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Last Day To Visit Most Of Yellowstone This Year Is October 31
Most roads into Yellowstone National Park will close for the season on November 1. Get in while you can.
- By justin.housman - October 24th, 2024 2:10am
Yellowstone's Ebbing Nuphar Lake
At the beginning of 2024, the water level at Nuphar Lake, near Norris Geyser Basin was on the rise. By the end of that summer, however, the water has receded, and the shoreline was marked by a ring of dead trees. What happened to cause these changes?
- By Kurt Repanshek - October 22nd, 2024 2:30am
Cosmic Clocks Help Keep Time In Yellowstone
Geologists can use cosmic rays from outer space to piece together the timing of past geologic events, like volcanic eruptions and glaciations. But how does this work? It turns out that rocks, like humans, can get a sunburn!
- By Kurt Repanshek - October 15th, 2024 2:30am
National Parks Traveler Podcast Episode 296 | Crime Off The Grid
The Last Day This Year To Drive The Legendary Beartooth Highway Will Be October 14
The National Park Service-maintained Beartooth Highway will close for the season October 15.
- By justin.housman - October 11th, 2024 9:59am
UPDATE | Artists Paintpots In Yellowstone National Park Closed To Public
Quick work involving repairs and improvements to access from the parking lot to the boardwalk allowed the reopening Friday of the Artists Paintpots area of Yellowstone National Park.
- By Kurt Repanshek - October 11th, 2024 10:47am
A Tale Of Cabins In The National Parks
Among the lodging options you have in the National Park System are cabins, some rustic, some quite nice.
- By Kurt Repanshek - October 6th, 2024 2:30am
A Tent Beneath The Stars, Yellowstone National Park
There's something to be said for pitching a tent beneath the stars at one of Yellowstone National Park's many campgrounds. You can read about those campgrounds by clicking here.
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- By Rebecca Latson - October 3rd, 2024 3:00am
Search For Missing Hiker In Yellowstone Moves From Rescue To Recovery
After 11 days, a search-and-rescue effort to find missing hiker Austin King in Yellowstone National Park has been scaled back to a recovery mission.
- By justin.housman - October 3rd, 2024 11:55am
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