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Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone is just about as American as apple pie. Designated as the nation’s very first national park in 1872, this vast preserve of wilderness and wildlife is the perfect place to celebrate Memorial Day weekend. The park’s surreal natural landscapes, which stretch across the state lines of Montana and Wyoming, have drawn a continuous stream of admirers since Native American days. It’s no wonder – long plateaus gloriously unfold between verdant, forested mountains, more than 300 steam-spewing geysers meet with 300-foot towering waterfalls, and an immense gorge known as the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone (not to be confused with the Grand Canyon) join up here, for a dizzying compilation of natural wonders. Aside from the grizzlies, elk, and otters that call the park home, perhaps Yellowstone’s most famous resident is Old Faithful, a steam-spewing geyser that predictably erupts every 90 minutes or so. Note that temperatures are famously variable in the park, but they’re likely to be in the comfortable 60s on a late May day (just be sure to bring a jacket, just in case).
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