Yellowstone is famous for a reason! This park is literally a wonderland of natural beauty and wildlife. There are unsurpassable vistas around every turn and plenty of wide open spaces to witness incredible scenery from the mountain floor. The hotsprings and geysers are arguably the most unique part of this park. The hot springs were absolutely mystical with the steady steam rising and dead trees standing ominously in the midst.

You can't reserve camping spots, which in high season can seal your fate if you decide to travel there on a whim. Sometimes the front entrance will say that several campsites are open, but when you arrive, the spots are gone.

All of the hotels and inns in the quaint small town of West Yellowstone were rented out and there is very little accomodation close to the park. There is a campsite about 15 miles out from the park on the West side where camping and parking only cost a total of $10. The bathroom facilities are little more than a a glorified outhouse with walls, so pack your clothes' pin and hold your breath!

There are 7 campsites for camping inside the park, and the cost is only $15 with a bathroom and hook-ups in certain camps. The campsites also have built-in grills for cooking over an open flame, which is a plus for those wanting to grill out but not desiring to haul supplies along.

Not quite Jellystone but Yellowstone is probably my favorite np that I've been to. Their Grand Canyon is more beautiful than the one in Arizona. Old Faithful too, while a little cliche, is a must.

So much to see and do here, and awesome animals. And the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone may be better than the actual Grand Canyon. And of course Old Faithful is the shit!

What a fascinating place this is. Sure it's crowded, but there's a reason it draws so many tourists. Nowhere else in the world can you see such a unique concentration of thermal events - geysers, hot springs, bubbling pools of colored mud... In the early 1800s, before settlers knew about Yellowstone, a fur trapper (John Colter, I think), was attacked by indians, and he escaped by running for two days straight through the area that now makes up this national park. When he finally stumbled across a U.S. outpost, he was naked, barely alive, and rambling about a place where steam shot up from the ground and mud boiled in the earth. The soldiers at the outpost thought Colter was nuts, so they called this "imaginary" place Colter's Hell. Turns out Colter was just describing an area so amazing it sounds completely crazy. I camped in Yellowstone for two nights and wished I could have stayed another week or two.

This is worth your trip no matter what part of the U.S. you are in. The sites and the wildlife are amazing, there is just so much to see that it is hard to take in. I would encourage everyone to go at least once.

I have been in love with this park since I first visited it as a six year old in the mid 1960's. What makes this park is of course the wildlife and the natural wonders. I can live with the traffic as it still allows you to move about on your own schedule more or less. I visited Yosemite and the shuttle situation gives you a limited ability to see the park.