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Yellowstone National Park
Facilities' Opening & Closing Dates

For lodging inside Yellowstone please contact Xanterra Parks & Resorts at 866-439-7375.

Please Note: All road and facility opening and closing dates are weather dependent. Changes in this schedule may occur!

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Road Information

Winter

Spring

Summer

Fall

Location

Campgrounds

Park Entrances

Visitor Centers

The North Entrance road to Upper Mammoth Terrace and Mammoth, to Tower Junction, and to the Northeast Entrance remains open to wheeled vehicles year-round.The North Entrance road to Upper Mammoth Terrace and Mammoth, to Tower Junction, and to the Northeast Entrance remains open to wheeled vehicles year-round.



 
July
Park is Open for Summer Activities
July Lake - Lodge Creek Cabins
 

SUMMER ('09)

August
Park is Open for Summer Activities
Aug. 29 Canyon Village Horse Rides close
Aug. 30 Canyon Village - Pioneer/Frontier Cabins & Cafeteria close

September - Facility or Service Closing Dates
Sept. 1 Canyon Village - Repair Service
Fishing Bridge - Wrecker & Repair Service
Grant Village - Wrecker and Repair Service
Old Faithful - Repair Service
Sept. 2 Lake - General Store
Sept. 6 Bridge Bay - Guideboats/Outboards
Canyon Village Campground (concession)
Roosevelt/Tower - Horse Rides; Stagecoach; Cook-Out
Sept. 7

Bridge Bay - Marina Store
Roosevelt/Tower - Tower Junction Service Station; Roosevelt Lodge & Cabins; Roosevelt Store

Sept. 12 Mammoth - Trail Rides
Sept. 13 Bridge Bay - Campground (concession); Dock Rental; Scenicruisers
Canyon Village - Lodge; Dining Room; Dunraven & Cascade Lodges; Western Cabins
Old Faithful - Old Faithful Lodge, Cabins & Cafeteria
Sept. 14 Old Faithful - Upper Service Station (credit card available at the pumps all season)
Sept. 15 Indian Creek Campground (National Park Service)
Sept. 20

Canyon Village - Picnic Shop and Gift Shop; Grant Village - Service Station; Campground
Lake - Lake Lodge & Cabins; Lodge Creek Cabins

Sept. 21

Grant Village - General Store; Lake House Restaurant
Lake Clinic 

Sept. 25 Roosevelt/Tower - Tower Fall General Store
Sept. 27 Fishing Bridge Service Station - RV Park
Grant Village - Lodging & Main Restaurant;
Old Faithful - Gift Shop & Bake
Sept. 29

Norris Campground
Pebble Creek Campground

 
FALL ('09)

October - Facility or Service Closing Dates
Oct. 2 Canyon Village - General Store
Oct. 4 Lake - Lake Yellowstone Hotel & Cabins
Old Faithful - Clinic
Oct. 5 Fishing Bridge - General Store
Grant Village - Mini Store
Mammoth - Hotel & Dining Room; Service Station
Oct. 6 Old Faithful - Lower Store

Oct. 11

Mammoth - Terrace Grill Fast Food
Old Faithful - Inn, Gift Shop, Food Service

Oct. 12 Canyon Village - Service Station (credit card service available at the pumps all season); wrecker
Old Faithful - Service Station (Lower)
Oct. 19 Old Faithful Snow Lodge Restaurant, Cabins & Dining Room
Oct. 20 Old Faithful - Upper Store
Oct. 25 Madison - Campground (concession)
Oct. 31 Slough Creek Campground (National Park Service)

 

FALL ('09)

November - Facility or Service Closing Dates
Nov. 1 Canyon Village - Yellowstone Adventures
Old Faithful - Geyser Grill Fast Food & Gift Shop
Nov. 3 Lewis Lake Campground (National Park Service)
mid-Nov. Old Faithful Wrecker Service

 

 

December ('09) - Facility or Service Opening Dates

Mid December

Park opens at 7 am for Winter Activities and Over-Snow Vehicles (except for East Entrance Road)
Mammoth Warming Hut & gas
Madison Warming Hut Snack Bar

Mid December

Old Faithful - Snow Lodge and Cabins; Restaurant; Geyser Grill Fast Foods
Mid December

Mammoth Hotel opens for winter season.
Mammoth Hotel Dining Room

Mid December

East Entrance Road opens at 8 am for Winter Activities and Over-Snow Vehicles

 

 
 

Dates are subject to change!!

