Grand Prismatic Spring
The largest hot spring in Yellowstone and the third largest in the world, in the Midway Geyser Basin. Its deep blue centre is ringed by bands of orange, yellow and green made by heat loving microbes, colours best seen from the hillside trail above.
- Where
- Yellowstone, Wyoming, United States
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 44.5250, -110.8381
Get the Grand Prismatic Spring stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Grand Prismatic Spring. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Wyoming volume with your photos and a note.
Near Grand Prismatic Spring
Old Faithful 7.2 km
A cone geyser in Yellowstone, named in 1870 and the first in the park to be given a name. It erupts on average about every 92 minutes, regular enough that crowds gather on the benches around it to wait, with the great log inn of the same name close by.
Yellowstone National Park 28 km
The first national park in the world, mostly in the northwest corner of Wyoming with edges reaching into Montana and Idaho. It is known for its geysers and hot springs, Old Faithful above all, and for herds of bison and elk across a landscape that is mostly subalpine forest.
Grand Teton National Park 78 km
The sharp peaks of the Teton Range rise straight out of the valley of Jackson Hole here, with no foothills in between. The park lies about 16 km south of Yellowstone, and together with the forests around them they form one of the largest intact temperate ecosystems on Earth.
Bonneville Salt Flats 480 km
A vast, hard white salt pan in northwestern Utah, the largest of the salt flats west of the Great Salt Lake and a remnant of the Ice Age Lake Bonneville. Its dead flat surface is home to the Bonneville Speedway, where drivers have long chased land speed records.
Devils Tower 485 km
A great butte of igneous rock rising 264 metres from its base above the Belle Fourche River in northeastern Wyoming. Its sides are scored with tall columns, and in 1906 it became the first national monument in the United States.
Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple 499 km
A Hindu temple dedicated to Radha and Krishna, built for the Hindu community of Utah County. It holds weekly services for prayer and meditation and a calendar of seasonal festivals, the best known being the spring Festival of Colors, a Holi celebration that draws huge crowds.
Glacier National Park 522 km
More than 4,000 square kilometres of northwestern Montana on the Canadian border, taking in parts of two mountain ranges and more than 130 named lakes. It sits at the heart of the region called the Crown of the Continent, and the Going-to-the-Sun Road climbs across it over Logan Pass.
Crazy Horse Memorial 580 km
A mountain carving still in progress in the Black Hills, which will show the Oglala Lakota leader on horseback, pointing to his tribal land. It was commissioned by the Lakota elder Henry Standing Bear and begun by the sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski, and the finished face already looks out over the hills.
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Questions
Where is Grand Prismatic Spring?
Grand Prismatic Spring is in Yellowstone, Wyoming, United States. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Old Faithful (7.2 km), Yellowstone National Park (28 km), Grand Teton National Park (78 km).
How do I get the Grand Prismatic Spring stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Grand Prismatic Spring and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Wyoming volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Grand Prismatic Spring before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Wyoming volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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