Geysers in Yellowstone National Park

When you think Yellowstone you think geysers, and for good reason. Yellowstone has about a quarter of all geysers in the world.


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Old Faithful from Observation Point Trail
You can hike up the mountain on the far side of Old faithful so you can look down on it while it erupts.
Date: July 15, 2019
Location: Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, WY

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Old Faithful erupting in front of Old Faithful Lodge

Date: August 25, 2010
Location: Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, WY

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Old Faithful erupting
The clear blue sky makes it easy to see the famous geyser.
Date: August 25, 2010
Location: Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, WY

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Grand Geyser
Grand geyser erupts several hundred feet into the air. It is the largest geyser in the park that they predict the time of eruption for.
Date: July 14, 2019
Location: Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, WY

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Castle Geyser
Castle geyser is named because it's large sinter cone (vaguely) resembles a castle.
Date: July 14, 2019
Location: Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, WY

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Castle Geyser
The eruption I saw was at 7:30 in the morning, so the sun wasn't high in the sky. This allowed me to put the geyser between me and the sun, giving backlit steam clouds. You can also see sheets of water falling back to earth from the cloud of steam.
Date: July 14, 2019
Location: Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, WY

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Grotto Fountain Geyser
This geyser goes off at the same time as the adjacent Grotto Geyser.
Date: August 25, 2010
Location: Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, WY

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Grotto Geyser
This eruption produced lots of steam and a little water that would shoot over the top of the sinter cone.
Date: August 25, 2010
Location: Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, WY

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Grotto Geyser
Water shoots over the top of the oddly shaped cone.
Date: August 25, 2010
Location: Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, WY

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Riverside Geyser
This large geyser is along the banks of the Firehole river. When it erupts the water shoots high in the air and lands right in the river.
Date: August 25, 2010
Location: Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, WY

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Riverside Geyser with a rainbow
Riverside Geyser is on the banks of the Firehole River and water from the eruptions lands in the river. On sunny days a rainbow is visible during the steam phase (towards the end of an eruption). There was a very strong rainbow for a large part of this eruption.
Date: August 25, 2010
Location: Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, WY

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Anemone Geyser
Big and little anemone geyser erupting at the same time. After the eruption, the pool drains, then it re-fills and overflows. This cycle repeats about every 7 minutes.
Date: August 25, 2010
Location: Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, WY

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Lion Geyser Group
The lion group is four adjacent geysers, Big Cub Geyser, Lioness Geyser, Lion Geyser, Little Cub Geyser. This is little cub geyser erupting, it is the most active one in the group.
Date: August 25, 2010
Location: Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, WY

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Vent Geyser and Turban Geyser
Part of the Grand Geyser Group.
Date: August 25, 2010
Location: Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, WY

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Bijou Geyser
Bijou geyser erupts almost continously, splashing water into the air.
Date: August 25, 2010
Location: Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, WY

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Oblong Geyser Erupting

Date: August 25, 2010
Location: Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, WY

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Wall geyser
Wall geyser is named because of the small but steep wall that separates it from the stream.
Date: July 14, 2019
Location: Black Sand Basin, Yellowstone National Park, WY

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Spouter Geyser

Date: August 23, 2010
Location: Black Sand Basin, Yellowstone National Park, WY

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Clepsydra Geyser
This is an active geyser, with oranges, yellows, and blues at the base.
Date: July 15, 2019
Location: Lower Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, WY

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Fountain Geyser
Fountain geyser generally erupts every 4.5 to 6 hours and those eruptions last approximately 30 minutes. When I was there both Fountain Geyser and Clepsydra Geyser were erupting at the same time.
Date: July 15, 2019
Location: Lower Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, WY

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Steamboat Geyser
Steamboat Geyser is the worlds tallest geyser. It was also dormant for a long time, but has been erupting a lot recently. Because of the eruptions, lots of trees near the geyser have died or are dieing. It wasn't doing a full eruption when I was there but it was spouting water up at least a dozen feet in the air.
Date: July 15, 2019
Location: Norris Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, WY