March  - Roads Close to Winter Over-snow Vehicles
Mar. 1 East Entrance road (East Entrance to Lake Butte Overlook)
Mar. 8 Mammoth to Norris groomed road will close to over-snow vehicles (snowmobile and snowcoach) for spring plowing at 9 pm
Mammoth Hotel and dining room close
Mammoth Warming Hut and Gas close
East Entrance Road will close to over-snow vehicles at 9 pm
Mar. 10 Madison to Norris to Canyon groomed road will close to over-snow vehicles (snowmobile and snowcoach) for spring plowing at 9 pm
Mar. 15 Canyon Warming Hut & Gas close
Canyon Junction to Fishing Bridge Junction groomed road will close to over-snow vehicles (snowmobile and snowcoach) for spring plowing at 9 pm.
Mar. 15

All other park roads will close to over-snow vehicles (snowmobile and snowcoach) for spring plowing at 9 pm
Old Faithful Snow Lodge, Geyser Grill, and Gas close
Madison, Fishing Bridge, and West Thumb warming hut closes



 

Changes in of the dates in this schedule may occur!!

SPRING ('10)

April - Facility or Service Opening Dates
Mid-April

Canyon Village - Yellowstone Adventures Store
Old Faithful - Snow Lodge Geyser Grill (fast food) & Gift Shop

Mid April Old Faithful Wrecker Service
May - Facility or Service Opening Dates
Early May

Canyon Village - Service Station (credit card service available at the pumps all season), Wrecker
Mammoth - Hotel, Cabins, and Dining Room; Gift Shop
Madison Campground (concession)
Old Faithful - Snow Lodge, Cabins & Restaurant; Lower Service Station (credit card service available at the pumps all season); Old Faithful - Upper Store;

Early
May

Fishing Bridge - General Store
Old Faithful - Inn, Gift Shop & Food Service
Mammoth - Service Station

Early
May
Grant Village Mini Store
Mid-May Fishing Bridge - RV Park (concession), Service Station (Credit Card Service at the pumps available all season)
Lake Yellowstone - Hotel & Cabins
Mammoth - Terrace Grill Fast Food
Norris - Campground
Old Faithful - Lodge, Cabins, & Cafeteria; Gift Shop & Bake Shop; Clinic
Tower - Tower Fall Store
Mid-May Lake - General Store
Roosevelt/Tower - Tower Fall Store; Campground
Mid-May Canyon - General Store
Late May Bridge Bay - Dock Slip Rental; Campground (concession)
Canyon Village - Repair Service
Fishing Bridge - Wrecker & Repair Service
Grant Village - Grant General Store;
Lodging & Main Restaurant; Lake House Restaurant; Service Station; Wrecker & Repair Service
Lake - Lake Clinic
Mammoth - Trail Rides
Old Faithful - Repair Service
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Late
May

Old Faithful - Lower General Store; Upper Service Station (credit card service available at the pumps all season)
Slough Creek Campground (National Park Service)

Late
May

Bridge Bay Marina and Bridge Bay- Scenicruisers;
Canyon Village - Canyon Lodge; Dining Room; Dunraven & Cascade Lodges; Western Cabins; Pioneer/Frontier Cabins; Cafeteria; Picnic Shop & Gift Shop 

 
June - Facility or Service Opening Dates
Park is Open for Summer Activities

Early June

Canyon Campground (concession)
Roosevelt/Tower - Roosevelt Lodge & Cabins; Rosevelt Store; Horse Rides; Stagecoach; Tower Junction Service Station
Early June Roosevelt/Tower - Cook-Out
Mid June Lake Lodge & Cabins
Mid June Indian Creek Campground (National Park Service)
Pebble Creek Campground (National Park Service)
Mid June Bridge Bay - Guide Boats (outboards)
Lewis Lake Campground (National Park Service)
Late June Canyon Village Horse Rides
Grant Village Campground (concession)
Seventh Cavalry Ensignia Pin.  

Did You Know?
Prior to the establishment of the National Park Service, the U.S. Army protected Yellowstone between 1886 and 1918. Fort Yellowstone was established at Mammoth Hot Springs for that purpose.

Last Updated: June 23, 2009 at 16:04 EST