to the south and leads to Grand Teton National Park. The famed Beartooth Highway provides access from the northeast and has spectacular high-altitude scenery. Nearby communities include West Yellowstone, Montana; Cody, Wyoming; Red Lodge, Montana; Ashton, Idaho; and Gardiner, Montana. The closest air transport is available by way of Bozeman, Montana; Billings, Montana; Jackson; Cody, Wyoming, or Idaho Falls, Idaho. Salt Lake City, to the south, is the closest large metropolitan area. Legal jurisdiction The entire park is within the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the District of Wyoming, making it the only federal court district that includes portions of more than one state (Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming). Law professor Brian C. Kalt has argued that it may be impossible to impanel a jury in compliance with the Vicinage Clause of the Sixth Amendment for a crime committed solely in the unpopulated Idaho portion of the park (and that it would be difficult to do so for a crime committed solely in the lightly populated Montana portion). One defendant, who was accused of a wildlife-related crime in the Montana portion of the park, attempted to raise this argument but eventually pleaded guilty, with the plea deal including his specific agreement not to raise the issue in his appeal. See also Bibliography of Yellowstone National Park List of national parks of the United States Making North America (2015 PBS film) National Parks in Idaho Outline of Yellowstone National Park References Further reading Whittlesey, Lee H. (2002), "Native Americans, the Earliest Interpreters: What is Known About Their Legends and Stories of Yellowstone National Park and the Complexities of Interpreting Them", The George Wright Forum, published by the George Wright Society, Vol. 19, No. 3, pp. 40–51. . External links of the National Park Service Travertine: Yellowstone’s Hydrothermal Timekeeper USGS May 24, 2021 Act Establishing Yellowstone National Park from the Library of Congress Congressional Acts Pertaining to Yellowstone The Yellowstone magmatic system from the mantle plume to the upper crust at Science (registration required) BYU Larsen Yellowstone collection at the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Library of Brigham Young University Yellowstone articles, photos and videos at National Geographic Photographic library of the U.S. Geological Survey (archive) Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) documentation: 1872 establishments in Idaho Territory 1872 establishments in Montana Territory 1872 establishments in Wyoming Territory 1872 establishments in the United States Biosphere reserves of the United States Civilian