Yellowstone Volcano Observatory, Yellowstone National Park

Name: Yellowstone Volcano Observatory
Address: Yellowstone National Park, United States

#95 among attractions in Yellowstone National Park

Nature, Natural attraction, Volcano

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The Yellowstone Volcano Observatory is a volcano observatory that primarily monitors the Yellowstone Caldera in Yellowstone National Park in the United States. The observatory's jurisdiction also includes volcanic centers in the states of Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico. As with other U.S. volcano observatories, it is funded through the United States Geological Survey Volcano Hazards Program. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 44°25'49"N, 110°40'19"W

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Yellowstone Volcano Observatory – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Shoshone Lake, Yellowstone Caldera, Black Pool, Abyss Pool.

4.7 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Shoshone Lake, Yellowstone National Park
120 min walk • Shoshone Lake is a U.S. backcountry lake with the area of 8,050 acres elevated at 7,795 feet in the southwest section of Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. It lies at the headwaters of the Lewis River a tributary of the Snake River. The U.S.
2.5 miSW
45-mi.-wide active supervolcano
Yellowstone Caldera, Yellowstone National Park
64 min walk • The Yellowstone Caldera, sometimes referred to as the Yellowstone Supervolcano, is a volcanic caldera and supervolcano in Yellowstone National Park in the Western United States.
5 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hot springs
Black Pool, Yellowstone National Park
128 min walk • Black Pool is a hot spring in the West Thumb Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park in the United States. The pool was cool enough up until 1991 for dark orange-brown cyanobacteria to grow throughout the pool.
5 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hot springs
Abyss Pool, Yellowstone National Park
128 min walk • Abyss Pool is a hot spring in the West Thumb Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park in the United States.
2.4 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Isa Lake, Yellowstone National Park
62 min walk • Isa Lake is located in Yellowstone National Park, in the U.S. state of Wyoming. The lake straddles the continental divide at Craig Pass. Indigenous peoples have lived in the Yellowstone region for at least 11,000 years.
5 miE
44°25'1"N • 110°34'19"W
West Thumb Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park
128 min walk • Hot springs, Park
5.1 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Geyser
Fishing Cone, Yellowstone National Park
131 min walk • Fishing Cone, also known as Fishing Pot Hot Springs is a geyser in the West Thumb Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park in the United States. In the earlier part of the 20th century, this cone had eruptions as high as 40 feet.
5.1 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Geyser
Big Cone, Yellowstone National Park
129 min walk • Big Cone is a geyser in the West Thumb Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park in the United States. Big Cone is a 7 metres wide sinter cone that rises from Yellowstone Lake about 7 metres from the shoreline. The vent of the cone is 80 centimetres wide.
2.5 miW
Mountain pass, Nature
Craig Pass, Yellowstone National Park
64 min walk • Craig Pass, is a mountain pass located on the Continental Divide in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. The Grand Loop Road crosses the pass approximately 8 miles east of Old Faithful Geyser. The pass was named by Hiram Chittenden for Ida M. Craig, the daughter of a close friend, General James Craig.