点评:My wife and I spent 3.5 days exploring the park. A hotel in West Yellowstone was our temporary home base. If you want to stay in only one place while visiting Yellowstone National Park, West Yellowstone is by far the best choice. We found the driving time to whatever we wanted to see on any give day was tolerable. It will also likely work out to be less expensive and/or you will enjoy better amenities than staying at most lodgings in the park.
Yellowstone is one of the best national parks we have ever visited. We saw amazing things every day: Spectacular geo-thermal features (the best of which was the Grand Prismatic Spring), stunning canyons and waterfalls and more than a few wild animals. We saw elk on two days, including the very first morning of our first day, white-tail deer on the shore of Yellowstone Lake, mountain goats in Dunraven Pass, bison in Hayden Valley and yet more bison in other places, including one in the middle of the road barring our path (we didn't mind) near Old Faithful on our last day. No bears, moose or wolves, unfortunately.
We knew before we went that 3.5 days was not going to be enough time to see all of the park and every natural attraction in it worth seeing and indeed it was not. But it was enough time for a good introduction and leaves us with an excuse for a repeat visit.
(Note: Major natural attractions we visited I have reviewed on TripAdvisor separately, with photos. The photos attached to this review of the park as a whole are unrelated.)
翻译:我和妻子花了三天半的时间探索公园。西黄石的一家酒店是我们临时的落脚点。如果您在游览黄石国家公园期间只想住一处,西黄石无疑是最佳选择。我们发现,每天开车前往任何想去的地方所需的时间都还可以接受。而且,相比公园里的大多数住宿,西黄石可能更便宜,或者能享受到更好的便利设施。
黄石是我们去过的最好的国家公园之一。我们每天都能看到令人惊叹的景色:壮观的地热景观(其中最棒的是大稜镜温泉)、令人惊叹的峡谷和瀑布,以及各种各样的野生动物。我们在两天里都看到了麋鹿,包括第一天的清晨;在黄石湖畔看到了白尾鹿;在邓拉文山口看到了野山羊;在海登谷看到了野牛;在其他地方也看到了更多野牛,包括最后一天在老忠实间歇泉附近,有一头野牛挡住了我们的去路(我们并不介意)。不幸的是,没有熊、驼鹿或狼。
我们出发前就知道,3.5天的时间不足以游览整个公园和里面所有值得一看的自然景点,事实也确实如此。但这段时间足够我们好好了解一下,也让我们有理由再次造访。
(注:我们参观的主要自然景点我已经在TripAdvisor上单独评论过,并附有照片。这篇公园整体评论中附带的照片与此无关。)