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Main Menu > Yellowstone National Park > Also Nearby Shoshone National Forest Cody, Wyoming This Excursion Comes From ... National Geographic's Guide to the Lewis and Clark Trail For more National Geographic travel guides—from Europe to Antarctica and everywhere in between—visit National Geographic Books >> Teddy Roosevelt dubbed this forest’s Wapiti Valley “the most scenic 52 miles [83.7 kilometers] in the United States.” Wapiti (elk) find a year-round home here in the lee of the Absaroka and Beartooth Ranges, as do bighorn sheep, grizzlies, moose, and deer. Contains parts or all of five wilderness areas. 2,433,000 acres [984,600.2 hectares]. Facilities include 374 campsites, food services, hiking, boating, boat ramp, fishing, horseback riding, hunting, picnic areas, winter sports. Some parts open year-round; campsites open June-September. Adjoins Yellowstone NP on the east. +1 307 527 6241. More Recommendations for Yellowstone National Park