Counting Yellowstone's Thermal Areas: a Moving Number

Counting Yellowstone's thermal areas: a moving number

CALDERA CHRONICLES

Counting Yellowstone's thermal areas; always a moving number

Yellowstone National Park contains the world’s largest concentration of geothermal features. In fact, this is the primary reason it was set aside as a national park in 1872.

Yellowstone’s Thermal Areas, By The Numbers

Editor's note:Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles is a weekly column written by scientists and collaborators of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. This week's contribution is from R. Greg Vaughan, research scientist with the U.S. Geological Survey.Yellowstone National Park contains the world’s largest concentration of geothermal features. In fact, this is the primary reason it was set aside as a National Park in 1872.In Yellowstone, it is often sta…

Yellowstone National Park's Top 10 Things To Know About 2025 Summer Visits

With Memorial Day close approaching, the summer season across the National Park Service is just about to start. As one of the most iconic national parks in the world, Yellowstone National Park typically sees more than 4 million visitors per year with a majority of those visits coming between May and October. In anticipation of what could be a very busy summer, Yellowstone National Park released their top 10 list of things to know before a 2025 s…