West Yellowstone
West Yellowstone sits on the Madison Plateau in southwestern Montana, where it stands just outside Yellowstone National Park’s West Entrance. It is a service center for the United States’ first national park, established in 1872, and for its geysers, hot springs and broad conifer forests. The Madison River begins nearby within the park at the confluence of the Firehole and Gibbon rivers. Hotels, restaurants and visitor services make up much of the compact townscape, while the former Union Pacific depot, now the Yellowstone Historic Center Museum, recalls the rail link that brought early park travellers here. Beyond town lie forested volcanic plateaus of the Rocky Mountains, part of a wider region shaped by volcanism and geothermal activity.
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Among Montana’s communities, West Yellowstone stands out for its role as the west entrance town to Yellowstone National Park. It sits on the Yellowstone Plateau, where the park’s volcanic terrain, forests and geothermal country begin just beyond town. Hebgen Lake and the Madison River are nearby, placing the community within a well-known fishing and outdoor-recreation area of southwest Montana. The 1909 Union Pacific Railroad depot recalls the rail era that helped establish West Yellowstone as a principal arrival point for park travellers. See how West Yellowstone fits within southwest Montana by browsing webcams nearby.
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