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.

June 2017 Favorite Photos

June 2017 Favorite Photos

While sifting through the photos taken in June, I realized I’m not making enough photos. I’m not pausing to find the photo – but rather just falling into more of a photographic rut. That rut takes the form of documentation photos of the thermal features. So, as a way...

Upper Geyser Basin Late June 2017

Upper Geyser Basin Late June 2017

I recently spent three nights in the Old Faithful area and four delightful days spent taking notes on what I saw and visiting with friends. While I still need to go through more files, I’m starting to take more of the approach I do to scrapbooking and just find...

Watching Ledge Spring Erupt

Watching Ledge Spring Erupt

Ledge Spring is one of the thermal features at West Thumb that has benefited from the energy increase that started last August with the appearance of “Waterfall Geyser.” In just a few days, this spring when from lower water and a crater lined with brown microbes to...

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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