# Best things to do in Yellowstone National Park

Geysers, hot springs, canyons and wildlife: the Yellowstone experiences travellers and photographers recommend most.

- 30 votes · 15 items
- Oct 13, 2022 · the_wayfarer
- https://even.best/en/l/1085/best-things-to-do-in-yellowstone-national-park

## Top 10

1. **Grand Prismatic Spring** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — The largest hot spring in the US, with rainbow colours.
2. **Fairy Falls Trail overlook** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Hike to the best view of Grand Prismatic from above.
3. **Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Lower Falls seen from Artist Point.
4. **Lamar Valley** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — 'America's Serengeti' for bison and wolves.
5. **Old Faithful** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — The famous geyser that erupts roughly every 90 minutes.
6. **Mammoth Hot Springs** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Travertine terraces in the north of the park.
7. **Norris Geyser Basin** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — The hottest and most changeable geyser basin.
8. **Great Fountain Geyser** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Predictable eruptions in the Lower Geyser Basin.
9. **Mount Washburn** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Hike to a fire lookout with park-wide views.
10. **Fountain Paint Pot** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Short boardwalk in the Lower Geyser Basin with mud pots, fumaroles, hot springs and geysers.
11. **Artist Point** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Classic viewpoint over the Lower Falls of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone.
12. **Yellowstone Lake and West Thumb** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Geysers on the shore of a high-altitude lake.
13. **Hayden Valley** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Wildlife viewing along the Yellowstone River.
14. **Morning Glory Pool** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Blue-green hot pool in the Upper Geyser Basin.
15. **Steamboat Geyser** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The world's tallest active geyser, in Norris Geyser Basin; its eruptions are irregular.

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