Area Day Trips
Area Day Trip One
Madison River Canyon Earthquake Area - The Night the Mountain Fell
Leave West Yellowstone on US 20 over the Targhee Pass into Idaho and make a right turn onto Idaho 87. At the next junction you will turn right again onto US 287. The driving adventure begins as you pass through the Madison River Canyon which, in 1959, was struck by one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded on the North American continent. More...
Area Day Trip Two
Big Springs & Johnny Sack Cabin
Big Springs is the head waters of the Henry's Fork of the Snake River. 120 million gallons of water flow from this spring every day making it one of the largest springs in the country. Big Springs is also spawning grounds for rainbow trout. More...
Grand Teton National Park
Grand Teton National Park
At nearly 10 million years young, the Tetons are the newest mountains in the Rockies. In fact, they continue to grow today at a pace of about an inch every hundred years. More...
Yellowstone National Park Day Trip One
Yellowstone National Park
Trip 1 - Lower Loop
While staying in West Yellowstone you will enter Yellowstone through the West entrance. At the park gate be sure to pick up the “Yellowstone Today” and a park map. This park newspaper will give you a wealth of helpful information: updates on road conditions and construction, news about special events and interpretive programs and park regulations. More...
Yellowstone National Park Day Trip Two
Yellowstone National Park
Trip Two - Upper Loop
While staying in West Yellowstone you will enter Yellowstone through the West entrance. At the park gate be sure to pick up the “Yellowstone Today” and a park map. This park newspaper will give you a wealth of helpful information: updates on road conditions and construction, news about special events and interpretive programs and park regulations. More...
Winter in Yellowstone
Day Trip
Yellowstone's frosty landscapes create the perfect white canvas for spotting wildlife of any shape and size or capturing the frosty steam from a wintry waterfall. The scene is ever changing. Some days bring brilliant blue skies with "snow dawgs" silhouetted against the pines and diamond-sutdded reflections off snowy fields. Other days bring the steady, silent descent of powdery flakes from leaden skies covering everything with a soft downy blanket of new snow. No wonder so many refer to Yellowstone as a true "Winter Wonderland." More...
