Best Traditional American Yellowstone Grand Tetons and Glacier National Park Heritage Tour Destinations
Browse more guides: United States travel | North America destinations Best Traditional American Yellowstone Grand Tetons and Glacier National Park Heritage Tour Destinations TL;DR The Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem preserves the world's first national park (Yellowstone, 1872) plus the dramatic Grand Tetons. Major destinations: Yellowstone National Park (UNESCO 1978), Grand Teton National Park , Glacier National Park (UNESCO 1995 with Canadian Waterton), Jackson Hole , Bozeman , plus broader Northern Rockies cultural-tourism. Plan a 7-10 day Yellowstone-area trip. This is the world's premier first-national-park destination plus authentic American wilderness heritage. Background Yellowstone (UNESCO 1978, the world's first national park, established March 1, 1872) covers 8,983 km² across Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho. The park sits atop the Yellowstone Caldera supervolcano (one of three active US supervolcanoes) - last erupted 640,000 years ago, hosts 10,000+ thermal ...