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Biscuit Basin Trail

Short Boardwalk Passing by Deep Blue Hot Springs

Interpretive Trail on Firehole River, Little Firehole River, Iron Spring Creek in Yellowstone NP, Rocky Mountains near Old Faithful, WY

The Biscuit Basin Trail is an easy ½ mile loop circling some of Yellowstone’s bluest hot springs. At the back of the Biscuit Basin Thermal Area a trail leads to Mystic Falls.

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Length

½mi

Surface

Dirt

Allows ATVs

No

Allows Bikes

No

Allows Hiking

Yes

Allows Horses

No

Allows Nordic Skiing

No (¼mi)

Yes (¼mi)

This thermal basin is particularly volatile, unpredictable. On August 17, 1959, an earthquake recorded at 7.5 on the Richter scale had its epicenter just a few miles to the northwest. Four days later, Sapphire Pool began to erupt violently, blowing away the large rock biscuits around the crater. Biscuit Basin was named for those biscuit-shaped mineral formations.

— Sign at Biscuit Basin

Attractions

Hot Spring in Yellowstone NP, Rocky Mountains near Old Faithful, WY

Hot Spring in Yellowstone NP, Rocky Mountains near Old Faithful, WY

Geyser in Yellowstone NP, Rocky Mountains near Old Faithful, WY

Taxonomy

Classified As

Interpretive Trail

Waterbodies

Little Firehole River

Iron Spring Creek

Ecology

South Central Rockies Forests

Yellowstone Plateau