Hot Spring Basin Group
Drag the handle to compare the two views. The orange dot marks the spring, in a frame about three quarters of a mile wide.
Hot Spring Basin Group turns up twice in the record, and this is the second one, backcountry like the first, sitting nine and a half miles or so off the Northeast Entrance Road in Yellowstone, Gallatin County, Wyoming. Scalding water. The closest town to it is West Yellowstone at roughly twenty-four miles. Park Service ground, open to whoever makes the walk.
Backcountry, close to nine and a half miles from the Northeast Entrance Road, with no route on file. The elevation is a little over 8,400 feet. Cold climate on record, with around a hundred and thirty-six inches of snow a year and an average temperature at the freezing mark. National Park Service land, Yellowstone.
December through February are the record's best months, and at this distance from a road in that much snow, you should ask the park what that means in practice. Tower Fall Campground, about twelve miles out, is where camping is listed. The water is scalding. Do not approach it as a soak.
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 Hot Spring Basin Group.
- Setting
- Open ground
- Flat, open ground all around.
- Highest ground nearby
- 87 ft above the spring
- Within a quarter mile, to the southeast
A slice through the ground from northwest to southeast, 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 70% 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 Tower Fall Campground—elevation 6,600 feet (2012 m)—is on the north side of the steep, winding, road to Dunraven Pass. The campground is near the Tower General Store and Tower Fall. The Lamar Valley, with spectacular wildlife viewing opportunities, is nearby as are several Day Hikes in the Tower and Northeast Area. Roosevelt Lodge, a short drive from the campground, offers dining and horseback riding. For reservations at the campgrounds managed by Yellowstone National Park Lodges (F...
At 8,416 feet, Hot Spring Basin Group 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 34% stronger here. Wear sunscreen even on overcast days and take breaks from the water to rehydrate.
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