Visitor Information

The primary entries to Yellowstone are through Montana and Wyoming, so if you want information about the surrounding areas, contact these states' travel services: Travel Montana, 301 S. Park Ave. (P.O. Box 200533), Helena, MT 59601 (tel. 800/847-4868 or 406/841-2870; TDD 406/841-7202; 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. 866/439-7375 or 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, 1820 W. Lincoln St., Bozeman, MT 59715 (tel. 800/736-5276 or 406/556-8680; www.yellowstonecountry.net); Gardiner Chamber of Commerce, 222 Park St. (P.O. Box 81), Gardiner, MT 59030 (tel. 406/848-7971; www.gardinerchamber.com); Cooke City/Colter Pass/Silver Gate Chamber of Commerce, 205 Main St. (P.O. Box 1071), Cooke City, MT 59020 (tel. 406/838-2495; www.cookecitychamber.org); West Yellowstone Chamber of Commerce, 30 Yellowstone Ave. (P.O. Box 458), West Yellowstone, MT 59758 (tel. 406/646-7701; www.westyellowstonechamber.com); Jackson Hole Chamber of Commerce, 990 W. Broadway (P.O. Box 550), Jackson, WY 83001 (tel. 307/733-3316; www.jacksonholechamber.com); Jackson Hole Central Reservations (tel. 800/443-6931); Cody Country Chamber of Commerce, 836 Sheridan Ave., Cody, WY 82414 (tel. 307/587-2777; www.codychamber.org); and the Buffalo Bill's Cody/Yellowstone Country, P.O. Box 2454, Cody, WY 82414 (tel. 800/393-2639 or 307/587-2297; www.pctc.org).

Recommended Reading

The following books are interesting, informative, and easy to find: Yellowstone, A Visitor's Companion, by George Wuerthner, Stackpole Books, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; The Yellowstone Story (two volumes), by Aubrey Haines, Colorado Associated University Press; Searching for Yellowstone, by Paul Schullery, Mariner Books, New York; Yellowstone Trails: A Hiking Guide, by Mark C. Marschall, Yellowstone Association, Yellowstone National Park; Top Trails Yellowstone & Grand Teton, by Andrew Dean Nystrom, Wilderness Press, Berkeley, California; Death in Yellowstone, by Lee Whittlesey, Roberts Rinehart Publishers, Boulder, Colorado; Grand Teton National Park, available from the Grand Teton Natural History Association; A Guide to Exploring Grand Teton National Park, by Linda L. Olson and Tim Bywater, RNM Press, Salt Lake City, Utah; Crucible for Conservation, by Robert Righter, Grand Teton Natural History Association, Moose, Wyoming; and Teton Trails: A Guide to the Trails of Grand Teton National Park, by Katy Duffy and Darwin Wile, Grand Teton Natural History Association. Falcon Press (Helena, Montana) also publishes a long list of hiking, fishing, climbing, and other guides to the Yellowstone/Grand Teton region.

If you cannot find these publications in your local bookstore, many can be ordered from either the Yellowstone Association (tel. 307/344-2293; www.yellowstoneassociation.org) or the Grand Teton Association (tel. 307/739-3403; www.grandtetonpark.org).