibility at Yellowstone National Park can be found on their website: https://www.nps.gov/yell/planyourvisit/accessibility.htm.
The Canyon Village, Old Faithful, Mammoth Hot Springs (Albright), Grant, West Thumb, and West Yellowstone Visitor Centers and the park's medical clinics are all accessible to visitors using mobility equipment or strollers and have wheelchair accessible restrooms and drinking fountains. The Fishing Bridge, Norris, and Madison Visitor Centers are partially accessible, and visitors may require assistance. Orientation films include closed captioning at Canyon, Old Faithful, and Grant Visitor Centers, and the Albright Visitor Center has open captioning.
All lodges have wheelchair accessible rooms and facilities.
The Bay Bridge, Gibbon Falls, Madison, Tuff Cliff, Sode Butte Creek, and Warm Creek Picnic Areas are wheelchair accessible, with packed, level paths and surfaces and accessible restrooms or vault toilets. The East Lot and Whiskey Flat are wheelchair accessible, with packed, level paths and surfaces. Wheelchair accessible restrooms are located in every major area except for West Thumb. There are wheelchair accessible vault toilets inside the East and South entrances and before the West entrance gate on the right.
There is a wheelchair accessible fishing site on the Madison River. Wheelchair accessible boating facilities are available at Bridge Bay Marina and Grant Village.
All campgrounds have at least one wheelchair accessible camping site. 2 backcountry campgrounds are wheelchair accessible.
Service animals must be on-leash throughout the park.
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Trail reviews for Yellowstone National Park
Drive and hike on the North Rim in Yellowstone National Park
If you haven’t hiked in Yellowstone, put it on your bucket list. Can get crowded in certain places but you can still find many uncrowded, beautiful places, and wildlife.
We did the loop but extended it near Ribbon Lake to make it ten miles. We came across an amazing, secluded view of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone from the south rim from the Ribbon Lake offshoot. Saw a heard of buffalo at the beginning of the hike. Views of all the landscapes that Yellowstone had to offer- meadows, forests, lakes, hot springs, the Grand Canyon, streams, etc all in one hike. Moderate hills but not too challenging or crowded.
A very well maintained path, not crowded, with a view over looking Yellowstone lake! A small easy incline to get to the lookout!
Short and sweet! Falls were roaring! Welcome to Yellowstone!
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Points of interest
- Yellowstone Caldera Supervolcano
- Arrowhead Spring
- Chinese Spring
- Blue Star Spring
- Lower Yellowstone Falls
- Morning Glory Pool
- Spiteful Geyser
- Dragon's Mouth Spring
- Celestine Pool
- Silex Spring
- Palette Spring
- Clear Lake
- Avalanche Peak
- Mount Washburn
- Fairy Falls
- Mystic Falls
- Dr. Allen's Paintpot
- Constant Geyser
- Solitary Geyser
- Gibbon Falls