Yellowstone National Park Yellowstone National Park Yellowstone National Park is an American national park located in Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho. It was established by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant on March 1, 1872. Yellowstone was the first national park in the U.S. and is also widely held to be the first national park in the world. The park is known for its wildlife and its many geothermal features, especially Old Faithful geyser, one of its most popular features. It has many types of ecosystems, but the subalpine forest is the most abundant. It is part of
Hoback, Wyoming Hoback, Wyoming Hoback is a census-designated place (CDP) in Teton County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 1,176 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Jackson, WY–ID Micropolitan Statistical Area. The town is named for John Hoback, a mountain man who guided the Astor party through the area in 1811. Hoback is located at (43.315714, -110.772129). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 44.35 square miles (114.9 km²), of which, 43.46 square miles (112.5 km²) of it is land and 0.9 square miles (2.32 km²) of it (2.0%) is water. As