Outline of Yellowstone National Park

The following articles relate to the history, geography, geology, flora, fauna, structures and recreation in Yellowstone National Park.

Yellowstone National Park history

 * Exploration
 * Cook–Folsom–Peterson Expedition - 1869 exploration of Yellowstone river and lake
 * Washburn–Langford–Doane Expedition - 1870 exploration of Yellowstone river, lake and Firehole river basin
 * Fort Ellis - Starting point of the Washburn Expedition
 * Hayden Geological Survey of 1871 - First of five surveys by Hayden in Yellowstone
 * Native Americans
 * Nez Perce National Historic Trail - Nez Perce tribe traversed Yellowstone during Nez Perce War of 1877
 * People
 * Explorers
 * Robert Adams, Jr. - U.S. Geological Surveys 1871-1875
 * Jim Bridger - Mountain man familiar with Yellowstone region (1856)
 * John Colter - First person of European descent to visit Yellowstone region
 * Lt.Gustavus C. Doane - U.S. Army Cavalry escort during Washburn expedition of 1870
 * Truman C. Everts - former U.S. Assessor for the Montana Territory, member of Washburn Expedition
 * Warren Angus Ferris - Early Yellowstone region trapper
 * Arnold Hague - U.S. Geological Surveys 1880s
 * Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden - U.S. Geological Surveys 1871-1875
 * Nathaniel P. Langford - Member of Washburn expedition and first park superintendent
 * William F. Raynolds - Early explorer in Yellowstone region
 * Alexander Ross (fur trader) - Early fur trader in Yellowstone region
 * Osborne Russell - Early trapper to visit region and describe the Lamar Valley (1834)
 * Cyrus Thomas - agricultural statistician and entomologist on the 1871 Hayden survey
 * Henry D. Washburn - Leader of Washburn expedition
 * Park superintendents and administrators
 * Horace M. Albright - Park superintendent (1919–1929)
 * Frazier Boutelle - Park superintendent (1889–1890)
 * Harry W. Frantz - Director of publicity 1923 - named Grand Loop Road
 * John W. Meldrum - 1st U.S. Commissioner to Yellowstone (1894–1935)
 * Philetus Norris - Second park superintendent
 * Park rangers
 * Harry Yount - First park ranger
 * Isabel Bassett Wasson - the first female ranger in Yellowstone
 * Engineers and architects
 * Hiram M. Chittenden - U.S. Army Engineer
 * Dan Christie Kingman - U.S. Army Engineer
 * Herbert Maier - Yellowstone architect (1929–31)
 * Robert Reamer - Old Faithful Inn architect
 * Photographers, artists and illustrators
 * Heinrich C. Berann - Panoramic artist
 * Albert Bierstadt - Early Yellowstone artist
 * Frank Jay Haynes - Official park photographer 1884-1921
 * William Henry Jackson - US Geological Survey photographer 1869-1878
 * Thomas Moran - Early Yellowstone artist - guest member of 1871 Hayden Geological Survey
 * Birger Sandzén - Sweden artist
 * Naturalists and scientists
 * Thomas D. Brock - Microbiologist
 * Don G. Despain - Botanist - Yellowstone flora specialist
 * Shaun Ellis (wolf researcher)
 * Henry Gannett - Geographer, member of Hayden Surveys, named Electric Peak
 * George Bird Grinnell - Early naturalist promoting Yellowstone
 * William Henry Holmes - Early geologist documenting Yellowstone geothermal features
 * A. Starker Leopold - author of the 1963 Leopold Report-Wildlife Management in the National Parks
 * Bill McGuire - Volcano researcher
 * L. David Mech - Wolf researcher
 * Adolph Murie - National Park Service Wildlife Biologist - published seminar study on coyotes in Yellowstone (1940)
 * Military
 * John W. Barlow - Explored Yellowstone at same time as 1871 Hayden expedition
 * William W. Belknap - Secretary of War (1869–1876) - Guided by Lt. Gustavus C. Doane on two week visit in 1876 to Yellowstone that followed Washburn route.
 * Chris Madsen - U.S. Army guide - guided U.S. President Chester A. Arthur in Yellowstone (1883)
 * General Philip Sheridan - Early U.S. Army protector of Yellowstone
 * Captain Wilber E. Wilder - Acting Superintendent, March 15, 1899 – June 23, 1899
 * Captain Samuel B. M. Young - Acting Superintendent, June 23, 1897 – November 15, 1897; Full Superintendent as a General, June 1, 1907 – November 28, 1908
 * Politicians
 * William H. Clagett - Montana Territorial Congressman, 1871–1872 - Introduced park creation bill in U.S. House of Representatives on December 18, 1871
 * Henry L. Dawes - Congressman from Massachusetts (1863–1873) - strong supporter of park creation. Chester Dawes, his son was a member of the 1871 Hayden survey and Anna the first boat on Yellowstone Lake was named after his daughter: Anna Dawes
 * William D. Kelley - In 1871, he was the first Washington politician to suggest of what would later become Yellowstone National Park
 * John F. Lacey - Iowa Congressman who sponsored The Lacey Act of 1884 to protect Yellowstone wildlife from poachers.
 * Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (II) - Secretary of Interior (March 1885 - January 1888) - Lamar River is named after him.
 * Guy R. Pelton - U.S. congressman who died in Yellowstone (1890)
 * Samuel C. Pomeroy - Kansas Senator, 1861–1873 - Introduced park creation bill into U.S. Senate on December 18, 1871
 * Lyman Trumbull - Senator from Illinois who supported Yellowstone creation act - Father of Walter Trumbull, a member of the Washburn Party
 * George Graham Vest - Senator from Missouri (1879–1903) - Self-appointed protector of Yellowstone
 * Promoters
 * Jay Cooke - Northern Pacific Railroad - Financed Nathaniel P. Langford's 1871 lectures on Yellowstone exploration
 * Historic events
 * Expeditions and the protection of Yellowstone (1869–1890)
 * Nez Perce in Yellowstone Park
 * History of the National Park Service
 * 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake
 * Mission 66 - National Park Service ten-year program to prepare parks for 1966 50th Anniversary
 * Teton–Yellowstone tornado - F4 tornado - July 21, 1987
 * Yellowstone fires of 1988
 * Advocates
 * Greater Yellowstone Coalition
 * Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative
 * Concessionaires
 * Harry W. Child - Assembled and operated the Yellowstone Park Company
 * Hamilton's Stores (Yellowstone National Park)
 * John F. Yancey - operated Yancey's Pleasant Valley Hotel, 1884–1903
 * Xanterra Parks and Resorts

