Best part to visit in Yellowstone National Park?

Old Faithful and Mammoth Hot Springs Discover this newly renovated Gardiner, Montana hotel offering spectacular river and mountain views. Experience the serene atmosphere and beautiful surroundings of this Gardiner, Montana hotel. Located just a short distance from Yellowstone National Park, on the banks of the Yellowstone River, the Best Western Mammoth Hot Springs offers all of the amenities and friendly attentive customer service guests have come to expect from a Best Western hotel. The Best Western Mammoth Hot Springs offers 85 well-appointed guest rooms, suites and kitchenette rooms. Each room features a microwave, refrigerator, cable satellite television and high-speed Internet access. Hotel amenities include an indoor heated swimming pool, a whirlpool hot tub, two saunas, business services and meeting space to accommodate up to 40 people. The hotel also features the Rusty Rail Lounge and Casino. Pets are welcome! Guests staying at the hotel will be close to a variety of outdoor activities including blue ribbon trout fishing, whitewater rafting, horseback riding and big game hunting. During the winter, the area offers snowmobiling and cross country skiing. Visitors will enjoy spending an afternoon at the Mammoth Hot Springs or the Boiling River, a world famous natural hot tub located in Yellowstone National Park. Within an hour's drive from the hotel guests will find famous Old Faithful.

You have to drive in Yellowstone. A lot. So, just find the hotel you want and be happy. Each day you drive to a particular area and look at what there is to see. You will also walk a lot. Go on some hikes that take an hour or two. The trails are well marked. You may want to get some bear spray if you walk out for an hour or so. It is a hair product size can of pepper spray. Around the board walks and parking lots there is no need for it though. Spotting wild life there is pretty easy. You drive along until you see a bunch of cars pulled over. You get out and say 'what are you looking at?' Wolves, bison, elk, moose .. The list goes on. Do one of the ranger led hikes. We did one near the big water falls. I don't remember their names. The ranger will hike with you and let you know what you are seeing. Our ranger was a mature gentleman. It was kind of like hiking with your grandfather. We went there two years ago and loved it. If you are a nature person at all, you should go there at least once.

You will drive cause the park is big but take day trip, & ask the locals. I was impressed with Old Faithful but was fascinated but the paint pots. They is something strange about boiling mud. Enjoy the wild life & slow your pace & enjoy. Remember to drink lots of water, the air is very dry except near the geysers. I'd stay in the park if it's in your budget.