The primary entries to Yellowstone and Grand Teton are through Montana and Wyoming, so if you want information about the surrounding areas, contact these states' travel services: Travel Montana, P.O. Box 200533, 301 S. Park Ave., Helena, MT 59601 (tel. 800/VISIT-MT or 406/841-2870; www.visitmt.com); and the Wyoming Business Council Tourism Division, I-25 at College Drive, Cheyenne, WY 82002 (tel. 800/225-5996 or 307/777-7777, TDD 307/344-2386; www.wyomingtourism.org).
To receive maps and information before your arrival, contact Visitors Services, P.O. Box 168, Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190 (tel. 307/344-7381; www.nps.gov/yell).
Information regarding lodging, tours, boating, and horseback riding is available from Xanterra Parks & Resorts, P.O. Box 165, Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190 (tel. 307/344-7311; www.travelyellowstone.com).
For information about educational programs at the Yellowstone Institute, contact the Yellowstone Association, P.O. Box 117, Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190 (tel. 307/344-2293; www.yellowstoneassociation.org). The association also operates bookstores in park visitor centers, museums, and an educational facility open to the public; contact it for a course catalog or details about the books it offers.
General Tourist Information -- Other sources of information include Yellowstone Country, 1822 W. Lincoln St., Bozeman, MT 59715 (tel. 800/736-5276); Gardiner Chamber of Commerce, 222 Park St. (P.O. Box 81), Gardiner, MT 59030 (tel. 406/848-7971); Colter Pass/Cooke City/Silver Gate Chamber of Commerce, P.O. Box 1071, Cooke City, MT 59020 (tel. 406/838-2495); West Yellowstone Chamber of Commerce, 30 Yellowstone Ave. (P.O. Box 458), West Yellowstone, MT 59758 (tel. 406/646-7701); Jackson Hole Chamber of Commerce, 990 W. Broadway (P.O. Box 550), Jackson, WY 83001 (tel. 307/733-3316); Jackson Hole Central Reservations (tel. 800/443-6931); Cody Country Chamber of Commerce, 836 Sheridan Ave., Cody, WY 82414 (tel. 307/587-2777); and the Park County Travel Council, P.O. Box 2454, Cody, WY 82414 (tel. 307/587-2297).