Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center



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A Not-for-Profit Wildlife Park and Educational Facility



Open 365 days a year
(GWDC bears do not hibernate)
Admission is good for two consecutive days


The Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center offers every visitor to Yellowstone a chance to uniquely experience
the world of grizzly bears and gray wolves. All the animals at the Center are unable to survive in the wild
and serve as ambassadors for their wild counterparts.

Accredited by the Association of Zoos & Aquariums

Map to the Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center
One block from the west entrance to Yellowstone National Park

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View a live webcam of one of the Wolf Habitats

View a live webcam of the Grizzly Habitat


What's New
  • Celebrate Internatinonal Migratory Bird Day, May 19th.
  • The GWDC offers daily interpretive programs and Yellowstone National Park Ranger programs.
  • The Center has received two bear cubs. Read more about them.
  • USA Today rates the Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center as one of the "10 Great Places to Watch Wildlife" (photo #17).


  • Be sure to visit our Gift Shop

    The Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center would like to thank the following photographers for graciously sharing their time and talent: David Goble, Len Tillim, Erica Murphy, Don Peters, Bill Powers, Paul Schowalter, Rich Willard, Wind River Institute, ZooPrax Productions.