Upper Geyser Basin Old Faithful and On the hill overlooking Old Faithful (there is a fairly well-marked trail to take you on a loop up and around to get a birds-eye view of old Faithful that most tourists don't bother to walk.  The easy Geyser Hill loop will take you by some 40 geysers, and is located just across the Firehole River from Old Faithful Morning Glory PoolGrand

Lower Geyser Basin includes Great Fountain Geyser, Biscuit Basin, Jewel, Sapphire Geysers.  

Firehole Lake Drive, one-way road north to Great Fountain Geyser.  It erupts only every 8 to 12 hours, sends a spray up 100 feet or more, and sometimes twice that height, and sometimes can last 45 to 60 minutes

Firehole Falls and Firehole Cascades

Biscuit Basin about three miles north of Old Faithful. The trail here will take one across the Firehole River to Sapphire Pool and past Jewel Geyser, which erupts every 7 to 10 minutes

Midway Geyser Basin includes, Grand Prismatic Spring, Fountain Paint Pot

Norris Geyser Basin

Mammoth Hot Springs Minerva Terrace, take the Upper Terrace Drive,a half-mile loop which provides access to the upper end of Mammoth Hot

Yellowstone Lake Great place for sunsets around Lake lodge on Yellowstone Lake.

West Thumb Geyser Basin

Hayden Valley

Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone is another great area for viewing and photography. You will want to go on both sides of the canyon and take some of the trails available. Inspiration Point, North Rim Trail, Seven Mile Hole Trail, Red Rock Point, Brink of the Lower Falls trail, Artist Point, and others should not be missed.  Upper and Lower Falls usually you can see a rainbow at them, about 10 or 11 o'clock in the morning.

Mystic Falls a one-mile trail where the Little Firehole River drops 100 feet.

Kepler Cascades about 14 miles west from West Yellowstone.

Lonestar Geyser a partly paved trail, about five miles round trip. Lone Star erupts about every 3 hours from a nine foot-high cone.

Black Sand Basin

Fairy Falls, 1.5 mile trail to the falls, which drops 200 feet into a large pool.

Excelsior Geyser

Undine and Wraith Falls,  Undine Falls is a 60-foot-high double falls, while Wraith Falls is a 90-foot cascade on Lupine Creek.

Tower Falls at Tower Junction, Tower Creek plummets 132 feet into the Yellowstone River.

Mount. Washburn. Two trails travel to its top of the peak.  Bighorn sheep can be seen near the trails a lot of days. View at the top are nice in everyl directions, on a clear day can see the Teton's.

Yellowstone River and Yellowstone Lake. Both provide many great photo opportunities, and also many wildlife.  It's the area in which to see bison, moose, and elk and deer.

Grand Teton National Park

Schwabacher Landing a must Good for sunrise, there will be a line.

Oxbow Bend is a must Good for sunsets there will be a line. About a half mile walk to the beaver pond to get the reflection with the Tetons.

Snake River Overlook a must ( one place for sunset)

Jenny Lake you can also take a shuttle boat to the falls across the lake.

Old Barns on Mormon row Good for sunrise, there will be a line.

Signal Mountain good at sunrise.

Colter Bay

Cunningham Cabin sunrise or sunset.

Fall colors are unbelievable here mid September to Mid October.  Elk are bugling.

Rest of Wyoming

Fossil Butte

Devils Tower

Fort Laramie

Vedauwoo Rocks

Ayres Natural Bridge State Park

Tea Pot Dome

Hell's Half Acre

Castle Gardens

Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area

Chief Joseph Scenic Byway

Medicine Rocks State Park

Terry Badlands

Big Sheep Mountains

Pryor Mountains Wild Horse Range

Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument 

Red Gulch/Alkali National Backcountry Byway

Medicine Wheel historic monument at sunrise

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