Check out these 152 fun facts for Yellowstone National Park's 152th anniversary in 2024 — including notable quotes about the national treasure that is Yellowstone.
Yellowstone National Park turned 150 years old in 2022. As the U.S. continues to celebrate a milestone anniversary of this treasured American national park — now 152 years old in 2024 — here's a collection of fascinating facts, featured players and sometimes-forgotten but always interesting details, numbers, quotes and more connected to our remarkable national preserve. Check out these 152 facts! Yellowstone's beginnings 1.
The lowest point of Yellowstone National Park is 5,282 feet at Reese Creek. 14. The park is comprised of forest , grassland and water . 15. The park is located at the convergence of the Great Plains, Great Basin and Columbia Plateau. 16. Yellowstone National Park is bigger than 2 U.S. states. It stretches for 3,472 square miles and across more than 2.2 million acres — making it larger than Rhode Island and Delaware combined, according to Yellowstone.org. Yellowstone's landscape 17.
Dominant bull elk require a harem of females, ranging from 5 to 90 at a time. 55. Elk have a tendency to ram into car doors on Yellowstone roadways during breeding season, due to their increased testosterone. 56. Yellowstone is home to the largest free-ranging herd of bison in North America. 57. Yellowstone has recovered a population of about 3,000 to 4,000 bison per year since the extermination of an estimated 60 million in the 1800s. 58.
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