Geography

 * Rivers
 * Bechler River
 * Crawfish Creek
 * Fall River
 * Firehole River
 * Gallatin River
 * Gardner River
 * Gibbon River
 * Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
 * Heart River
 * Lamar River
 * Lewis River
 * Madison River
 * Slough Creek
 * Snake River
 * Yellowstone River
 * Lakes
 * Grebe Lake
 * Heart Lake
 * Isa Lake
 * Lewis Lake
 * Shoshone Lake
 * Trout Lake
 * Wrangler Lake
 * Yellowstone Lake
 * Mountains
 * Abiathar Peak
 * Absaroka Range
 * Antler Peak
 * Barronette Peak
 * Bunsen Peak
 * Clagett Butte
 * Colter Peak
 * Cook Peak
 * Douglas Knob
 * Druid Peak
 * Dunraven Peak
 * Eagle Peak (Wyoming)
 * Electric Peak
 * Folsom Peak
 * Gallatin Range
 * Gray Peak (Wyoming)
 * Hedges Peak
 * Mount Chittenden
 * Mount Doane
 * Mount Everts
 * Mount Hancock
 * Mount Haynes
 * Mount Holmes
 * Mount Hornaday
 * Mount Jackson
 * Mount Norris
 * Mount Schurz
 * Mount Sheridan
 * Mount Stevenson
 * Mount Washburn
 * National Park Mountain
 * Prospect Peak
 * Specimen Ridge
 * Terrace Mountain
 * The Thunderer
 * Trischman Knob
 * Younts Peak
 * Waterfalls
 * Bechler Falls
 * Firehole Falls
 * Iris Falls
 * Kepler Cascades
 * Lewis Falls
 * Moose Falls
 * Mystic Falls
 * Tower Fall
 * Terraced Falls
 * Union Falls
 * Virginia Cascades
 * Yellowstone Falls
 * Roads and passes
 * Beartooth Highway
 * Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway
 * Craig Pass
 * Dunraven Pass
 * Golden Gate Canyon
 * Grand Loop Road
 * Kingman Pass
 * Sylvan Pass (Wyoming)
 * Yellowstone Trail
 * John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway

Geology

 * Geysers and thermal features
 * Yellowstone Caldera
 * Yellowstone Plateau
 * Yellowstone hotspot
 * List of Yellowstone geothermal features
 * Lone Star Geyser Basin
 * Lone Star Geyser
 * Lower Geyser Basin
 * A-0 Geyser
 * Artesia Geyser
 * Azure Spring
 * Bead Geyser
 * Botryoidal Spring
 * Box Spring
 * Clepsydra Geyser
 * Dilemma Geyser
 * Fountain Geyser
 * Great Fountain Geyser
 * Jet Geyser
 * Labial Geyser
 * Morning Geyser
 * Narcissus Geyser
 * Ojo Caliente Spring
 * Pink Cone Geyser
 * Pink Geyser
 * Spindle Geyser
 * White Dome Geyser
 * Young Hopeful Geyser
 * Midway Geyser Basin
 * Excelsior Geyser
 * Fountain Paint Pots
 * Grand Prismatic Spring
 * Opal Pool
 * Turquoise Pool
 * Upper Geyser Basin
 * Anemone Geyser
 * Artemisia Geyser
 * Atomizer Geyser
 * Aurum Geyser
 * Baby Daisy Geyser
 * Beauty Pool
 * Beehive Geyser
 * Big Cub Geyser
 * Bijou Geyser
 * Brilliant Pool
 * Castle Geyser
 * Chromatic Spring
 * Comet Geyser
 * Crested Pool
 * Daisy Geyser
 * Doublet Pool
 * Economic Geyser Crater
 * Fan and Mortar Geysers
 * Giant Geyser
 * Giantess Geyser
 * Grand Geyser
 * Grotto Geyser
 * Lion Geyser
 * Morning Glory Pool
 * Old Faithful Geyser
 * Pump Geyser
 * Riverside Geyser
 * Solitary Geyser
 * Spasmodic Geyser
 * Splendid Geyser
 * Turban Geyser
 * Vent Geyser
 * West Thumb Geyser Basin
 * Abyss Pool
 * Big Cone
 * Black Pool
 * Fishing Cone
 * Norris Geyser Basin
 * Big Alcove Spring
 * Echinus Geyser
 * Emerald Spring
 * Steamboat Geyser
 * Gibbon Geyser Basin
 * Beryl Spring
 * Mammoth Hot Springs
 * Mammoth Hot Springs
 * Yellowstone River
 * Sulphur Spring
 * Geologic formations
 * Huckleberry Ridge Tuff
 * Inspiration Point
 * Lava Creek Tuff
 * Mesa Falls Tuff
 * Obsidian Cliff
 * Overhanging Cliff
 * Sheepeater Cliff

