Springs On Fairy Creek
Springs On Fairy Creek covers a set of thermal springs strung along Fairy Creek in Yellowstone, Gallatin County, something over a mile of hiking from the road. No temperature was ever recorded, so there is no telling if it is soakable, and nothing there should be assumed cool enough to touch. West Yellowstone stands as the closest listed town. Park land, open.
The record lists a 1.3-mile hike without naming the road. Elevation around 7,200 feet. Snowfall on record is heavy, around thirteen feet, and the year is wetter than most of the park's thermal areas. Average temperature in the upper thirties. Park Service land, national park designation. Nothing else about the ground is on file.
No best months are on record and no temperature either, so treat it as unknown and hot. Summer is the practical window given the snow. Big Springs group area in Island Park is the campground on record, twenty miles away. No fee listed. The USGS lists a site here.
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 Springs On Fairy Creek.
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
- Open ground
- Flat, open ground all around.
- Highest ground nearby
- 16 ft above the spring
- Within a quarter mile, to the west
A slice through the ground from southwest to northeast, about 0.6 miles end to end.
Elevation data: USGS 3D Elevation Program. Aerial imagery: USGS The National Map. Public domain.
That's about 2½ times the US average of 65. It's higher than at 96% 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 Big Springs Group Area is located 22 miles south of West Yellowstone, Montana in beautiful Island Park, Idaho at an approximate elevation of 6,300 feet. Visitors love Island Park for its world-class fishing and outstanding scenery and wildlife viewing opportunities.Recreation Big Springs is the headwaters of Henry's Fork and is one of the largest springs in the country. Henry's Fork is considered one of the best fly-fishing streams in the nation. Fishermen cast for rainbow and brook...
Springs On Fairy Creek sits at 7,217 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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Springs On Fairy Creek is road-accessible, so you can bring more gear. Cold air temperatures make a changing robe or warm layers essential.
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