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Photograph of North Entrance Road Historic District
Photograph by Yellowstone National Park, Public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.

North Entrance Road Historic District

Built in 1883 (rustic architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.

From the record

“The North Entrance Road Historic District is a historic district and road in Yellowstone National Park in Park County, Wyoming, and Park County, Montana in the United States, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).”

Wikipedia article North Entrance Road Historic District, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 35 National Register listings published here for Park County · listed in 2002 · category: District · built in 1883, rustic architecture.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • Address. Yellowstone National Park, Yellowstone National Park, 59030
  • When was it listed? May 2002
  • Category. district
  • Census division. Yellowstone National Park
  • When was it built? 1883
  • Architectural style. rustic architecture
  • National Register reference number. 02000529 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

48 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of North Entrance Road Historic District between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,270 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Natural22
Recreation and ceremony12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Fireworks3
Debris and open burning1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Arson/incendiarism1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
14 September 2009Natural15 acresYellowstone National ParkRAINBOW
13 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreYellowstone National ParkBRANDING IRON
12 September 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreYellowstone National ParkPOW WOW
10 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreYellowstone National ParkPLUMBER
10 September 1997Naturalunder an acreYellowstone National ParkCLAGETT
10 September 1995Naturalunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestLITTLE TRAIL CREEK
1 September 1994Natural37 acresYellowstone National ParkDECKARD
1 September 1994Natural2,200 acresCuster Gallatin National ForestDECKARD FLATS

Every fire recorded in Park County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of North Entrance Road Historic District: 5 past producers, 2 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Lead, Gold, Silver, Limestone, General. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bear Creek SpringsGeothermalProducer
Gardiner QuarryStonePast Producer
Gardiner Travertine DepositsLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerTravertine
Gardiner Travertine QuarryTravertinePast Producer
Gardiner Travertine SawStone, DimensionProducer
Moonlight MineGold, Silver, CopperOccurrence
VindicatorGold, TungstenOccurrence
PrattLead, Gold, SilverPast Producer
Tower GroveLead, Gold, SilverPast Producer
Bear CreekGoldUnknown

Every working recorded in Park County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

2 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Gardiner Jail1.9 miles2015
Gardiner Bridge2.0 miles2025

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 02000529 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Park CountyAll 35 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.