Hot Springs In Pelican Valley
Drag the handle to compare the two views. The orange dot marks the spring, in a frame about three quarters of a mile wide.
Pelican Valley lies in the eastern reaches of Yellowstone National Park, and the hot springs here are scalding, well above any temperature a person could tolerate. This is Gallatin County, on Park Service ground. The public gets in. West Yellowstone, the town on file, is about twenty-six miles away. There is no soaking to be had; it is a thermal area reached by trail.
Hike in four and a half miles from the East Entrance Road, the closest road on record. Elevation falls a little short of eight thousand feet. Snow is heavy, thirteen feet in a typical year, and the year's mean is a few degrees above freezing. Precipitation is moderate. The land carries national park designation.
December through February come up as best months on the climate record, which in Pelican Valley means deep snow and winter travel, so learn what the park allows before planning around that. Threemile Campground, sixteen-odd miles away, is the camping on file. The water will scald on contact. Keep to firm ground. The record shows open access with no charge.
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 In Pelican Valley.
- Setting
- Gentle slope
- The ground tilts gently up to the north.
- Highest ground nearby
- 128 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 close to the US average of 65. It's higher than at 18% 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 Threemile Campground is located just three miles from the east entrance of Yellowstone National Park, and 50 miles from the full service gateway community of Cody, in northwestern Wyoming. The area is an ideal destination for a family getaway, with many opportunities for outdoor recreation. Hard-sided camp trailers and RVs are required.Recreation Great opportunities for hiking, fishing, scenic driving and wildlife viewing are available around the campground. The North Fork of the Sho...
Hot Springs In Pelican Valley sits at 7,900 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 32% stronger than at sea level, so bring sunscreen and drink more water than you normally would.
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