The Elephant Head Lodge is a guest lodge 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. References External links Elephant Head Lodge at the Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office Houses completed in 1926 Houses in Park County, Wyoming Dude ranches in Wyoming Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Wyoming Rustic architecture in Wyoming Shoshone National Forest Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Wyoming National Register of Historic Places in Park County, Wyoming 1926 establishments in Wyoming