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Janet Jones is a writer, photographer and amateur naturalist living in Cody, Wyoming.

Observe. Learn. Be Wildly Curious.

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 own and run Cody Journal. I 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.

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House wrens get a second home

Jul 6, 2020

We have a couple of bluebird boxes here at the house. One was taken this spring by the Tree Swallows and the other taken by House Wrens. Last Thursday night, raccoons attacked the Tree Swallow nest. I spent much of Friday morning watching the local neighborhood drama...

Happy Fourth of July!

Jul 3, 2020

I love this week in Cody. While this year, Cody may celebrate a bit differently, there's still a ton of red, white, and blue - Stars and Stripes around. In this post, I want to share a few photos from over the years. This post brought to you by SnowMoon Photography....

Learning about Geysers

Jul 1, 2020

I've recently worked on the geyser notes for Steamboat Geyser this year (it will be one of the newsletter giveaways on Saturday - so sign up at the bottom of the page). Whenever I pull together information people have generously shared, I find myself so full of...

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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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