Yellowstone at 152 years old: Here are 152 fascinating facts about America's first national park
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Check out these 152 fun facts for Yellowstone National Park's 152th anniversary in 2024 — including notable quotes about the national treasure that is Yellowstone.
Check out these 152 facts! Yellowstone National Park stretches for 3,472 square miles and across more than 2.2 million acres — making it larger than Rhode Island and Delaware combined. There are more than 500 active geysers in Yellowstone. Yellowstone is home to the largest free-ranging herd of bison in North America. In July 2021, the park exceeded 1 million visitors in that month alone. Yellowstone's landscape has been naturally shaped by 14,000 years of wildfires. There are more than 900 historic buildings in Yellowstone. Harding snapped a photo with Yellowstone’s famous black bear, Jesse James. Yellowstone Club is the world’s only private ski, golf and adventure community. Angelica Stabile is a lifestyle writer for Fox News Digital.
1. Established on March 1, 1872, Yellowstone National Park became the first national park in the U.S.
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