meet in the west
Sitting at the gateway to the world’s first national park and surrounded by three national forests,
West Yellowstone turns ordinary meetings into extraordinary experiences. With the perfect blend of modern
meeting facilities and outdoor adventure, your group will enjoy an ideal balance between work and play.
Looking for a truly exceptional location for your next gathering? West Yellowstone offers lodging, meeting facilities, amenities, activities, and friendly, helpful people who will make your meeting, convention, or special event both fun and memorable.
Our natural surroundings offer exciting adventure or tranquil exploration. With the lure of the nation’s First National Park and the surrounding national forests, your group can experience an array of daily activities. Step into the natural wonders of Yellowstone National Park where you can enjoy fantastic geysers, exciting trails, and beauty beyond measure.
West Yellowstone, Montana, is the perfect place to catch up with friends over a three-day weekend, plan a family reunion, host a bachelor/bachelorette party, or even throw a birthday celebration. Minutes from Yellowstone National Park, West Yellowstone offers both exhilarating adventures and a variety of comfortable accommodations – making it the ideal place for any gathering.
meetings and conventions
Beautiful natural surroundings, exciting adventures, charming hospitality, modern facilities, and comfortable accommodations-all at the West Entrance to Yellowstone National Park. What else could you ask for in a meeting, convention, or special event location?
West Yellowstone offers exhilarating experiences for visitors of all ages. Our community is full of western history, shopping, cultural dining experiences, and unique activities.
Lodging and Facilities
Our facilities provide modern amenities that are adaptable and flexible for conducting business or hosting a special occasion. We can host groups as small as 15 or as large as 1,800. To view all venues that West Yellowstone can offer to your group, scroll down to the Facilities section.
Group Dining Experiences
Exciting and unique attractions should come with dining options to match.
Whether you need your event catered, are looking for a picnic lunch as you are out exploring, or want a fine dining experience in the evening, West Yellowstone is full of delightful restaurants to dine at or scenic spots to take in while you eat out and about.
View a complete list of dining experiences.
Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center
Check out the many wildlife exhibits and enclosures including wolves, grizzlies, otters, ground squirrels and birds of prey.
View group information and rates.
Parade Rest Ranch
Take a ride on an old-fashioned, fringe-topped surrey for an old-time western BBQ, an experience sure to please anyone in your group.
View group information and rates.
West Yellowstone Historic Museum
Transport your group to another time in the west when mail arrived by dogsled and transportation into Yellowstone National Park was only by stagecoach.
View group information and rates.
Zipline
Fly on a zipline or challenge yourself on a ropes course. Different levels from beginner to experienced are available.
View group information and rates.
Looking for the ultimate Yellowstone experience? Let a local guide provide your group with an insider perspective.
Warm Season
Warm season tours include fly-fishing beautiful blue ribbon streams and lakes, bike riding on countless trails, guided interpretational hikes, and horseback riding in the stunning Yellowstone Country forests.
Guided group options with transportation are available in Yellowstone National Park, or step on guides are available with your own transportation.
View more information on summer tours.
Winter Season
West Yellowstone offers over-the-snow group tours such as snowmobiling, snowcoach, guided cross-country skiing, and snowshoeing excursions.
Try your hand at ice fishing for beautiful trout on a nearby lake or take a dogsled ride in the evening at sunset. Guided group options with transportation are available in Yellowstone National Park, or step on guides are available with your own transportation.
View more information on winter tours.
Airports
West Yellowstone Airport is conveniently located 3 miles from West Yellowstone and 4 miles from the West Entrance to Yellowstone National Park.
Other nearby airports:
Bozeman Airport – Bozeman, MT (90 miles)
Idaho Falls Airport – Idaho Falls, ID (110 miles)
Other Transportation
View rental car and ground transportation information.
Getting Around
West Yellowstone Montana is small mountain community where you can safely walk or bicycle to restaurants, bars, shops, services and attractions from where you are staying.
Limited taxi service is also available. Maps of West Yellowstone are available at the Visitor Center (the corner of Canyon Street and Yellowstone Avenue) or from many businesses.
If you are just passing through, there are parking areas located along streets and in the interior of most city blocks. Just turn into an alley (watch for the brown parking signs at alley intersections) and park in the open lots. These parking areas can accommodate larger vehicles and RVs.
Additional parking is available along Boundary Street (easternmost street in West Yellowstone) or at the West Yellowstone Visitor Center just before entering/exiting the west entrance to Yellowstone Park.
Lodging and Facilities
Our facilities provide modern amenities that are adaptable and flexible for conducting business or hosting a special occasion. We can host groups as small as 15 or as large as 1,800. To view all venues that West Yellowstone can offer to your group, scroll down to the Facilities section.
Group Dining Experiences
Exciting and unique attractions should come with dining options to match.
Whether you need your event catered, are looking for a picnic lunch as you are out exploring, or want a fine dining experience in the evening, West Yellowstone is full of delightful restaurants to dine at or scenic spots to take in while you eat out and about.
View a complete list of dining experiences.
Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center
Check out the many wildlife exhibits and enclosures including wolves, grizzlies, otters, ground squirrels and birds of prey.
View group information and rates.
Parade Rest Ranch
Take a ride on an old-fashioned, fringe-topped surrey for an old-time western BBQ, an experience sure to please anyone in your group.
View group information and rates.
West Yellowstone Historic Museum
Transport your group to another time in the west when mail arrived by dogsled and transportation into Yellowstone National Park was only by stagecoach.
View group information and rates.
Zipline
Fly on a zipline or challenge yourself on a ropes course. Different levels from beginner to experienced are available.
View group information and rates.
Looking for the ultimate Yellowstone experience? Let a local guide provide your group with an insider perspective.
Warm Season
Warm season tours include fly-fishing beautiful blue ribbon streams and lakes, bike riding on countless trails, guided interpretational hikes, and horseback riding in the stunning Yellowstone Country forests.
Guided group options with transportation are available in Yellowstone National Park, or step on guides are available with your own transportation.
View more information on summer tours.
Winter Season
West Yellowstone offers over-the-snow group tours such as snowmobiling, snowcoach, guided cross-country skiing, and snowshoeing excursions.
Try your hand at ice fishing for beautiful trout on a nearby lake or take a dogsled ride in the evening at sunset. Guided group options with transportation are available in Yellowstone National Park, or step on guides are available with your own transportation.
View more information on winter tours.
Airports
West Yellowstone Airport is conveniently located 3 miles from West Yellowstone and 4 miles from the West Entrance to Yellowstone National Park.
Other nearby airports:
Bozeman Airport – Bozeman, MT (90 miles)
Idaho Falls Airport – Idaho Falls, ID (110 miles)
Other Transportation
View rental car and ground transportation information.
Getting Around
West Yellowstone Montana is small mountain community where you can safely walk or bicycle to restaurants, bars, shops, services and attractions from where you are staying.
Limited taxi service is also available. Maps of West Yellowstone are available at the Visitor Center (the corner of Canyon Street and Yellowstone Avenue) or from many businesses.
If you are just passing through, there are parking areas located along streets and in the interior of most city blocks. Just turn into an alley (watch for the brown parking signs at alley intersections) and park in the open lots. These parking areas can accommodate larger vehicles and RVs.
Additional parking is available along Boundary Street (easternmost street in West Yellowstone) or at the West Yellowstone Visitor Center just before entering/exiting the west entrance to Yellowstone Park.
weddings and reunions
With stunning scenery in every direction, why wouldn’t you want your wedding in West Yellowstone? Any wedding planner will find that West Yellowstone has the right stuff. Fabulous locations, fine caterers, creative florist, scrumptious bakeries, expert photographers and someone to conduct the ceremony can all be found right here.
Hotel Rooms
Located just blocks from Yellowstone Park, minutes from Old Faithful and in the heart of Yellowstone Country, West Yellowstone is the perfect Yellowstone lodging location for your Montana vacation. Small in size, but large in accommodations, West Yellowstone offers thousands of different comfortable and affordable lodging options
Explore Lodging in West Yellowstone.
Market Place Bakery
22 Madison Ave, West Yellowstone, MT 59758
(406) 646-9600
Uptown Image Hair, Nail, & Tanning Salon
103 S Canyon St, West Yellowstone, MT 59758
(406) 646-0038
SnoDaisie Salon
435 HWY 20, West Yellowstone, MT 59758
(406) 640-0809
Bare it All
Skin Care /Beauty / Relaxation
110 Canyon St, West Yellowstone, MT 59758
(440) 865-4002
Elevation Hair Studio:
110 Canyon St, West Yellowstone, MT 59758
(406) 209-6048
Swanky City Nails by: Becki
110 Canyon St, West Yellowstone, MT 59758
(424) 781-2073
Church of Christ
400 N Electric Street | 406.646.5109
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
375 Gibbon Avenue | 406.646.9357
Community Protestant Church
505 North Electric Street
406.646.7509 | cpcwest.org
First Baptist Church
431 Yellowstone Avenue
406.646.9506 or 406.646.7570
Our Lady of the Pines Catholic Church
437 Madison Avenue | 406.646.7755
diocesehelena.org/parishes
Information on licenses and permits for West Yellowstone
Yellowstone National Park weddings need a special permit from the Park
Licenses from the County Clerk’s office in any county courthouse
Flowers
Sage Brush Floral
22 Canyon Street
(406) 646-4898
Photographers
See Photographers in and around West Yellowstone
Dining Options
Explore Dining in West Yellowstone
Planners
See Montana Wedding Planners
Hotel Rooms
Located just blocks from Yellowstone Park, minutes from Old Faithful and in the heart of Yellowstone Country, West Yellowstone is the perfect Yellowstone lodging location for your Montana vacation. Small in size, but large in accommodations, West Yellowstone offers thousands of different comfortable and affordable lodging options
Explore Lodging in West Yellowstone.
