- The main reason that Yellowstone was founded was because it had a majority of the worlds geysers and underground volcanoes.
- There are more people that are hurt by Bison then there are hurt by bears and wolves.
- There are over 300 back-country campsites.
- There are more than 1,000 miles of trails in Yellowstone.
- You're not supposed to be within 50-25 feet of any dangerous animal.
- In Yellowstone there are 67 land animals, 330 types of birds, 5 amphibians, and 6 reptiles.
- In 2014 there were between 674 and 839 Grizzly bears.
- Gray wolves were restored in 1995 and in December of 2014 there were 95 counted.
- There are 7 native species elk, mule, deer, bison, moose, bighorn sheep, pronghorn, and white tailed deer.
- Yellowstone has a ton of underground volcanoes and that is why the geysers are so active.
- There are 2,219,789 acres of land which is larger than Rhode Island and Delaware combined.
- There is over 1100 native plants, and over 200 exotic plants.
- Over 10000 calderas and 300 geysers.
- There are about 290 waterfalls with Lower Falls at the highest at 308'.
- Some geysers are so hot you could die in one.
- There are 12 major rivers in Yellowstone.
- The average lifespan for a lodgepole pine is about 200 years.
- 26% of Yellowstone was burned in the 1988 fire.
- Yellowstone has about 1,000 to 3,000 earthquakes a year.
- Old faithful erupts every every 88 minutes but originally erupted every 60 minutes but because of earthquake damage it is now about 88 minutes.
- There are currently 13 wolf packs in Yellowstone.
- Currently there are about 400 moose in Yellowstone, over 15,000 Elk in the park and 4,000 bison in the National Park.
- In the year 1992 Yellowstone hit a record high of about 3 million visitors in one year. But in 2014 the new record of 3,513,484
- There are 5 park entrances.
- The park is in 3 states 96% in Wyoming, 3% Montana, and 1% in Idaho.
- The park gets about 10-80 inches in precipitation.
- The Yellowstone Lake average depth is 140 feet, and the deepest is around 410'.
- President Ulysses S. Grant established Yellowstone as the world’s first National Park on March 1, 1872. Copied from http://facts.randomhistory.com/yellowstone-facts.html.
- In January of 1883 Henry Teller prohibited hunting within Yellowstone.
- Yellowstone has the worlds one of 30 super volcanoes and its the only one on land the others are in the water.
- Yellowstone sorta has its own Grand Canyon Lower Falls created it because of all the water that is poured over the side every second.
- Cutthroat trout are only found in Yellowstone.