Tag - Yellowstone National Park

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Artist Point on the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone National Park

Location: Yellowstone National Park, Grand Canyon, South Rim Length: 0.1 mile GPS Coordinates: N 44 43.178 W 110 28.829 Artist Point on the Grand Canyon in the Yellowstone National Park offers fabulous views of the Yellowstone River and gorgeous canyons of light yellow and orange colors. Enjoy the views of the famous Lower Falls. It is truly a must-see and must-visit place in Yellowstone. The Grand Canyon itself is about 20 miles long; it was approximately measured from the Upper Falls to Tower Fall [...]

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Midway Geyser Basin and Grand Prismatic Spring and Excelsior Geyser

Location: Yellowstone National Park, Lower Geyser Basin Length: 0.8 miles GPS Coordinates:  N 44 31.705 W 110 50.175 Midway Geyser Basin is a small area known for the two big geothermal features that are located here. The size of the basin is small, but its popularity was won by the Excelsior Geyser and Grand Prismatic Spring. The basin itself is a part of Lower Geyser Basin, but because of its location it received a name of the Midway Geyser Basin. Grand Prismatic Spring is [...]

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Artist’s Paint Pots – Yellowstone National Park

Location: Yellowstone National Park Length: 1.1 miles GPS Coordinates: N 44 41.774 W 110 44.466 The Artist's Paint Pots trail is an easy and very popular hike featuring colorful hot springs, geysers, a fumaroles and mudpots in Yellowstone National Park. We encourage you to enjoy it in a natural setting. From the trailhead the trail takes you through a conifer forest. It should be mentioned that these trees were able to survive during the fire in 1988. After the forest the trail takes [...]

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Old Faithful Geyser – Is it really so faithful?

Location: Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park GPS Coordinates: N 44 27.635 W 110 49.846 The Upper Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park is home for one of the most famous and faithful geysers in the world. This basin is famous for the fact that nearly one quarter of all worlds’ geysers is located here. Just imagine a territory in one square mile that has 150 geysers. Not only geysers, but also such thermal features like hot springs, boiling springs and [...]

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Biscuit Basin – Yellowstone National Park

Difficulty: Easy Length: 0.7 miles GPS Coordinates: N 44 29.103 W 110 51.153 Biscuit Basin is part of Upper Geyser Basin and is home for Mustard Spring, beautiful Sapphire Pool and Black Opal Pool, Shell Geyser, Avoca Spring, Jewel Geyser, etc. Biscuit Basic is located at Yellowstone National Park, only 3 miles from a very famous Old Faithful. The basin got its name thanks to the deposits, biscuit-shaped, that were found on the territory around Sapphire Pool. On August 17, 1959 the earthquake [...]