Flat Cone Spring, Steep Cone
Drag the handle to compare the two views. The orange dot marks the spring, in a frame about three quarters of a mile wide.
Flat Cone Spring and Steep Cone are listed together on the record as one scalding thermal point in Yellowstone National Park, Gallatin County, Wyoming. Water temperature on file is hot enough to cook in, so this is viewing only. West Yellowstone is the town on file, about a dozen miles away. There is no photo on record. Access is open, on National Park Service land.
Getting there means a hike, close to two miles from the nearest road, and the record does not say which road that is. Elevation is a bit over 7,200 feet. The climate on file is cold, with snowfall around a hundred and forty inches a year. Land belongs to the National Park Service inside Yellowstone. No trail details are on record, so what the walk is like is unknown.
December through February show up as the best months on file, and that is deep winter here, so check whether the park has anything open before committing. Hike access, open to the public. Nearest camping on record is a little under twenty miles off: the Big Springs group area, which is at Island Park. The water is scalding. Keep a wide margin and do not test it.
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 Flat Cone Spring, Steep Cone.
- Setting
- Open ground
- Flat, open ground all around.
- Highest ground nearby
- 58 ft above the spring
- Within a quarter mile, to the north
A slice through the ground from north to south, about 0.6 miles end to end.
Elevation data: USGS 3D Elevation Program. Aerial imagery: USGS The National Map. Public domain.
That's about 2½ times the US average of 65. It's higher than at 92% 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.
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Heat flow estimate: Stanford Thermal Earth Model (Aljubran & Horne, 2024), CC BY 4.0.
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Overview Big Springs Group Area is located 22 miles south of West Yellowstone, Montana in beautiful Island Park, Idaho at an approximate elevation of 6,300 feet. Visitors love Island Park for its world-class fishing and outstanding scenery and wildlife viewing opportunities.Recreation Big Springs is the headwaters of Henry's Fork and is one of the largest springs in the country. Henry's Fork is considered one of the best fly-fishing streams in the nation. Fishermen cast for rainbow and brook...
Flat Cone Spring, Steep Cone sits at 7,206 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 29% stronger than at sea level, so bring sunscreen and drink more water than you normally would.
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Flat Cone Spring, Steep Cone is road-accessible, so you can bring more gear. The water is dangerously hot, so bring water shoes and test pools carefully. Cold air temperatures make a changing robe or warm layers essential.
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