Yellowstone!
What more can we say! It's just 30 minutes away.
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The world's first national park
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The largest concentration of free roaming wildlife in all of the lower 48 states
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Yellowstone has one of the largest grizzly bear populations in the lower 48
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The only place in the world where wild bison have survived continuously since primitive times
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Home to one of the largest concentrations of elk in the world
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Yellowstone is one of the largest active volcanoes in the world
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There are about 300 active geysers and about 10,000 thermal features
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There are 290 waterfalls throughout Yellowstone Park that are more than 15 feet tall and flow year-round
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Yellowstone Lake is the largest high-altitude lake in North America
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More than 2,400 miles of streams flow through Yellowstone
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