Morning Mist Springs
Morning Mist Springs are a group of hot springs in Yellowstone's Gallatin County stretch, ten or so miles from West Yellowstone. On file the reading is 205 degrees, which rules out any soaking. Treat the whole area as dangerous to touch. Park Service land with open public access, and the springs sit a short stroll from the road.
The record does not name the nearest road, only that the springs are about five hundred yards from it. Elevation is a bit above seventy-two hundred feet. Snow is heavy, close to twelve feet a year, and an average year runs thirty-six degrees. Precipitation is moderate. National park land throughout.
December through February get the best-months mark on the record. Confirm the road is open in winter before counting on that short walk. Indian Creek Campground, the campground on record, is some twenty-two miles off. Scalding water and scalding runoff. Do not approach the edge. No fee is mentioned.
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 Morning Mist Springs.
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
- Valley floor
- Gentle slopes rise on both sides.
- Highest ground nearby
- 137 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 89% 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 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...
Morning Mist Springs sits at 7,222 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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Morning Mist Springs 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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