Gibbon Hill Geyser
Gibbon Hill Geyser scalds. It sits in Gallatin County, Wyoming, inside Yellowstone National Park, under a mile of walking off the road. Near boiling by the record, and a 2006 sample came back acidic. West Yellowstone, the closest town, sits a bit over a mile away. No photo has been filed. The ground is Park Service land and anyone can visit.
Under a mile on foot, about eight tenths, and the record does not name the road. Elevation is close to 7,570 feet. Cold climate on file, with a hundred and twenty-three inches of snow in a year and an average temperature in the mid thirties. National Park Service land inside Yellowstone.
December through February get the best rating, and that is also when snow lies deepest, so the park's open list settles the question. Short walk in, public access. Indian Creek Campground, about thirteen miles off, is where you would camp. The water is scalding. Keep well back from the vent and from whatever it throws out.
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 Gibbon Hill Geyser.
Drag the handle to compare the two views. The orange dot marks the spring, in a frame about three quarters of a mile wide.
- Setting
- Hillside
- The spring sits on a steep slope that climbs to the northeast.
- Highest ground nearby
- 341 ft above the spring
- Within a quarter mile, to the northeast
A slice through the ground from west to east, 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 82% 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 water at Gibbon Hill Geyser is slightly acidic (pH 5.6).
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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...
Gibbon Hill Geyser sits at 7,570 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 30% stronger than at sea level, so bring sunscreen and drink more water than you normally would.
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Gibbon Hill Geyser 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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