Grand Loop RoadCurving a figure eight through Yellowstone, the Grand Loop is a 142-mile long scenic route passing Yellowstone's major attractions. Boardwalks and hiking trails lead you to the finest of Yellowstone.
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Our Locations. Yellowstone Park Service Stations has seven locations in the Park with over 80 seasonal employees. Yellowstone Park Service Stations, Inc. (YPSS) operates seven convenience store/fuel facilities, four automotive repair shops and a central office/warehouse in Yellowstone National Park.
Yellowstone has areas with winding roads and wildlife crossing can be a road hazard, especially for a speeding car. Beware of bear, buffalo, and traffic jams. Yellowstone's wildlife is certainly one of the things that make the park attractive to its visitors.
With thousands of acres of land, five entrances, numerous canyons and geyser basins to visit, plus a drive through valleys filled with bison and elk, there's no way you will get to everything with just one day. However, with one day in Yellowstone, you have just enough time to see the highlights.
West Yellowstone EntranceThe West Entrance is the park's busiest and most popular entrance, and it's also the second-closest to Bozeman International Airport, taking roughly two hours to drive to the West Entrance.
From Moose, drive up the inner park road to Jackson Lake Junction and follow the outer park road through Moran Junction back down to Moose. The loop is 42 miles long, and depending on how many points of interest you chose to explore, plan for at least a one to two hour drive.
You can drive to Old Faithful. If you enter the park from the West Entrance, Old Faithful is 32 miles from West Yellowstone, the closest gateway city to the famous geyser. Plan on the drive taking between 45 minutes to over an hour.
Without doubt, Lamar Valley is the best place in Yellowstone to see wildlife. Carved by glaciers and fed by the Lamar River, the grasslands that cover this valley are easily accessible on Highway 212 and attract the biggest land species in the park—bison, elk, moose, and bears. Wolves are also found here.
The bathrooms in Yellowstone are conveniently located at all the major park entrances, tourist hubs, and campgrounds. All in all, there are nearly 90 bathrooms at Yellowstone. As such, you shouldn't have to travel too far to find a restroom in the park unless you are in one of the more remote areas of the park.
The Upper Loop is the northern 142 mile/229 km long circular track and it's all about waterfalls, hot springs, and great viewpoints.The Lower Loop is slightly shorter at 96 miles/155 km and is home to the National Park system's most famous attraction, Old Faithful.
In 2019, a man fell into thermal water near the cone of Old Faithful and suffered severe burns. Two years prior, a man sustained severe burns after falling in a hot spring in the Lower Geyser Basin. In 2016, a man left the boardwalk and died after slipping into a hot spring in Norris Geyser Basin.