Flora

 * Thermus aquaticus
 * Hadesarchaea

Fauna

 * American bison
 * Amphibians and reptiles of Yellowstone National Park
 * Animals of Yellowstone
 * Bighorn sheep
 * Birds of Yellowstone National Park
 * Grizzly bear
 * Elk
 * Fishes of Yellowstone National Park
 * Gray wolf
 * Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
 * History of wolves in Yellowstone
 * Leopold Report - Seminal 1963 study: "Wildlife Management in the National Parks"
 * Pronghorn
 * Small mammals of Yellowstone National Park
 * Wolf reintroduction
 * Yellowstone cutthroat trout
 * Yellowstone Park bison herd

Districts and structures

 * National Register of Historic Places listings in Yellowstone National Park
 * Districts
 * Firehole Village
 * Fort Yellowstone
 * Grand Loop Road Historic District
 * Grant Village
 * Lake Fish Hatchery Historic District
 * Mammoth Hot Springs Historic District
 * North Entrance Road Historic District
 * Roosevelt Lodge Historic District
 * Old Faithful Historic District
 * Yanceys, Wyoming
 * Structures
 * Canyon Hotel
 * Hotels and Tourist Camps of Yellowstone National Park
 * Fishing Bridge Museum
 * Lake Hotel
 * Lamar Buffalo Ranch
 * Madison Museum
 * Marshall's Hotel
 * Norris Geyser Basin Museum
 * Norris, Madison, and Fishing Bridge Museums
 * Northeast Entrance Station
 * Obsidian Cliff Kiosk
 * Old Faithful Inn
 * Old Faithful Lodge
 * Old Faithful Museum of Thermal Activity
 * Queen's Laundry Bath House
 * Roosevelt Arch
 * U.S. Post Office (Yellowstone National Park)

Recreation

 * Angling in Yellowstone National Park
 * Trails of Yellowstone National Park
 * Continental Divide Trail - Traverses southwest corner of the park

Media coverage

 * Yellowstone (UK TV series)

Trivia

 * J. Audubon Woodlore - Fictional Disney ranger from Brownstone Park (a parody of Yellowstone)
 * Salvatore Vasapolli - Photographic artist that produces Yellowstone calendars
 * Supervolcano (docudrama) - 2005 BBC/Discovery Channel docudrama centered on the fictional eruption of the volcanic caldera of Yellowstone National Park
 * USS Yellowstone (AD-27) - Shenandoah-class destroyer tender named for Yellowstone National Park (1945)
 * USS Yellowstone (AD-41) - Yellowstone-class destroyer tender (1979)
 * Yellowstone (film) - 1936 Murder mystery staged in Yellowstone
 * Yellowstone Trail - Early transcontinental highway project
 * Yellowstone: The Music of Nature - Yellowstone inspired music by Mannheim Steamroller (1989).
 * Boeing Yellowstone Project - a project to replace its entire civil aircraft portfolio with advanced technology aircraft.

Entrance communities

 * Montana
 * Gardiner, Montana
 * Cooke City-Silver Gate
 * Livingston, Montana
 * West Yellowstone, Montana
 * Yellowstone Airport - Located in West Yellowstone, Montana
 * Yellowstone National Park (part), Montana
 * Wyoming
 * Cody, Wyoming
 * Yellowstone Regional Airport - Located in Cody, Wyoming
 * Jackson, Wyoming
 * Jackson Hole Airport
 * Highways
 * John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway - Connects Grand Teton National Park and Yellowstone
 * U.S. Route 14 - Eastern entrance 44.48845°N, -110.00383°W
 * U.S. Route 20 - Western entrance, Eastern entrance
 * U.S. Route 89 - Northern entrance, Southern entrance
 * U.S. Route 191 - Western entrance, Southern entrance
 * U.S. Route 212 - Northeast entrance
 * U.S. Route 287 - Western entrance, Southern entrance