Yellowstone National Park Facts and Figures
Index
Budget
Annual Budget - Fiscal Year
| Yellowstone National Park Budget Information | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Budget | Year | Budget | Year | Budget |
| 2021 | 2012 | $ 35,301,000 | 2003 | $ 27,669,000 | |
| 2020 | 2011 | $ 36,516,000 | 2002 | $ 27,043,000 | |
| 2019 | 2010 | $ 36,958,000 | 2001 | $ 25,122,000 | |
| 2018 | $ 35,535,400 | 2009 | $ 35,036,000 | 2000 | $ 24,508,000 |
| 2017 | $ 34,965,650 | 2008 | $ 33,489,000 | 1999 | $ 23,545,000 |
| 2016 | $ 34,695,700 | 2007 | $ 31,431,000 | 1998 | $ 22,421,000 |
| 2015 | $ 34,144,300 | 2006 | $ 30,605,000 | 1997 | $ 20,102,000 |
| 2014 | $ 33,807,500 | 2005 | $ 29,845,000 | 1996 | $ 19,451,000 |
| 2013 | $ 32,549,000 | 2004 | $ 28,116,000 | 1995 | $ 19,191,000 |
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Cultural Resources
Cultural Resources
A designated World Heritage Site - 08 Sep 1978 - First natural area in the U.S. to be designated
Archaeologic sites - 1,000+ (known)
Historic structures - 1,106
Historic Districts - 13
National Historic Landmarks - 6 (Obsidian Cliff and 5 buildings)
Historic photographs - 90,000
Museum objects - over 200,000
Linear feet of archives - 2,500
Research Library with over - 20,000 volumes
27 Affiliated American Indian tribes
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Elevation
Elevation
DMS: 44° 19′ 15″ N, 110° 1′ 40″ W / Decimal: : 44.320833, -110.027778 / UTM: 12T 577526 4907968
Lowest point: 5,282 feet / 1610 meters - Reese Creek - north west area of Yellowstone.
DMS: 45° 01' 53.9" N, 110° 47' 42.5" W / Decimal: 45.031633, -110.795124 / UTM: 12T 516138.48 4986484.85
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Employee Information
Employees / Staffing - See Employee Reunion Page
During the Summer
Concessions - 3,200
During Other Seasons
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Entrance Information
Entrance Information - Open / Closure Information - See the Entrance Page for more detailed information
Least Busiest Entrance - Northeast
West Entrance usually opens in mid-April
East and South Entrances open approximately a month or so later (depends on road plowing)
East, South and West Entrances normally close the first Monday in November at 8:00 am
East, South and West Entrances open for winter activities usually in mid-December
Winter access via above gates by - snowshoes, skis, snowmobile or snowcoach (no wheeled vehicles)
East, South and West Entrances close in mid-March for winter activities
North Entrance - only entrance open year round to wheeled vehicles (winter, spring, summer & fall)
Open / Closure dates are established by the Park Service and are subject to change due to weather or other conditions
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Facilities
Facilities - See Visitors Guide and Camping Page and Lodging Page
Nine (9) hotels / lodges (2,184 hotel rooms / cabins) - For Details See: Lodging Page
Seven (7) National Park Service operated campgrounds (458 sites) - For Details See: Camping Page
Five (5) concession operated campgrounds (1,744 sites) - For Details See: Camping Page
Over 2,000 buildings (National Park Service and concession)
Picnic Areas - 52
Ranger Stations - Park Headquarters is located at Mammoth, Wyoming - and is open all year
Bridge Bay
Canyon
East Entrance
Grant Village
Lake
Lamar
Lewis Lake
Madison
Mammoth - open year round
Norris
North Entrance
Northeast Entrance
Old Faithful
South Entrance
Thorofare - Southeast corner of park - backcountry
Tower - by Roosevelt Lodge (open during winter activities)
West Entrance
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Flora
Flora
Native vascular plants - approximately 1,700 species
Exotic (non-native) plants - 170 species
Lichens - 186 species
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Geology
Geology - See Geyser Page and Waterfalls Page
 An Active Volcano Earthquakes: approximately 2,000 a year Thermal features: 10,000 (approximately) Active geysers: 300 (approximately) Approximately 290 waterfalls, 15 feet or higher, flowing year-round Tallest waterfall: 308 feet / 94 meters - Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River - Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone One of the world's largest calderas (volcanic explosion crater), measures 45 mi x 30 mi / 72 km x 48 km |
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History
World's First National Park - See History Page
Forty-Second Congress of the United States of America;
At the Second Session,
Begun and held at the City of Washington, on Monday, the Fourth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one.
