Old Faithful Inn, Yellowstone National Park, USA by Jeroen van Deel

About "Old Faithful Inn, Yellowstone National Park, USA"

by Jeroen van Deel

About the artwork

Yellowstone National Park is a national park in the United States, mainly in Wyoming, but with small sections in the neighbouring states of Montana and Idaho. Yellowstone covers an area of 8983 km², making it at once one of the largest national parks in the United States. The average altitude in the park is 2440 metres. Most of the park consists of forest in Wyoming. The park is home to many animal species, including bison, deer, several species of bear, coyotes and wolves. The park contains over 800 kilometres of paved roads and twice as many kilometres in hiking trails. To the south, Yellowstone connects to Grand Teton National Park.

Old Faithful Inn is an American hotel in Yellowstone National Park (Wyoming). The hotel is right next to Old Faithful, the park's most famous geyser. Like all hotels in Yellowstone, the Old Faithful Inn is operated by Xanterra Parks & Resorts.

The hotel was designed by young architect Robert Reamer in a rustic architectural style typical of national park architecture in the early 20th century. Typical features include heavy wooden beams and a massive stone fireplace in the main lobby. The building was built in the winter of 1903-1904 and opened in the spring of 1904. The Old Faithful Inn is one of the few log hotels still in existence in the US. The hotel is the largest of its kind and possibly even the largest solid log building in the world. A National Historic Landmark since 1987, the Old Faithful Inn is also part of the Old Faithful Historic District, which also includes the Old Faithful Lodge and several other historic buildings.