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Madison Canyon Earthquake Area and Visitors Center

West Yellowstone Montana

Listing Type: Visitor Information Center
City: West Yellowstone Montana
Region: Yellowstone Country
406-823-6961
http://www.fs.fed.us/r1/gallatin/recreation/visitor_center/index.shtml


The Visitor Center lies at the western end of the Madison River Canyon Earthquake Area. It overlooks Earthquake Lake and has a view of the Madison slide. The Center offers interpretive programs about the 1959 earthquake, which slid half a mountain into the Madison River Canyon creating a giant dam and the lake known as Quake Lake. It also features a working seismograph and displays about geology.

Directions: The Visitor Center is located on Highway 287, seventeen miles west of Highway 191, and twenty-five miles from the town of West Yellowstone, Montana.

Madison Canyon Earthquake Area and Visitors Center
US Highway 191, West Yellowstone, MT 59758

    Activities
  • Education
  • Environmental
  • Exhibit
  • Geology
  • Historic
  • Sightseeing
    Services
  • Visitor Service
  • Books
  • Handicapped Accessible
  • Gift Shop
  • Interpretive Display
  • Maps
  • Parking
  • Public Restroom
  • Tour





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