One of the most stunning photos we have ever seen of Old Faithful at #sunrise in Yellowstone National Park.  

Photo: Tracy Ferguson

We can’t think of a more perfect location for a picnic than Artist Point in Yellowstone National Park.

Photo: courtesy of www.recreation.gov

Rush hour traffic takes on a whole new meaning at Yellowstone National Park.

Photo: National Park Service

Another amazing photo from the Bureau of Land Management’s Tumblr account. Check out their Tumblr to see more amazing photos from our public lands.

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A Stunning shot of the Lost River Range in Idaho. Photo by Ace Hess

The majestic South Fork of the Snake River flows 66 miles across southeastern Idaho, through high mountain valleys, rugged canyons, and broad flood plains to its confluence with the Henry’s Fork near Menan Buttes.  Since 1985, the river has been eligible for inclusion in the nation’s Wild and Scenic River System. 

The South Fork supports the largest riparian cottonwood gallery forest in the West and is among the most unique and diverse ecosystems in Idaho.  It is also home to 126 bird species, including 21 raptors, meriting a “National Important Bird Area” designation.  The river also supports the largest native cutthroat fishery outside of Yellowstone National Park.  The corridor is also home for an impressive array of other wildlife including moose, deer, elk, mountain goats, mountain lions, black bears, bobcats, coyotes, river otter, beaver, fox, and mink.  

Among recreationists throughout the country, the South Fork is known as a premier blue ribbon trout fishery, and was selected as the host site for the 1997 World Fly-Fishing Championship. More than 300,000 visitors each year enjoy fishing, camping, hiking, and boating.

Photo: Bureau of Land Management 

This is the Birch Creek area along the National Landscape Conservation System’s Nez Perce National Historic Trail. Congress established the Nez Perce National Historic Trail in 1986. The trail stretches from Wallowa Lake, Oregon and across Idaho to the Bear Paw National Historic Trail in Chinook, Montana.

Photo: James Neeley

The majority of the world’s geysers are preserved here in Yellowstone National Park. They are the main reason the park was established in 1872 as America’s first national park—an idea that spread worldwide. A mountain wildland, home to grizzly bears, wolves, and herds of bison and elk, the park is the core of one of the last, nearly intact, natural ecosystems in the Earth’s temperate zone.

Photo: Dennis Carroll, National Park Service 

Nez Perce National Historical Park is a non-traditional National Park site. The park tells a story about a people that is spread over a large geographic area. For countless generations, the Nimiipuu or Nez Perce have lived among the rivers, canyons and prairies of the inland northwest. Despite the cataclysmic change of the past two centuries, the Nez Perce are still here.

The park has thirty-eight sites in four states - Idaho, Oregon, Montana, and Washington. A park map is available here and can be used in conjunction with this list. Comprehensive trip planning information is also available here.

In this photo, a 150-year-old buffalo hide tipi in the park’s collection was photographed.  The tipi was probably made in the 1850s and consists of sixteen to twenty buffalo hides, stitched together with sinew. 

Photo: National Park Service 

Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve in Idaho is a vast ocean of lava flows with scattered islands of cinder cones and sagebrush. We invite you to explore this “weird and scenic landscape” where yesterday’s volcanic events are likely to continue tomorrow.

Photo: National Park Service 

140 years ago today, Yellowstone National Park became America’s first national park. Located in Wyoming, Montana and Idaho, it is home to a large variety of wildlife including grizzly bears, wolves, bison, and elk. Preserved within Yellowstone National Park are Old Faithful and a collection of the world’s most extraordinary geysers and hot springs, and the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone.

Pictured above is Old Faithful erupting, which is from Ansel Adams series of photos of National Parks and Monuments taken from 1933-1942. 

Photo: Ansel Adams, U.S. National Archives