The entire park is a caldera, basically the crater of a massive volcano. With all the heat and movement of magma close to the earth's surface - which is what causes the geysers in the park - the crust can buckle and move more readily than other places, which results in earthquakes.
Because it is really warm there and it is also close to water.
Yes! Yellowstone National Park is a great vacation spot! Tour the Upper Geyser Basin, hike the Yellowstone Grand Canyon, and spend some time in the comfortable Old Faithful Inn. You'll never run out of thing to do in Yellowstone. Have fun!
Yes. Yellowstone National Park has hundreds of waterfalls. There are many rivers and streams within Yellowstone National Park which offer plenty of waterfalls for your viewing pleasure. One of the most famous waterfalls in Yellowstone Park is located on the Yellowstone River and is called the Lower Falls. It is a massively beautiful waterfall and can be viewed by walking a short distance from a parking area along a well marked trail. There are many other great waterfalls in the park as well. Yes. Yellowstone National Park has hundreds of waterfalls. There are many rivers and streams within Yellowstone National Park which offer plenty of waterfalls for your viewing pleasure. One of the most famous waterfalls in Yellowstone Park is located on the Yellowstone River and is called the Lower Falls. It is a massively beautiful waterfall and can be viewed by walking a short distance from a parking area along a well marked trail. There are many other great waterfalls in the park as well. Yes. Yellowstone National Park has hundreds of waterfalls. There are many rivers and streams within Yellowstone National Park which offer plenty of waterfalls for your viewing pleasure. One of the most famous waterfalls in Yellowstone Park is located on the Yellowstone River and is called the Lower Falls. It is a massively beautiful waterfall and can be viewed by walking a short distance from a parking area along a well marked trail. There are many other great waterfalls in the park as well.
Based on the number of visitors, the most popular National parks in the United States are The Great Smoking Mountains National Park, in Tennessee; The Grand Canyon National Park, in Arizona; Yosemite National Park, in California; Yellowstone National Park, in Wyoming; and Olympic National Park, in Washington.
Probably the Grand Canyon National Park or Yellowstone National Park. Actually according to the National Park Service the Great Smokey Mountins are the most visited. You can check their website at: http://www.nps.gov/grsm/
Great Falls of the Yellowstone - 1903 was released on: USA: November 1903
Yellowstone National Park is a super volcano. Yellowstone is over a "hot spot" which is why there are geysers there. The hot spot blew millions of years ago leaving a caldera where the geysers are. Yellowstone is a volcano but do not go expecting an eruption unless you can wait a few million years.
The Great Geysers of Yellowstone Park - 1912 was released on: USA: 24 August 1912
Yellowstone National Park is probably the most famous US National Park due to the fact that it was also the first national park in the world. Yellowstone also consistently ranks in the top three or four most visited US National Parks, even though access to the park is limited during seven or eight months of the year due to weather. Other famous US National Parks are: Great Smoky Mountains National Park Yosemite National Park Grand Canyon National Park
If you're referring to the great fire of 1988, all seven of the fires that eventually merged into one fire came from lightning.
Yellowstone Lake (found in Yellowstone National Park) has the highest elevation of a lake in the US. Its elevation is 7,735 feet above sea level.
Driving to Yellowstone can be a wonderful trip all on its own. The time that it takes to get to Yellowstone depends upon the route and how many hours that you want to drive during the day. The most direct route from El Paso to Yellowstone is about 1200 miles, or about 20 hours driving time, and takes you past some other great places on either I-15 or I-25.
The Great Yellowstone Park Hold-Up - 1908 was released on: USA: 12 September 1908