Yellowstone National Park

Grand Prismatic Spring, Yellowstone National Park.

Yellowstone National Park is the world's very first national park, and is one of the most valued national treasures in the United States.  Founded in 1872, Yellowstone Park is an American Icon that still remains as one of the top travel destinations around the world... and most of this amazing national park rests in the northwest corner of the great state of Wyoming.

Among its world famous attractions include Old Faithful Geyser, Historic Old Faithful Inn, Grand Canyon of  the Yellowstone, Lower Falls, Yellowstone Lake (the largest high altitude lake in America), Historic Lake Yellowstone Hotel, Roosevelt Arch, Mammoth Hot Springs, Lamar Valley, Hayden Valley, Madison Canyon.... and the many iconic geyser basins such as Upper Geyser Basin, Black Sand Geyser Basin, Midway Geyser Basin, Midway Geyser Basin, Norris Geyser Basin and West Thumb Geyser Basin.  The list of all the Yellowstone Park attractions goes on and on and on!

Much of the reason that there are so many geysers and additional geothermal features in Yellowstone National Park is that the area is actually an active "Super Volcano".  This volcano, when it has erupted in the past, changed the course of all living things on the earth due to the massive, long term and dramatic change to it's climate from the ash and gases released into the air.  The eruption that occurred about a million years ago was 1,000 times bigger than the Mount Saint Helens Eruption in 1980.  The the most recent eruption, which was much smaller than the one a million years ago, occurred about 100,000 years ago.  The "Caldera" (30 miles x 40 miles in size), which is the collapsed opening to this huge volcano, is among the largest in the world, and is located in the middle of Yellowstone National Park.

Just past the Yellowtail Dam Visitor Center visitors will encounter the Ok-A-Beh Marina.  This outstanding marina where you boating adventure begins.  The Ok-A-Beh Marina is extremely well done, and offers a boat dock, marina, and a large boat ramp.  Shortly after boaters enter the Bighorn Canyon to the south, they will quickly find themselves in a gorgeous canyon with sheer cliffs towering above them on each side. Within the canyon are several designated camping areas along this 55 mile long canyon that can only be accessed by water, such as the Black Canyon Campground.