Top 10 CRAZIEST Facts About Yellowstone!

Top 10 CRAZIEST Facts About Yellowstone! From amazing geysers to incredible landscapes…stay tuned to number 1 to find out the craziest facts about Yellowstone National Park!

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Number 10: Yellowstone Is Really Big.
One of the things that sets Yellowstone National Park apart from various other parks is its size. Yes, it's not the biggest park in the United States (that would be Wrangell-St. Elias in Alaska), but it is rather impressive in terms of scope. In fact, you could put both the states of Delaware and Rhode Island into the Yellowstone Park and have room to spare.
Here's another interesting fact, Yellowstone isn't nestled within one state, it's actually in three. You'll find most of Yellowstone in Wyoming, but...you'll also find parts of it in Idaho and Montana. That's another piece of proof for how big it is.
Yet, that's still not the only identifier for how big it is, but this is: it's the features that make it so big. You see, the Yellowstone National Park has a major amount of geothermal features. You know, like geysers, and steam vents, and even hot springs. There are so many of them packed within Yellowstone that it actually holds half of the worlds geothermal features. Half! All within one park. Really puts its size into perspective, doesn't it?
Number 9: No One Believed The Stories About Geysers.
We all know the phrase, "Seeing is believing", right? Because sometimes, an idea or theory or sighting is so out of this world that it can't be believed until we see it with our own two eyes. Now, usually, you'd associate this kind of logic with something like Bigfoot, or aliens. But in the early days of the United States, geysers were something that people had a hard time believing in.
It may seem odd in context, but think about it. The early settlers were on the eastern coast of the United States, and thus didn't have access to geysers. And there clearly wasn't ones in Europe where they lived. So, when a man named John Colter went through Wyoming and saw the geysers of Yellowstone, and tried to describe them to others, what do you think they thought? That he was crazy! Water shooting out of the ground with incredible power? And shooting out steam as it did? To them, it was madness.
The ironic thing though is that 50 years later (when Wyoming still wasn't that explored), another explore named Jim Bridges made claims about similar things...and still no one believed him.
But the most ironic thing of all? When you think of Yellowstone National Park now? You think of Old Faithful and the other geysers of the park. I guess they finally believed.
Number 8: A Painter Helped Create Yellowstone.
Sticking with history a bit longer, let's talk about how Yellowstone National Park got officially made. For it didn't just happen, especially not in those days.
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Yellowstone had to be discovered, explored, and then talked about to those in power. The first officially funded expedition into the park was done in 1871. This expedition had many people on it, including the leader, Ferdinand Hayden. Along with him was a plethora of botanists, biologists, and somewhat surprisingly, an artist. But then again, with camera technology not being anywhere at the time, they needed someone to make a visual depiction of the land. This artists' name was Thomas Moran.
Thomas Moran used his time in what would become Yellowstone to great effect. He made over 30 watercolor paintings of the region, depicting various parts of the park in great detail.
At first, the paintings were only shown to the people, who were amazed by them. But then, they were also shown to the members of Congress. Why? Well, because many people wanted to make this region a "national playground", and they needed Congress' approval to do so. The pictures were so lovely, that Congress agreed that this place should be preserved for all time, and thus, Yellowstone National Park became the first official National Park in United States history.
Number 7: The Truth About Old Faithful.
As I noted earlier, when you think about Yellowstone National Park, you don’t just have your mind go to the geysers of the park. But more specifically, you think about Old Faithful. This legendary geyser is very different from all the other geysers in the park (did I mention there are 300 of them in Yellowstone?) because it has a frequency to it that has to be admired. In fact, people have timed the gaps between the eruptions and found that they are about 92 minutes between eruptions...give or take. Because of this, Old Faithful erupts around 17 times a day.

[ioanlightoller]

I hope at some point to revisit Yellowstone. I visited it as a kid and loved it. And everything I've learned about it since then makes it extra wonderful. I'm a geology nut so, well, Yellowstone is a heaven. And I love the wildlife. My wife and I love wolves and bison, so yeah, I think a person should try to visit there at least once in their lifetime. Thanks for posting this!

[wackowask]

Been there, done that! Everyone should take a trip there at least once. 😉

[Viper-MotoVlogger]

I live in Alberta, which is above Montana. So, the fact that the park is a super volcano is not good lol. Nice vid bro.

[samalander]

Sorry can you stop talking so loud I can’t hear the music.

[reikilynx]

Park kills Bison, that is the truth in more ways than one. Every year in fall they shoot from air so many, it breaks my heart. They claim it's to help the starvation amongst them, I say it to feed the
volunteers (Xanterra) that work the park every year and supply the hotel with food other food suppliers even, personally. I live 3 1/2 hours from park. The last EQ we had up this way was a 5.8
rattling houses and people. Not bad for eleven years living here. True, Yellowstone has many EQ's daily. If it didn't, , then I would worry! New geysers are nothing new. The park changes daily just
as people's bodies do. It's nature. If we listened every time channels say it was going to blow, we'd lose our minds. Can it become an issue, Hawaii is an answer to that as well as many other
popping off around the planet?...Yes. Am I concerned? No. If it blows, it will be instantaneous for me. Lengthy and smothering for the survivors on the rest of the planet though. So I see it
as I am the lucky one. There is not a day that goes by that I don't love living in this area. 'God 'lives' here, Some think we are nuts for living here, we think they're nuts for not :)
Thank you. Glad you cleared this up for people, it's important.