Cody Yellowstone Uncovered

“Cody.” Around here, the name alone conjures up iconic images and stories of the American West.

With endless forests, valleys, frosty wildlife and snow-covered trees, winter is prime time for outdoor photography in and around Yellowstone National Park. Photographers come from around the world to capture winter-season images from the world’s first national park and surrounding regions such as Cody Yellowstone, the region to the east of the park that includes the gateway community of Cody, parts of the park and the Shoshone National Forest, the world’s first national forest.

With almost 7,000 square miles and a population of only about 30,000 people, Wyoming’s Park County is a wintertime snowmobiling paradise for enthusiasts who enjoy exploring pristine trails and wide-open wilderness.

Here in the town that Buffalo Bill Cody founded 125 years ago, you’d think there’d be one cast-in-concrete, no-doubt-about-it fact we’d all agree on.

When you hear the term wildlife safari, you automatically think of leaping gazelles and lions in the wide open plains of South Africa. But what if we told that you that you don’t need to book your tickets to Africa to experience a wildlife safari?

So much happens here in Cody Yellowstone when June arrives.

We have plenty of options for accommodations in and around Cody and Yellowstone. Dude ranches, more commonly called guest ranches these days, have been a staple of the Western vacation experience for more than a century, and Cody has played an integral part of the evolution of these All-American vacation getaways. The roots of this vacation style can be traced to areas in Wyoming where the term “dude” originated and where many ranches operate today.

Yellowstone National Park is one of the most popular travel destinations in the world.  It’s no wonder. This vast wonderland is home to a plethora of wildlife and geothermal features.