Yellowstone Facts!

At 2.2 million acres, Yellowstone National Park is larger than the states of Rhode Island and Delaware combined.  It's 54 miles east to west and 63 miles north to south.

Overall, the average elevation of Yellowstone is about 8,000 feet.

The highest temperature ever recorded in Yellowstone Park is 98F set in Lamar Valley in 1936.  The record low temperature for Yellowstone is 66 below zero, set in February 1933 at Madison.

Five (5) percent of Yellowstone's surface area is water.  This amount, totaling 177 square miles, is largely made up by Yellowstone Lake consisting of 136 square miles.