The Arch is Beautiful and you can walk inside and drive thru. It is on way to park and normally Elk…read moreare nearby also check out Arch park right below the Arch. Worth stopping

Yellowstone absolutely blew me away. You can drive for hours looking at the most beautiful sights…read moreyou've ever seen. I actually cried because I felt so overwhelmed by its beauty. If you visit please be respectful of nature, and leave the animals alone. Make sure to bring sunblock, water and snacks. Pro tip: Go to the visitors center before you get started. They are great at giving your advise of how to best enjoy the park, where gas stations are found in the park etc. It's also a nice change to apply sunscreen, use the restrooms, and refill your water bottles.

This should be on everyone's bucket list. You can cover one of the loops in one day, but if you…read morewant to do the entire 'figure 8' tour, I'd allow for two days. It's an amazing experience. I remember going there as a pre teen but haven't been back in decades...I brought my partner who has never been here. We're both now in our 50s. I'm not sure what the admission fee is as we have an annual America The Beautiful pass that gets us in to all the National Parks. I didn't see much staff except for the entrance kiosk buildings and the tourist trappy visitor centers. Every once in a while we'd see a ranger vehicle driving around. One actually interposed itself between a large buffalo waltzing down the road and a motorcycle rider it was overly interested in. O.O! The crowd here can be very, very busy. I highly suggest getting here as early as possible - right when they open preferably. It's still busy but gives you a few hours start on the REAL crowd and makes the day much nicer.

I've visited Yellowstone National Park twice--first in 2016 and again in 2025--and both trips were…read moreunforgettable. On both visits, I stayed two nights in West Yellowstone and one night near Grand Teton National Park, which gave me plenty of time to explore both incredible parks. During my trips, I was fortunate to see grizzly bears, bison, wolves, and countless ravens in their natural habitat. Some of my favorite places included the Grand Prismatic Overlook (Vista Point) Trail, Grand Prismatic Spring, Lower Falls, Upper Falls, Tower Junction, Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone Lake, Old Faithful, Norris Geyser Basin, and many other geysers throughout the park. Every stop offers something unique and breathtaking. Yellowstone is one of the most spectacular national parks in the United States. The combination of abundant wildlife, colorful hot springs, waterfalls, mountains, and geothermal features makes every visit unforgettable. Even after visiting twice, I still can't wait to go back. I highly recommend spending at least three days in the area to experience both Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Park.

This is the main visitor center in the mammoth hot springs area. It's VERY big, they have lots of…read morestaff, bathroom, fill stations, a gift shop, big parking lot, and good-sized educational area downstairs. They do a great job keeping it clean and it's in a little community with restaurants and an ice cream shop. Great stop if you're near or passing through mammoth hot springs area!

Of the many visitor centers I've been to, this one goes under the less impressive bucket. It serves…read moreas a nice pit stop, but not something worth going out of your way for. Parking around here and the roads are very crammed. It's a tight two way for the most part with parking off to one or both sides, but there are some cars that just park in the middle of the road with emergency lights on because they're too impatient when it comes to finding a parking spot. The visiting center and museum itself is mimics the chaos on the road. It feels crammed even though there isn't a ton to see inside. It serves as a nice place to pick up some general information, use the restroom and get access to steady WiFi in case you've been struggling for connection on the road.

Follow the signs to this square-shaped park that features a perimeter road that makes it easy to…read morefind the absolute perfect spot for your recreation. Baseball fields, public restrooms, a lake you can fish or you can fish the beautiful Yellowstone River that runs alongside. Or enjoy the bandshell or the tennis courts or just so much more. This was a welcome break from the interstate and a terrific opportunity to get just a bit of nature back into me. [Review 20815 overall - 77 in Montana - 1799 of 2023.]

Great park for all kids big and small! Love that the playground is fenced off because my two year…read moreold likes to run away. There are also some older playground toys and lots of swings not too far from the playground that were fun! Happy I got to visit before the flooding. Since the flooding we have not been able to access the park from any roads and that's a huge disappointment as it is the best park in the whole town of Livingston!! Hoping it can re-open soon.

