Gas Vent East Of Mary Lake
Drag the handle to compare the two views. The orange dot marks the spring, in a frame about three quarters of a mile wide.
Gas Vent East Of Mary Lake sits deep in the Yellowstone backcountry, Gallatin County, Wyoming, with the Grand Loop Road around seven miles away. Hot, says the record, and nothing more. Nobody has measured a temperature and no water sample is on file. Roughly nine miles off is West Yellowstone, the only town listed. Open access on National Park Service land.
Grand Loop Road is the closest road, and it is nearly seven miles off with nothing written down about what lies between. Up around 8,350 feet. Winters here are cold enough to hold an annual average near freezing, and the snow piles to something close to a hundred and fifty inches. Yellowstone backcountry, National Park Service land.
Nothing lists a best season. Snow this heavy makes timing the whole question, and the park's backcountry rules come before anything else. Camping means Indian Creek Campground, about twenty miles. No temperature is on record. Count on nothing from it and stay clear of the vent.
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 Gas Vent East Of Mary Lake.
- Setting
- Gentle slope
- The ground tilts gently up to the east.
- Highest ground nearby
- 48 ft above the spring
- Within a quarter mile, to the east
A slice through the ground from south to north, about 0.6 miles end to end.
Elevation data: USGS 3D Elevation Program. Aerial imagery: USGS The National Map. Public domain.
That's about twice the US average of 65. It's higher than at 78% 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.
Overview Located about eight miles (13 km) south of Mammoth Hot Springs on the road to Norris, Indian Creek Campground—elevation 7,300 feet (2225 m)—sits near the base of the Gallatin Mountains and offers breathtaking views of Electric Peak. The area offers easy access to fishing and hiking. The campground is away from the main road and provides a quieter, more primitive, experience than many other locations. For reservations at the campgrounds managed by Yellowstone National Park Lodges (Fi...
At 8,349 feet, Gas Vent East Of Mary Lake is in high-altitude territory where the air is noticeably thinner. Soaking in hot water accelerates dehydration and can amplify altitude effects like headache and fatigue. UV radiation is roughly 33% stronger here. Wear sunscreen even on overcast days and take breaks from the water to rehydrate.
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