“Old Faithful Geyser”

Our new featured hotspot is “Yellowstone National Park” located in Wyoming, Idaho and Montana.  It covers 3,472 square miles or over 2 million acres.  The majority of Yellowstone is located in Wyoming with only four percent located in the two remaining states.  Yellowstone became a National Park in 1872 and was the world’s first National Park.  At the heart of Yellowstone lies volcanism.  Two million years ago the first catastrophic volcanic eruption occurred, followed by two other eruptions, the latest occurring 600,000 years ago.  These eruptions collapsed the central area of the land and formed a 28x47 mile basin.  The scorching heat powering those eruptions still controls the parks famous geysers, hot springs, mud pots and fumaroles.  Yellowstone National Parks contains more geysers and hot springs than the rest of the world combined.