Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Sleeping
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CANYON VILLAGE
Canyon Village lies just east of Canyon Junction along North Rim Dr. It's the logistical
base for the central part of the park and has accommodation, three restaurants, a visitor
center, backcountry office, general store, outdoor gear store and ATM. The campground
area has
showers
(
7am-1:30pm & 3pm-9:30pm
),
laundry
(
7am-9pm
) and an ice
machine.
Canyon Visitor Center
Offline map
( 307-242-2550; 8am-8pm late May-mid-Oct)
This modern visitor center is well
worth a visit for its innovative and interactive displays on Yellowstone's geology. The
highlight is a room-sized relief model of the park, on which you can visualize the terrain
of your upcoming hike. Upstairs there's a sobering map of recent earthquakes in the park
(an average of 2500 each year!), scratchy back-and-white videos of Old Faithful through
the years, a huge satellite map of the park and a computer animation booth that details the
annual bison migrations through the parks. One surprise is the artist's impression of what
the park may have looked like 20,000 years ago - covered in a 4000ft-thick layer of ice.
Twenty- minute movies play on the hour and half-hour and there are ranger talks for chil-
dren (3pm) and adults (6pm).
VISITOR CENTER
