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

Be Outside • Take Notes

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.

Watching elk: Future Herd Bull

Watching elk: Future Herd Bull

Yesterday, Mom and I decided to drive out South Fork to look for elk to watch. A friend had told her about spending time watching the bulls battle during the rut. That sounded like a perfect way to spend a few hours on this fall weekend. We drove down and didn’t see...

Field Journal Entry: 1 Oct 2018 Driving in to Yellowstone

Field Journal Entry: 1 Oct 2018 Driving in to Yellowstone

Route: Cody -> West Thumb Geyser Basin -> Upper Geyser Basin (including Black Sand Basin) and back to Cody Miles driven: 238 Photos taken: 1397 Weather: Clear skies in the morning with increasing clouds through the day. Wind as strong as 13 mph with gusts...

Welcome September 2018!

Welcome September 2018!

Ah – September, so glad to see you! It’s going to be a glorious month. The month started off great for me with an eruption from Giant Geyser. This is the month that we have days without a cloud in the sky, the chill of fall is in the air each morning and warms each...

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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