Established 01 March 1872, by an act of the U.S. Congress and signed by President Ulysses S. Grant.
President Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th president of the United States and Grant Village was named in his honor.
Signed by:
James Gillespie Blaine - Speaker of the House of Representatives
Schuyler Colfax - Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate
George Congdon Gorham - Secretary of the Senate
Ulysses S. Grant (Hiram Ulysses Grant) - President of the United States
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Designated an International Biosphere Reserve on: October 26th, 1976 by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Designated a World Heritage Site on: Septenber 8th, 1978 by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
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Yellowstone Lake & River & Creek Information
Yellowstone Lake - For Location See Map Page
Miles of shoreline - 110 / 177 km
Miles north to south - 20 / 32 km
Miles east to west - 14 / 23 km
Average depth - 140 feet / 43 m
Maximum depth - 400 feet / 122 m
124 Tributaries
Other Major Lakes - For Locations See Map Page
Lewis Lake
Shoshone Lake
Firehole River
Gardner River
Gibbon River
Lamar River
Lewis River
Madison River
Soda Butte Creek
Slough Creek
Yellowstone River
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Land Mass Make-up
Land Mass Make-up
15% is meadow and grassland
5% is covered by water (approximately)
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Location
45th Parallel North of Mammoth - by John W. Uhler
Southwest border of Montana
Eastcentral border of Idaho
96% in Wyoming
3% in Montana
1% in Idaho
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Meta Data
Yellowstone Metadata - Natural Resource Inventory & Monitoring Program: Official Inventory or Monitoring Records
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Roads and Trails
Roads and Trails - See Roads Page and Hiking Page
North Entrance - Gardiner, Montana - ONLY Entrance OPEN Year Round for Visitation
Northeast Entrance - Silver Gate, Montana
East Entrance - Cody, Wyoming
South Entrance - Moran, Wyoming
West Entrance - West Yellowstone, Montana
The road from the North Entrance to the Northeast Entrance is the ONLY Road Open All Year to wheeled vehicles
North or Upper Loop - 70 miles / 113 km
South or Lower Loop - 96 miles / 155 km
Grand Loop (North and South Loops) - 142 miles / 229 km
Approximately miles of trails - 1,200 / 1,931 km
Trailheads - 97
Backcountry campsites - 300 (approximately)
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Size
Size - See Map Page
Acres - 2,219,789 / 898,317 hectares
Miles north to south - 63 / 102 km
Miles east to west - 54 / 87 km
Larger than Rhode Island and Delaware combined
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Superintendents of Yellowstone National Park
Superintendents of Yellowstone National Park
| Superintendents of Yellowstone National Park | |||||
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| Name | Began | Ended | Name | Began | Ended |
| Nathaniel Pitt Langford1 | May 10, 1872 | Apr 18, 1877 | Colonel Lloyd M. Brett2 | September 30, 1910 | October 15, 1916 |
| Philetus Walter Norris1 | April 18, 1877 | March 31, 1882 | Chester Allinson Lindsley2 | October 16, 1916 | June 28, 1919 |
| Patrick Henry Conger1 | April 1, 1882 | September 9, 1884 | Horace Marden Albright1 | June 28, 1919 | January 11 1929 |
| Robert Emmett Carpenter1 | September 10, 1884 | June 30, 1885 | Joseph Joffe2 | January 12, 1929 | February 1, 1929 |
| David Walker Wear1 | July 1, 1885 | August 20, 1886 | Roger Wolcott Toll1 | February 1, 1929 | February 25, 1936 |
