The scenic 700-mile journey of the spectacular Yellowstone River begins in the National Park of the same name in northwest Wyoming. It makes its way through the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone and it sports its share of majestic falls. The Yellowstone River rises out of Younts Peak and Two Ocean Pass and flows uniquely north-northeast into Montana and on to the Missouri River.
It’s true that only 100 miles of the Yellowstone River flows in Wyoming, but it’s here where it all begins. Indians called the beautiful river “mitzi-dahi”, meaning “yellow rock river”. French trappers dubbed it “roche jaune”, or “rock yellow”. But the Yellowstone River was actually given its name in 1805, by famed explorers Lewis and Clark when they crossed it in Montana.
The Yellowstone River displays the distinctive yellow soil and rocks that really gave it its name. And the breathtaking rock canyons and walls that highlight the river’s edges make it a Wyoming Wonder to behold. And it’s well-known that the Yellowstone River provides some of the best trout fishing in the world.
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Yellowstone River Map – Natural Atlas
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Missouri River Tributary Traveled by Sacagawea & William Clark – The Yellowstone River starts just south of Yellowstone, travels north into Montana until it ultimately flows into the Missouri River. William Clark of the Lewis & Clark Expedition and Sacagawea traveled the river in 1806.
Yellowstone River – Yellowstone National Park
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The Yellowstone River is the last major undammed river in the lower 48 states, flowing 671 miles (1080 km) from its source southeast of Yellowstone into the Missouri River and then, eventually, into the Atlantic Ocean. It begins in the Absaroka Mountain Range on Yount Peak.
Yellowstone River | river, United States | Britannica
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Yellowstone River, river, noted for its scenic beauty, in the western United States. It flows through northwestern Wyoming, southern and eastern Montana, and northwestern North Dakota over a course of 692 miles (1,114 km). The river system drains about 70,000 square miles (181,300 square km). The
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The Yellowstone River is considered the principal tributary of upper Missouri. At 692 miles, the Yellowstone is the longest free-flowing river in the Lower 48. Its headwaters in the southern Absaroka Mountains are located as far from a road as you can get in the Continental U.S.
Yellowstone River – Montana
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The Yellowstone is the last free-flowing river in the lower 48 states. From its headwaters in Lake Yellowstone downstream 670 miles to the Missouri River in North Dakota, the Yellowstone River flows as it has for centuries, in its natural state, undammed and untamed.
Yellowstone River Facts and History – My Yellowstone Park
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The Yellowstone River begins on the slopes of Yount Peak in the Absaroka Range of Wyoming. It then flows through Yellowstone National Park, streaming in and out of Yellowstone Lake, and drops 422 feet into the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone.
Yellowstone National Park Rivers, Streams and Creeks …
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The Yellowstone River is the largest and the major river of Yellowstone National Park. Its origin is just outside the southeast area of the park (northwestern Wyoming). The Yellowstone River starts where the Yellowstone North Fork and the Yellowstone South Fork converge.
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Yellowstone River Fly Fishing | Yellowstone Angler …
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The Yellowstone River is our “home water” and one of the great trout streams of the world. The Yellowstone is the longest undammed river in the lower 48 states, and there is excellent trout water from its tributaries high inside Yellowstone Park, downstream through Gardiner, the Paradise Valley, Livingston, and on to well below Big Timber; a stretch of nearly two hundred river miles!
Yellowstone River in Montana | Detailed Fly Fishing …
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The Yellowstone River is the longest river in Montana and one of the longest free-flowing rivers in the United States. Throughout its entire length from its beginning in Yellowstone National Park to its confluence with the Missouri River in North Dakota, the river is free of any major dams, although a couple of diversion dams do exist.. This section of Big Sky Fishing covers the Yellowstone …