Unnamed Thermal Spring
An unnamed thermal point in Yellowstone, a fifth of a mile off the Grand Loop Road in Gallatin County. Scalding on record, just over the line where water burns on contact. The USGS has a site number here and there is a photo on file, but nothing names it. West Yellowstone is the nearest town listed. Park Service land, open.
Short walk, around two tenths of a mile from the Grand Loop Road. Elevation near 7,500 feet. Snow on record a little over eleven feet, annual average mid thirties, moderate precipitation. National park land. No chemistry is on file for this one, only the temperature and the position. Nothing on record describes the feature.
Scalding; do not touch. The record rates winter as best, so confirm road access. Indian Creek Campground is the camp on record, about twelve miles off. No fee listed. No water chemistry is on record, so nothing is known about acidity.
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 this spring.
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
- Gentle slope
- The ground tilts gently up to the north.
- Highest ground nearby
- 75 ft above the spring
- Within a quarter mile, to the north
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 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.
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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...
this spring sits at 7,470 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 30% stronger than at sea level, so bring sunscreen and drink more water than you normally would.
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this spring 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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