Geyser Spotting at Yellowstone National Park #70DayRoadTrip #Travel

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Yellowstone is the geyser capital of the world. Come see where you can view these unpredictable beauties within the park. #70DayRoadTrip #Travel #Camping

The other day I shared some of the amazing hot springs within Yellowstone National Park, and the vibrant colors they display. Today I wanted to share a bit about the geysers at Yellowstone. Yellowstone has more geysers than anywhere else in the world. Here, the geysers are preserved and protected for future generations to enjoy, and enjoy them people do. I'm not going to lie, Old Faithful is the most well-known geyser in the park, and is crowded most of the day, but there are many other geysers to see scattered throughout this over 2 million acre park. Finding them all is half the fun of visiting.

I'll start the virtual tour with some shots of Old Faithful. Besides being the most popular geyser in the park, it is also one of the most reliable and frequently erupting. It erupts every 60-120 minutes on average.




You can stop by the visitor's center at Old Faithful to tour their educational displays. The children's area is particularly fascinating for little ones, and they can usually predict the time of the next eruption to within 5-10 minutes. Tip: If you want to view Old Faithful with little to no crowd, come early in the morning or stay until after 8 PM to watch it erupt.




The Lower and Midway Geyser Basins have several different geysers you can view. The Jewel Geyser seems to erupt fairly regularly and is pretty neat to watch. Your best bet for seeing a geyser erupt in these areas is to just settle in and keep a close watch, as there are no official prediction times for most geysers found here.



Upper Geyser Basin is where Old Faithful is located, and is the largest collection of geysers in the park. There is a very nice boardwalk that travels throughout the basin, and allows you to get a close look at each geyser, there are also many hot springs located here too. One of my favorite geysers here is the Castle Geyser. Although we never did get to see it go off, it still looks pretty cool even when it's not erupting.




There are a few well-known geysers at the West Thumb Geyser Basin, including the fishing cone geyser that was underwater due to rising levels of Yellowstone Lake when we visited.


While the locations listed above are not the only places in Yellowstone National Park to see geysers, they are some of the most popular. To see a full list of where you might find geysers, check out a Yellowstone Park Map.

Have you ever been to Yellowstone? What was your favorite geyser?

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Kathleen is a homeschooling mom of four boys with a serious case of the Wanderlust bug. Her love of travel extends to her children, and has resulted in the family visiting 48 states to date, and traveling nearly a third of the year. She is the owner of LifeWith4Boys.com where you will find information on Family Travel, recipes, reviews, lifestyle and more.

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  1. KathyJuly 10, 2014 at 7:49 PM

    Its been years since I have been to Yellowstone. I don't remember seeing a geyser go off while I was there though. :(

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  2. JennJuly 11, 2014 at 12:22 AM

    These are such amazing pictures. The Earth is capable of some interesting things!

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  3. UnknownJuly 11, 2014 at 2:26 AM

    I so want to visit some day. We tried to visit the small Old Faithful here in California but ran out of time on our last road trip.

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