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Yellowstone National Park

Sizzling Basin

A hot spring with bacterial mats sits next to a boardwalk in a thermal area.
Photo: NPS / Addy Falgoust
Type Geyser

Sizzling Basin is a geyser in Yellowstone National Park.

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Trails

Places

  • Churning Caldron Geyser · right here
  • Cooking Hillside Point of Interest · 0.1 mi
  • Mud Geyser Geyser · 0.1 mi
  • Black Dragons Caldron Geyser · 0.1 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 trails10 places to see12 visitor services

Facts on this page draw on the National Park Service: Sizzling Basin (nps.gov)

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