West Yellowstone
A small town just outside Yellowstone's West Entrance, with the most hotels and restaurants and about a 50-minute drive to Old Faithful. It is the most popular base for visiting the park.
The town lies in Montana, with neatly laid-out streets. Hotels, motels, restaurants and outdoor gear shops cluster along Canyon Street, and the town also has the Yellowstone Historical Center, an IMAX theater and the Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center. From the West Entrance it takes about 40 minutes to reach Grand Prismatic Spring and about 50 minutes to Old Faithful. Summer room rates are high, so book ahead. In winter, the town is the main departure point for snowcoach and snowbus trips into the park. In summer, flights serve West Yellowstone Airport.
Opening hours
All day
Nearby sights
- Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center
- Firehole Canyon Drive & Firehole Falls
- Fairy Falls Trail & Grand Prismatic Overlook
- Grand Prismatic Spring
- Fountain Paint Pot
- Upper Geyser Basin & Morning Glory Pool
- Gibbon Falls
- Old Faithful Inn