Buffalo Bill Reservoir Springs
Drag the handle to compare the two views. The orange dot marks the spring, in a frame about three quarters of a mile wide.
Buffalo Bill Reservoir Springs is a named group of springs in the state park of the same name, about eight miles from Cody in Park County, Wyoming. The record carries no temperature, only a note that the water is warm, so do not plan a soak around it. It is state park land and listed as open.
Seven tenths of a mile from the closest road, which is unnamed on file, so count on a walk. Elevation just under 5,400 feet, in a dry stretch of the state: a foot and a half of precipitation in a year and about five feet of snow. The campground on record, Bobcat-Houlihan, is a long way off, nineteen miles.
No best-season figure exists for this one. Snowfall on record is about five feet, so winter access depends on the park's roads. State park rules and any entry fee apply; none is recorded here. Since the temperature is unknown, test the water before assuming anything about it. Camping is not close.
Aircraft with laser scanners measured this ground to within inches. The scan strips out trees and buildings, leaving the bare shape of the land around Buffalo Bill Reservoir Springs.
- Setting
- Open ground
- Flat, open ground all around.
- Highest ground nearby
- Level with the spring
- Within a quarter mile
Elevation data: USGS 3D Elevation Program. Aerial imagery: USGS The National Map. Public domain.
That's close to the US average of 65. It's higher than at 5% of the springs on this site.
Heat flow measures the warmth working its way up through the ground from deep inside the earth. Where it runs high, rain and snowmelt that seep down through cracks in the rock come back up hot.
See every spring on the geothermal heat map →
Heat flow estimate: Stanford Thermal Earth Model (Aljubran & Horne, 2024), CC BY 4.0.
The Bobcat-Houlihan Campground is at the trailhead of the Bobcat-Houlihan Trail. It features interpretive kiosks, horse trailer parking, horse hitching rails, food storage boxes and toilet facilities.
Buffalo Bill Reservoir Springs sits at 5,390 feet above sea level, way above the mile-high mark. You may not feel the altitude strongly, but hot water still dehydrates you faster at elevation. UV is about 22% stronger than at sea level, so bring sunscreen and drink more water than you normally would.
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