Your birth year
2006
Yellowstone National Park
1872Wyoming, Montana, Idaho
Yellowstone National Park is 134 years older than you
It's from 1872, before you were born.
- Established
- 1872
- Known for
- Geysers and wildlife
- Region
- Northern Rockies
About
As of 2026, it's 154 years old.
Yellowstone became a national park in 1872, creating a new model for protecting landscapes because they were extraordinary, not because they were easy to settle or exploit.
Its geysers, hot springs, bison herds, canyons, and high-elevation forests made the park a reference point for every later conservation debate in the United States.
Yellowstone National Park through the years
1872
1872
Established as a national park
Congress set Yellowstone aside as a public park.
1916
1916
National Park Service created
Yellowstone became part of a new federal park system.
1995
1995
Wolves returned
Gray wolf reintroduction reshaped the park ecosystem.
You were born — 2006
