Earl Guss Park

Fresh snowfall along Alkali Creek.

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Upper Earl Guss Park

Luminarias decorate Pmacoboh on New Year's Eve.

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Yellowstone River

Looking upstream at Four Dances across the river from upper Earl Guss Park.

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the Dutcher Trail

This scenic concrete trail is named after the late visionary Jim Dutcher and is the backbone of YRPA's Trail System.

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Lower Earl Guss Park

Springtime in the park with tall grasses and peach leaf willow trees lining the banks of Alkali Creek.

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Bebes Channel

The Yellowstone River fills this channel with snowmelt and spring rainshowers. This stream runs around the north shore of Norm Schoenthal Island.

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South Hills

Perched on the south shoreline of Norm Schoenthal Island this bench is one of many accessed by a trail which circumnavigates the island.

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North Meadow

Fog shrouds these majestic cottonwood trees where one can find abundant species of birds and wildlife. Two Moon Park has numerous intimate trails throughout the park.

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Welcome to Yellowstone River Parks Association

Please visit our calendar to learn about scheduled volunteer work parties and other events

Welcome to YRPA! We’re a volunteer-driven organization helping to build parks and trails along the Yellowstone River Greenway in Billings, Montana. The Yellowstone is the longest undammed river in the lower 48 states and a treasure for the community of Billings. YRPA was founded in 1991, and both through ownership and by partnering with public land agencies we help to manage more than 2,000 acres of green space.

Please complete our volunteer survey to help us learn more about you, your skills and your interests in volunteering in particular parks. 2022 Volunteer Survey

We meet every Wednesday at 5:30pm at the Billings Community Foundation, 404 N 30th (historic red building). To participate remotely via zoom, email us for the link (yrpa@yrpa.org). Our Board of Directors (BOD) meetings are the third Wednesday of each month. BOD meetings are open to the public, however, YRPA reserves the right to close these meetings to the public when necessary.

Looking for a park? Click here for a map of where we are active or here for a summary of all of our projects.

YRPA depends on volunteer effort. We are an all volunteer operation. If you have a desire to give something back to the community, please join us!

YRPA’s mission takes us into many parks along the Yellowstone River. These public spaces are the jewels strung on the Yellowstone Valley trail system.

As an all volunteer organization, YRPA depends on your financial help. We rely on donations and grants. We are not a government based operation and are not part of the local, State, or Federal budgets.