Great clean place for a picnic in the heart of west Yellowstone. Clean public restrooms. Covered…read morepicnic tables.

Nice Park at the entrance to the town with a few shaded pavilions and lots of parking you can also…read morewalk to the downtown lots of people being there make it safe. Nice basketball courts and soccer field clean bathrooms too

Great campground nestled in a meadow of wildflowers, next to a high mountain lake, surrounded by…read moremountains. This place is wonderful. The only downsides are lots of mosquitos, and the afternoon wind through the mountain pass can be brutal. American White Pelicans on the lake and moose in the willow marsh.

The park is new and still in. It's finishing stages. It is very nice with room lots, nice concrete…read morepad, picnic tables, and fantastic scenery. The manager, Todd, is amazing. He goes out of his way to make sure everyone has an enjoyable experience.

Nice little park in the middle of town with lots of stores around to shop and eat plus your right…read morenext to all the trains coming and going. Pretty neat

Beautiful park right below Roosevelt Arch's in Gardiner MT. It is right across from the library and…read morefootball field there is a public bathroom on the back side of the library. Best place to see Elk outside the park

The West Entrance to Yellowstone National Park was efficient every time we went through. We never…read moreencountered a longer WEEKDAY-delay at the entrance than 15min, on different weekdays approximately 6:30am, 8am, 8:30am, 10:30am, and 11am. (Jul 2026). On the other hand, even when we entered at 6:30am, traffic built up by the time we got to popular locations to the south between the entrance and Old Faithful. Not terribly bad, but enough that we would have started earlier if we could have. Studying traffic apps, it looked like traffic was better entering before 5:30am or maybe even 6am. We never saw bad backups (besides wildlife sightings) going north, or going all the way west between the north and south loops. We never started early enough to see sunrise inside the park. At the entrance, the far right lane was for pre-paid passes. With three other lanes open, the prepaid lane wasnt even twice as fast as the others. It was around two-cars faster when the other lanes were 6 or 8 cars. Pretty efficient. And they give you a useful park map, though you can buy more detailed maps and guidebooks at the park's visitors centers and around town. We used the free ones :-) We felt that the NPS app had info that's easier to access than their website. And believe it when they say cell service is limited to the major sights and visitor centers. Even GPS was spotty. So, after our first couple hours in the park, we made a point to download maps and info before the next leg of the trip, and on the second time in, we downloaded the night before.

If you end up trying to save money by staying in Idaho when visiting Yellowstone rather than…read morestaying in Wyoming, this is likely the main entrance you'll use to exit and re-enter the park during the days you visit. This community that the entrance is next to is also called West Yellowstone, and there's a lot of cute stuff there including a national park visitor center, gas stations, souvenirs and gift shops, and of course lots of restaurants and dessert shops. As for the entrance itself: if you come in during the most congested hours (usually 8-10am or so), despite the fact that there are usually 5-7 lanes open, the traffic will back up all the way down the road from the entrance to the main road of west Yellowstone. People do a decent job of spreading out to try to get in as quickly as possible, but you will have to wait at least a bit. It looks a lot worse than it is; I went in around 8:30 am or so and the number of cars was absolutely ABSURD, but the wait for me to eventually get to a ranger was only about 20-25 minutes. After you get through the entrance, there is a short length of two lanes, and then that becomes one lane. So long as there isn't an animal crossing, the lane does move just fine (at speed limit which is 35-45 mph). Overall - don't be too dismayed by the crazy line to get into the park at this entrance, it does move fast and the advantage of a nice visitor center and tons of food, gas and other resources like minutes from that entrance makes it a great spot to look for lodging or a break in between a visit to Yellowstone.

I went in the winter. Please keep that in mind. Everyone tells me there's much more to see during…read morethe Spring I will update this review then. There is a main road that is open all year long. You can drive through but be careful of the snow and the black ice.

We visited Yellowstone National Park on July 31st and walked where we weren't suppose to. There…read morewere no signs and the Ranger confirmed that. My grandson was given a citation and we need to go to court in January. It's so hard to believe they give citations without a warning and no signs. We won't be going back.