| Captian Moses Harris2 | August 20, 1886 | May 31, 1889 | John W. Emmert2 | February 26, 1936 | May 25, 1936 |
| Captain Frazier A. Boutelle2 | June 1, 1889 | February 15, 1891 | Edmund B. Rogers1 | May 25, 1936 | October 31, 1956 |
| Captain George S. Anderson2 | February 15, 1891 | June 23, 1897 | Lemuel A. Garrison1 | November 1, 1956 | February 16, 1964 |
| Colonel Samuel B. M. Young2 | June 23, 1897 | November 15, 1897 | John S. McLaughlin1 | March 6, 1964 | October 6, 1967 |
| Captain James B. Erwin2 | November 15, 1897 | March 15, 1899 | Jack K. Anderson1 | October 8, 1967 | July 22, 1976 |
| Captain Wilber E. Wilder2 | March 15, 1899 | June 23, 1899 | John Allen Townsley1 | August 4, 1976 | 1982 |
| Captain Oscar J. Brown2 | June 23, 1899 | July 24, 1900 | Robert Barbee1 | January 9, 1983 | September 1994 |
| Captain George W. Goode2 | July 24, 1900 | May 8, 1901 | Michael Finley1 | October 30, 1994 | February 2001 |
| Captain John Pitcher2 | May 8, 1901 | June 1, 1907 | Frank Walker2 | February 2001 | February 9, 2002 |
| General Samuel B. M. Young1 | June 1, 1907 | November 28, 1908 | Suzanne Lewis1 | February 10, 2002 | Oct 22, 2011 |
| Major Harry C. Benson2 | November 28, 1908 | September 30, 1910 | Dan Wenk1 | February 2011 | September 2018 |
| Cam Sholly | October 2018 | Present | |||
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UTMs
| Latitude / Longitude / UTM (NOTE: ALL UTMS ARE "Nad83") |
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|---|---|
| Center of the Park 44 36 53.25 (Lat) -110 30 03.93 (Long) UTM Zone 12: 4940281 N, 539584 E |
North Entrance 45 01 46.39 (Lat) -110 42 31.32 (Long) UTM Zone 12: 4986275 N, 522949 E |
| Old Faithful 44 27 37.31 (Lat) -110 49 41.59 (Long) UTM Zone 12: 4923021 N, 513665 E |
Northeast Entrance 45 00 12.09 (Lat) -110 00 04.62 (Long) UTM Zone 12: 4983809 N, 578510 E |
| Mammoth 44 58 34.79 (Lat) -110 42 03.37 (Long) UTM Zone 12: 4980364 N, 523580 E |
South Entrance 44 07 56.97 (Lat) -110 39 52.83 (Long) UTM Zone 12: 4886643 N, 526824 E |
| East Entrance 44 29 18.42 (Lat) -110 00 13.80 (Long) UTM Zone 12: 4926609 N, 579209 E |
West Entrance 44 39 30.27 (Lat) -111 05 49.87 (Long) UTM Zone 12: 4945010 N, 492295 E |
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Visitation Information
Visitation Information - See Visitor Statistics
Months with most visitors
Aug - 916,168 (August 2017)
Jun - 803,653 (June 2017)
Sep - 640,068 (September 2017)
Months with least visitors
Dec - 21,249 (Dec 2017)
Mar - 23,897 (Mar 2017)
Jan - 29,518 (Jan 2017)
Most visitors: 2016 – 4,257,178
Winter Visitation: 115,299 (November 2014 - March 2015)
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Waterfalls
Waterfalls - there are over 290 - See the Waterfalls Page
Dunnada Falls
Fairy Falls
Firehole Falls
Gibbon Falls
Keplers Cascade
LeHardys Rapids
Lower Falls
Moose Falls
Mystic Falls
Rustic Falls
Tower Fall
Undine Falls
Union Falls
Upper Falls
Wraith Falls
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Weather
Weather - See Weather Page for current conditions and more weather history data
Temperatures range from 10° F (-12° C) mean in January to 55° F (13° C) mean in July at Yellowstone Lake in the center of the park
Record High Temp: 98° F (37° C) - Lamar 1936
Record Low Temp: -66° F (-54° C) - Madison 1933
| Yellowstone's Average Temperatures and Precipitation | |||||||||||||
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| Weather Data - 48 Year Average | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual |
| Average Maximum Temperature (F) | 28.6 | 34.0 | 39.6 | 49.4 | 60.4 | 70.0 | 79.6 | 78.3 | 67.8 | 55.7 | 38.7 | 30.5 | 52.8 |
