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  • A bull elk bugles in Yellowstone National Park

    Yellowstone

    National Park ID,MT,WY

Operating Hours & Seasons

Heart Springs has a deep blue center and is surrounded by white sinter crust. It was named after its resemblance to a human heart.

Heart Springs

NPS

The park is open 24 hours a day, 365 days per year.

Schedules can change so check locally for updates!

What Season is Best?
Choosing which season to visit Yellowstone depends on what you are looking for. Winter, spring, summer, and fall have their own character and advantages. Plan your visit in advance and make sure to consider how Things to Do and Places to Go vary depending on the time of year.

Did You Know?

Fire in Yellowstone Pineland in 1988

The 1988 fires affected 793,880 acres or 36 percent of the park. Five fires burned into the park that year from adjacent public lands. The largest, the North Fork Fire, started from a discarded cigarette. It burned more than 410,000 acres.