Market Place Bakery
22 Madison Ave, West Yellowstone, MT 59758
(406) 646-9600
Uptown Image Hair, Nail, & Tanning Salon
103 S Canyon St, West Yellowstone, MT 59758
(406) 646-0038
SnoDaisie Salon
435 HWY 20, West Yellowstone, MT 59758
(406) 640-0809
Bare it All
Skin Care /Beauty / Relaxation
110 Canyon St, West Yellowstone, MT 59758
(440) 865-4002
Elevation Hair Studio:
110 Canyon St, West Yellowstone, MT 59758
(406) 209-6048
Swanky City Nails by: Becki
110 Canyon St, West Yellowstone, MT 59758
(424) 781-2073
Church of Christ
400 N Electric Street | 406.646.5109
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
375 Gibbon Avenue | 406.646.9357
Community Protestant Church
505 North Electric Street
406.646.7509 | cpcwest.org
First Baptist Church
431 Yellowstone Avenue
406.646.9506 or 406.646.7570
Our Lady of the Pines Catholic Church
437 Madison Avenue | 406.646.7755
diocesehelena.org/parishes
Information on licenses and permits for West Yellowstone
Yellowstone National Park weddings need a special permit from the Park
Licenses from the County Clerk’s office in any county courthouse
Flowers
Sage Brush Floral
22 Canyon Street
(406) 646-4898
Photographers
See Photographers in and around West Yellowstone
Dining Options
Explore Dining in West Yellowstone
Planners
See Montana Wedding Planners
facilities
Our facilities provide modern amenities for conducting business or hosting a special occasion that are adaptable and flexible. We can host groups as small as 15 or as large as 1,800. We have our own seasonal airport for travel during the summer months. Or fly into Bozeman or Idaho Falls, both of which offer the opportunity for a short and beautiful drive.
Bar-N Ranch
Historical Union Pacific Dining Lodge
Holiday Inn Conference Center
Madison Crossing Event Center
New Airport - Outdoor Venue
Povah Community Center
Rendezvous Trailhead Building
The Days Inn of West Yellowstone
Three Bear Lodge
Yellowstone Giant Screen Theatre
Yellowstone Lodge
890 Buttermilk Creek, West Yellowstone, Montana 59758
https://bar-n-ranch.com/
406.646.0300
With stunning mountain vistas and a river running through the guest ranch, the Bar N Ranch is able to host West Yellowstone weddings and events, large or small. There is a beautiful spot for a wedding ceremony on the bank of the river, with incredible mountain views beyond. We also have our main lodge and cabins available for lodging.
220 Yellowstone Ave, West Yellowstone, Mt 59758, USA
http://bit.ly/1RZUZSy
(406) 646-7311
The Historical Union Pacific Dining Lodge is a beautiful building with timber and rock construction from the 1920’s. This was the building where visitors arriving to Yellowstone National Park by train were fed up to 1,000 meals a day. Beautiful windows and expansive rock fireplaces make this venue a grand show-stopper. On-site amenities include kitchen facilities and equipment, tables, chairs, and a built-in bar.
Mammoth Room:
GSF-6600
Classroom-400
Banquet-450
Reception-650
Firehole Room:
GSF-1650
Classroom-125
Banquet-100
Reception-150
215 Yellowstone Ave, West Yellowstone, Mt 59758, USA
https://www.yellowstonevacations.com/meetings-events
(406) 646-7365
The Holiday Inn Conference Center offers two large banquet halls and an additional Exhibition Hall with a total of 10,000square feet of space. Special features include beautiful wood trim details throughout, chandeliers, and the ability to accommodate an array of events. Catering services are available with an on-site bar and restaurant. The property also features its very own railroad train car.
Sleeping Rooms-123
Meeting Rooms-7
GSF-10,000
Theatre-60-500
Banquet-60-300
Reception-100-400
Classroom-24-300
121 Madison Ave, West Yellowstone, Mt 59758, USA
http://bit.ly/1pjlys2
(406) 646-4621
This beautiful venue is located within the Madison Crossing Building, which was once the West Yellowstone School that housed grades K-12 from 1918-1993. With on-site catering services available, this venue can easily accommodate up to 150 people. Amenities include tables and chairs, a 350 square-foot stage for theatre and musical presentations, and a projector and pulldown screen for viewing presentations.
GDF-1,500
Dining-90
Theatre-150
Classroom-150
Yellowstone Airport, 607 Yellowstone Airport Rd, West Yellowstone, MT 59758
10 N Geyser St, West Yellowstone, Mt 59758, USA
http://www.townofwestyellowstone.com/?s=povah+center
(406) 646-4100 or (888) 854-5862
The Yellowstone IMAX Theatre can be found just on the outside of the Yellowstone National Park West Entrance. This venue can seat up to 348 in the giant screen theatre, which is six stories tall. On-site, this building has Digital surround sound, the latest viewing projection system, CD/PowerPoint capabilities, an extensive gift shop, and a snack bar. Availability is dependent on time of year.
GSF-9,000
Classroom-175
Reception-300-400
Theatre-348