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Redsky
Mar 10, 2014Explorer
The best information I have found was online and there are hundreds of good sources including the US park service website. This includes information on the roads, the wildlife, facilities inside the park, and on tours and staying healthy.
The best book I have found is the Moon Montana guide book which has a section on Yellowstone but also includes the surrounding area which is very helpful when planing your visit to the park and areas you will pass through getting there or going home as with the Jackson Hole area, Glacier NP, and the Tetons.
In terms of personal safety most of the deaths in Yellowstone are the result of people falling into one of the hot thermal pools and not from an encounter with the wildlife.
The best book I have found is the Moon Montana guide book which has a section on Yellowstone but also includes the surrounding area which is very helpful when planing your visit to the park and areas you will pass through getting there or going home as with the Jackson Hole area, Glacier NP, and the Tetons.
In terms of personal safety most of the deaths in Yellowstone are the result of people falling into one of the hot thermal pools and not from an encounter with the wildlife.
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