Store · Yellowstone National Park
An 1895 Mammoth shop for ice cream and park supplies.
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The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Yellowstone Tour Guide
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Yellowstone National Park. As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.
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Fort Yellowstone and Mammoth Village“You're nearing Mammoth village and Fort Yellowstone, a good stop for the park's human story as well as supplies.”
Plays as you drive up to Mammoth Hot Springs General Store in the Parkwolf Yellowstone Tour Guide.
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“First time driving through a national park. We used the Yellowstone tour on grand loop Road and it’s just like having a tour guide in your car with you.”
Guide
The Mammoth Hot Springs General Store is a public shop in Yellowstone’s Mammoth headquarters area, part of the Fort Yellowstone historic setting. Use it as a quick resupply when you’re already visiting Mammoth: it carries groceries and park-trip supplies as well as apparel and souvenirs. It’s useful to have here, though everyday groceries and gifts can feel pricey.
The store sells ice cream and has a bottle-filling station, while lunch is served seasonally. Hand-scooped ice cream is a popular draw; bring a refillable bottle and top it up before continuing your drive. Treat lunch as a seasonal bonus rather than a year-round meal stop. The building is wheelchair accessible by a ramp on its left side.
The store was built in 1895 and reflects Fort Yellowstone’s architecture. The U.S. Army managed Yellowstone before the National Park Service existed, and Mammoth remains the park headquarters area. That gives this everyday supply stop a small but tangible link to the park’s earlier history.
Wildlife
713 sightingsGrizzly BearMost seen around 6 AMSighting map
743 sightingsWolfMost seen around 6 AMSighting map
5,273 sightingsBisonMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
3,258 sightingsElkMost seen around 7 PMSighting map
397 sightingsMooseMost seen around 7 PMSighting map
1,494 sightingsBlack BearMost seen around 7 PMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Yellowstone. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
Keep exploring
ModerateBeaver Ponds Trail5.8 mi · 3.5 hr · 0.1 mi awayPonds and open meadows in bear country above Mammoth.
ChallengingSepulcher Mountain Trail11.5 mi · 7 hr · 0.1 mi awayA strenuous loop earns wide views over Gardiner Basin.
ModerateClagett Butte–Snow Pass Loop4.9 mi · 3.5 hr · 0.2 mi awayA steep Mammoth loop linking Clagett Butte and Snow Pass.
ModerateMammoth Hot Springs Lower Terraces Trail1.8 mi · 1.3 hr · 0.2 mi awayWalk boardwalks past colorful travertine shelves that keep rebuilding.
EasyMammoth Hot Springs Upper Terrace Boardwalk Trail0.6 mi · 30 min · 0.5 mi awaySee changing hot spring colors from the upper boardwalk.
ModerateSnow Pass Trail3 mi · 2.5 hr · 1.2 mi awayA steep, forested climb to a 7,450-foot pass.
EasyBoiling River Trail1.3 mi · 45 min · 1.3 mi awayA level riverside path ends at the Gardner's geothermal inflow.
EasyHoward Eaton Trail: Glen Creek to Mammoth Hot Springs4 mi · 2.5 hr · 3.2 mi awayDownhill through the Hoodoos into Mammoth’s old spring terraces.
Gas station · At the trailheadMammoth Hot Springs Gas StationA practical fuel stop in Yellowstone’s Mammoth area.
Restroom · 0.1 mi awayMammoth Hot Springs RestroomsClean, accessible toilets with a family restroom.
Lodging · 0.1 mi awayMammoth Hot Springs Hotel and CabinsHistoric Mammoth lodging, a remarkable wood map, and elk nearby.
Sight · 0.2 mi awayFort YellowstoneAn easy walk through the Army post that became park headquarters.
Visitor center · 0.2 mi awayAlbright Visitor CenterA practical Mammoth stop for trip planning and Fort Yellowstone history.
Sight · 0.4 mi awayMammoth Hot Springs Lower TerracesHeat-loving microbes tint travertine orange, green and brown.
Campground · 0.4 mi awayMammoth CampgroundA base where elk sometimes wander among the campsites.
Sight · 0.8 mi awayOrange Spring MoundOrange travertine still growing beside Upper Terrace Drive.Parkwolf’s Yellowstone ranking
The audio tour guide for the drive, plus offline maps, trails, and wildlife heatmaps for when the signal drops.