| Average Minimum Temperature (F) | 9.6 | 13.0 | 17.2 | 26.0 | 34.3 | 41.2 | 46.7 | 45.3 | 37.0 | 29.4 | 19.2 | 11.8 | 27.6 |
| Average Precipitation (Inches) | 1.1 | 0.75 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 15.4 |
| Average Total Snow Fall (Inches) | 14.5 | 10.4 | 13.1 | 5.9 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 3.7 | 9.0 | 13.5 | 72.1 |
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Wildlife
Wildlife - See Wildlife Page
Largest concentration of free-roaming wildlife in the lower 48 states and the global temperate zone
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Bird Species - 311 (148 nesting species) "Endangered or threatened" protected species - 5 Fish Species - 13 (5 non-native) Mammal Species - approximately 50 Bear Species - 2 
Canids (Dogs) Species - 4 - Coyote - Swift Fox - Red Fox - Wolf - See the Wolf Page Ungulate Species (native hoofed mammals) - 7 Reptile Species - 6 |
The list below names federally listed endangered or threatened species known to reside or occur in Yellowstone National Park.
E n d a n g e r e d
Gray wolf (Canis lupus) Whooping crane (Grus americana)T h r e a t e n e d
Grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) — the eagle was down listed from endangered to threatened in four of five regions, including the one containing Yellowstone, in July 1995. Lynx (Felis lynx canadensis) — listed in March 2000.Note: The peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) — formerly endangered, was delisted in August 1999.
Other Species of Concern
Category 1 species are candidates for listing on the federal list of threatened or endangered species.
Mountain plover (Charadrius montanus) — MigrantArctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus) — in 1994, listing was determined to be warranted but pre-cluded at that time.In August 1995, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued new policy indicating Category 2 species are no longer considered candidates for listing. The list below of formerly classified Category 2 species indicates species about which we lack good information. These species are not all confirmed to be in Yellowstone, but may occur or reside here.
Wolverine (Gulo gulo luscus) Spotted bat (Euderma maculatum) Preble's shrew (Sorexpreblei) — only one recorded specimen from Yellowstone Long-billed curlew (Numenius americanus) — Migrant Burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) — Migrant Ferruginous hawk (Buteo regalis ) — Migrant Trumpeter swan (Cygnus buccinator) Harlequin duck (Histrionicus histrionicus) Black tern (Chlidonias niger) — Occasional Loggerhead shrike (Lanius ludovicianus) — Migrant Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) Western boreal toad (Bufo boreas boreas) Spotted frog (Rana pretioas) Ross' bentgrass ( Agrostis rossiae) — Endemic to Yellowstone Yellowstone sand verbena ( Abronia ammophila)
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| Yellowstone National Park WebCams | |||||||
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| Old Faithful Live | All Old Faithful | Old Faithful Static | Old Faithful VC | North Entrance | Mt Washburn | Mammoth | YVO WebCam |
| Entrance Cities and Gateway Towns | |||
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| Gardiner, Montana | Silver Gate, Montana | West Yellowstone, Montana | Cooke City, Montana |
| Livingston, Montana | Cody, Wyoming | Jackson Hole, Wyoming | Yellowstone National Park |
| Links | |
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| The Great Outdoors Net | Great Outdoor Recreational Places |
| Gardiner, Montana | West Yellowstone, Montana |
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