The Elephant Head Lodge is a guest ranch on the road to, and only 12 miles from, the east entrance of Yellowstone National Park, in Shoshone National Forest. The ranch includes two main lodges surrounded by support buildings and guest cabins. Beginning in 1926, the Elephant Head was developed by Buffalo Bill Cody's niece, Josephine Thurston and her husband Harry W. Thurston. The lodge was named after a distinctive rock formation that rises above the property.[2]

Elephant Head Lodge
Elephant Head Lodge is located in Wyoming
Elephant Head Lodge
Elephant Head Lodge is located in the United States
Elephant Head Lodge
Location1170 North Fork Highway, Wapiti, Wyoming
Nearest cityCody, Wyoming
Coordinates44°27′18″N 109°48′17″W / 44.45500°N 109.80472°W / 44.45500; -109.80472
Built1926
ArchitectThurston, Harry & Josephine
MPSGuest Ranch along the Yellowstone Highway in the Shoshone National Forest
NRHP reference No.03001107
Added to NRHPOctober 30, 2003[1]

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "Elephant Head Lodge". National Register of Historic Places. Wyoming State Preservation Office. October 25, 2008. Archived from the original on June 15, 2011. Retrieved August 17, 2010.
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