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The Tower District has no visitor center, museum, or formal interpretive contact stations. The Division of Resource Management and Visitor Protection operates three ranger stations in the Tower District. These are located at Tower Junction, the Lamar Buffalo Ranch, and the Northeast Entrance. The Tower Ranger Station issues backcountry and fishing permits. The building, constructed … Read more

Located in Canyon Village, the Canyon Visitor Education Center is one of Yellowstone’s newest and most comprehensive facilities. While the Old Faithful center focuses on geysers, this 20,000-square-foot facility serves as the park’s primary hub for understanding the Yellowstone Supervolcano and the dramatic forces that carved the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. The Supervolcano Under … Read more

The Fishing Bridge Museum and Visitor Center is located one mile off the Grand Loop Road on the East Entrance Road. Built in 1931, it is a National Historic Landmark. Its distinctive stone-and-log architecture, known as “parkitecture,” became a prototype for park buildings all around the country. The historic bird specimens (by Carl Russell) were … Read more

The Grant Visitor Center is located on the shore of the West Thumb of Yellowstone Lake one mile off of the main park road at Grant Village Junction. The visitor center and development are named for President Ulysses S. Grant, eighteenth president of the United States, who signed the bill creating Yellowstone National Park in … Read more

Opened on August 25, 2010, the Old Faithful Visitor Education Center is a state-of-the-art facility designed to help millions of visitors understand the explosive power and delicate ecology of Yellowstone’s hydrothermal systems. It replaced a smaller, asbestos-filled center from the 1970s and was built with a strong focus on sustainability and education. A Front-Row Seat … Read more

The Madison Information Station dates from 1929-30 and is a National Historic Landmark. Located at Madison Junction in the Madison Picnic Area, it is built from wood and stone materials. The building sits near the site of the legendary campfire circle of the Washburn-Langford-Doane Expedition. Although no evidence can confirm the authenticity of this tale, … Read more

The Norris Geyser Basin Museum is located 1/4 mile east of Norris Junction just off the Grand Loop Road. Built in 1929-30, it is National Historic Landmark. Its distinctive stone-and-log architecture became a prototype for park buildings throughout the country known as “parkitecture” (Fishing Bridge Museum and Madison Museum date from the same time period … Read more

The Albright Visitor Center and Museum (open 365 days a year) is located at Mammoth Hot Springs, five miles inside the North Entrance and at the northwest corner of the upper loop of the Grand Loop Road. The visitor center and all the red-roofed, many-chimneyed houses down the street from it were built by the … Read more