Hot Springs At Sevenmile Hole
Sevenmile Hole holds a set of hot springs inside Yellowstone National Park, in Gallatin County, about sixteen miles out from West Yellowstone. What comes out of the ground is far past kettle heat, hot enough to scald on contact. Nobody soaks in it. This is a thermal area you walk in to see, on National Park Service ground that is open to the public.
Reaching the springs means a hike of roughly two miles from the closest road, which the record leaves unnamed. They sit at high elevation in the park interior, on land managed as national park. Winters bury the area. The record shows well over a hundred inches of snow in an average year, and the year's average temperature lands in the mid thirties. Precipitation runs moderate.
Oddly, the climate record flags December through February as the best months, which in this part of the park means snow travel, so find out what the park has open before you commit. Tower Fall Campground is the nearest camping on file, close to ten miles off. Treat the water as scalding and stay on established ground around every 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 Hot Springs At Sevenmile Hole.
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 west.
- Highest ground nearby
- 246 ft above the spring
- Within a quarter mile, to the west
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 85% 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.
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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...
Hot Springs At Sevenmile Hole sits at 7,314 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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Hot Springs At Sevenmile Hole 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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