Grant Village

Grant Village is a developed area of Yellowstone National Park, offering lodging, camping and other visitor services.

It is located on the southwest side of Yellowstone Lake, about 2 miles (3.2 km) south of West Thumb Geyser Basin.

Grant Village was planned to allow the removal of development encroaching on the thermal basin at West Thumb.

Originally named "Thumb Bay," the development was first proposed in 1955 by Park Service director Conrad L. Wirth to accommodate 2500 visitors with restaurants, gas stations, concessions and a marina.

The development remained smaller than originally intended; in 1981 Secretary of the Interior James G. Watt responded to pressure from the park gateway town of West Yellowstone, Montana, cutting the project's scope.

Grant Village lodging in 1987