Janet Jones is an amateur naturalist living in Cody, Wyoming.

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Welcome! Yellowstone Naturalist is an online field journal of life in the greater Yellowstone area. Here you’ll find travel tips and advice from a local on exploring and learning about Yellowstone.

Hi there – I’m Janet Jones, a writer/photographer. One of the places I know best is Yellowstone, having grown up coming to visit family in the Cody area. Now I call it home. I’ve guided tours in Yellowstone for a local tour company. I visit the park regularly, and want to help you learn about all this area has to offer.

 

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From the changes in the seasons to the changes in the thermal features, plus travel tips to make your trip to Yellowstone easier!

Yellowstone Travel
Yellowstone 101

Get to know the Geysers
GeyserWatch

Documenting Wonder
Field Journaling

The Greater Yellowstone Area

With so much to explore, Yellowstone is so vast that one lifetime is not enough to “see it all.”

Yellowstone Communities (5 gateway and 1 in yellowstone)

Seasons (2 commercial seasons)

Thermal Features (a conservative estmiate)

 Recent Articles

I write about front country geysers and hot springs, share my photography and observe the changing seasons. I also share some travel tips for Yellowstone from a local’s viewpoint.

Do I need reservations in Yellowstone?

Do I need reservations in Yellowstone?

Do you really need to have reservations going to Yellowstone? Or can you just find something along the way? This post takes a look at this and lets you know what might work for your planning style. This post contains affiliate links. That means that if you follow a...

Stressed? Try this to take it down a notch.

Stressed? Try this to take it down a notch.

Life is stressful. With 2020 not letting up, it's high time to find ways to relax and find ease. You can zone out with video games, binge TV, or food/drink. But that only numbs, it doesn't refresh. Observing nature does this for us. Keeping a field journal allows you...

Geyser Watch Report Early June 2020

Geyser Watch Report Early June 2020

Now that all five entrances to Yellowstone are open, and I've had the opportunity to head in a few times to check on the various geyser basins, here are some of the highlights from my recent trips in to visit the geyser basins. This post is brought to you by my Etsy...

SnowMoon Photography

Janet's Books

I’ve written two editions of a guide book to West Thumb Geyser Basin. Another book is in the works that’s more general about the thermal features in Yellowstone slated for publication in late 2020/early 2021.

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