Tag - geysers

Mammoth Hot Spring in Yellowstone National Park

Location: Yellowstone National Park Length: 1.75 miles Elevation Gain: 300 feet GPS Coordinates: N 44 58.108 W 110 42.459 The Mammoth Hot Springs Terraces are very popular among the tourists and they have been popular since the very development of the Yellowstone National Park. The terraces were first described by the Hayden Survey in 1871 and they received a name of White Mountain Hot Spring. It should be said that Mammoth Terraces are changing their shape and color constantly. Very interesting thing happens when [...]

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Wraith Falls in Yellowstone National Park

Location: Yellowstone National Park Length: 0.8 miles Elevation change: 120 feet GPS Coordinates: N 44 56.540 W 110 37.408 Yellowstone National Park is one of the greatest parks in US, it is very diverse and beautiful, featuring different geothermal features. This is the World?s First National Park that comprises the territory of 2,219,789 acres. The park is home to one of the world?s largest calderas with over 10,000 thermal features and more than 300 geysers. The park has 290 waterfalls and is home [...]

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Calcite Springs Overlook in Yellowstone National Park

Location: Yellowstone National Park Length: 0.25 miles Elevation Gain: 25 feet GPS coordinates: N 44 54.109 W 110 23.586 Yellowstone is known for its gorgeous views and nature. This is the World’s First National Park that comprises the territory of 2,219,789 acres. The park is home to one of the world's largest calderas with over 10,000 thermal features and more than 300 geysers. The park has 290 waterfalls and is home for one of the largest petrifiied forests in the world. One of the [...]

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Fountain Paint Pots in Yellowstone National Park

Location: Yellowstone National Park, Lower Geyser Basin Length: 0.7 miles GPS Coordinates: N 44 32.913 W 110 48.433 The Fountain Paint Pots Area is a must-visit destination in Yellowstone National Park that offers to explore all four kinds of geothermal features. Visitors will find here geysers, hot springs, pools, a fumarole and famous Fountain Paint Pot. The trail, leading to these geothermal features is an easy 0.7-mile trail, is good for all skill levels, and is accessible May-September. The Fountain Paint Post area [...]

Uncle Tom’s Trail of the Grand Canyon in Yellowstone National Park

Location: Yellowstone National Park, Grand Canyon Area Distance: 0.6 miles (roundtrip) Elevation Gain: 373 ft GPS Coordinates: N 44 42.913 W 110 29.772 Uncle Tom’s Trail is fabulous and unusual trail that takes tourists from the top of Yellowstone’s Grand Canyon to the base of the biggest waterfall in Yellowstone to the 308-foot-high Lower Falls. Take these 328 steps down and enjoy the rainbow that is seen through the splashes and mist. Don’t worry that you won’t make it, you will because there are [...]

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Lower Falls – Power and Majesty. The Brink of the Lower Falls on the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone National Park

Yellowstone Falls consist of two major waterfalls on the Yellowstone River: they are Upper and Lower Falls, both are separated by about a quarter mile, but you want be able to see the Lower Falls from the overlook atop the Upper Falls because of the bend of the Yellowstone River. The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone Rivet takes its beginning at Upper Falls. This famous canyon is about 20 miles long, more than 1,000 feet deep, and 1,500 to 4,000 [...]

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Upper Geyser Basin – home for the most famous geysers.

Location: Yellowstone National Park, Upper Geyser Basin GPS Coordinates: N 44 27.635 W 110 49.846 The Upper Geyser Basin is Yellowstone’s largest geyser basin and it has the highest concentration of hot springs in the world. The basin occupies the territory of about 1 mi2. This basin is home for the famous Old Faithful Geyser as well as for other numerous geothermal features. The whole day or even several can be spent here in exploration of this area, but please, follow general rules [...]

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Back Basin of Norris Geyser Basin – Yellowstone National Park

Location: Yellowstone National Park, Mammoth Hot Springs Length: 1.75 mile GPS Coordinates: N 44 43.567 W 110 42.117 The Norris Geyser Basin is the hottest geyser basin in Yellowstone National Park, one of its parts the Back Basin is considered to be more wooded and full of different geothermal features. Some people call this part “the land of extremes”. Tourist will see here the tallest geyser, but at the same time this geyser is infrequent, new and old geysers, springs that have been [...]

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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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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 [...]