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Yellowstone National Park

Churning Caldron

Water violently splashes in a large mudpot located in a green meadow with a bison in the background.
Photo: NPS / Addy Falgoust
Type Geyser

Churning Caldron is a geyser in Yellowstone National Park.

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Trails

Places

  • Sizzling Basin Geyser · right here
  • Sour Lake Geyser · 0.1 mi
  • Black Dragons Caldron Geyser · 0.1 mi
  • Cooking Hillside Point of Interest · 0.2 mi
  • Mud Volcano Parking Vault Toilet #1 Restroom · 0.2 mi
  • Mud Volcano Parking Vault Toilet #2 Restroom · 0.2 mi
  • Mud Volcano Parking Vault Toilet #5 Restroom · 0.2 mi
  • Mud Volcano Parking Vault Toilet #3 Restroom · 0.2 mi

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3 trails9 places to see12 visitor services

Facts on this page draw on the National Park Service: Churning Caldron (nps.gov)

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