Inspiration Point

Inspiration Point is a terrain feature located in Moose, Wyoming at Grand Teton National Park. The vantage point, at its 7,200 foot elevation, allows for a panoramic view of the Grand Tetons, Jenny Lake, and the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone ...

Fort Stevens State Park

Fort Stevens State Park, named after Isaac Stevens, a former Washington Territory Governor and Civil War general, is part of Lewis and Clark National and State Historical Parks. Located on the Columbia River west of Astoria, Oregon, this site has ...

Camp Fortunate

Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and their company established Camp Fortunate on August 17, 1805, in what is now Beaverhead County, Montana. For one week the expedition utilized this campsite along the Beaverhead River to provide shelter while conducting trade with ...

Buffalo Mirage Access

Buffalo Mirage Fishing Access is an entry point into the Yellowstone River near present-day Park City, west of Billings, Montana. Currently, the site provides a location for fishing, boating, and picnicking. William Clark and his detachment camped at this area ...

Steamboat Geyser

Steamboat Geyser is a part of the larger Norris Geyser Basin, and is the tallest active geyser in the world, shooting powerful jets of steam more than 300 ft (91 m) into the blue skies of Yellowstone National Park in ...

Crazy Horse Monument

The Crazy Horse Monument project began to honor a legendary and skillful Native American warrior of the Lakota Sioux tribe who fought to protect the native values and way of life.

His most famous involvement in battle, at the Battle of ...

Chief Timothy Park

Chief Timothy Park is a former U.S. State Park that is now privately owned by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and is situated on an island between the towns of Lewiston, Idaho, and Clarkston, Washington, with the two cities ...

Black Hills National Forest

The Black Hills National Forest is an area steeped in rich cultural and historical importance. Archaeologists have found evidence of human activity in the area 10,000 years ago. It later served as a peaceful meeting place for warring tribes of ...

Mammoth District

The Mammoth District of Yellowstone contains a number of constantly shifting and changing hot springs. The springs are formed by hot water rising through limestone, resulting in travertine deposits.

When John Colter, a member of Lewis and Clark’s Corps of ...

Lower Yellowstone Falls

The lower falls of the Grand Canyon in Yellowstone are 308 feet tall, twice as tall as Niagara Falls. The amount of water flowing over the falls varies from 63,500 gallons a second to 5,000 gallons a second depending on ...