Roaring Mountain
Not so much an actual mountain as it is a thermal feature.
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Roaring Mountain Details
Roaring Mountain is not so much an actual mountain as it is a thermal feature. The name refers to a fumarole field on the side of a hill 4.5 miles north of Norris Geyser Basin along the Grand Loop Road. Geologists Arnold Hague and Walter Weed named this thermal feature in 1885. Hague noted that "...it takes its name from the shrill, penetrating sound of the steam constantly escaping from one or more vents located near the summit, and on a calm day, or with a favorable wind, the rushing of the steam through the narrow orifices can be distinctly heard." It has gone through periods where it lives up to its name, and those when it tends to be quieter (which is the case presently). Roaring Mountain is formed of rhyolite, a volcanic rock that contains 70-75% silica, and was formed from a volcanic eruption that occurred sometime during the Pinedale Glaciation (approximately 30,000 to 12,000 years ago).
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Nearby Points of Interest Around Roaring Mountain
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0.5 mi away
North Twin Lake
The northern member of the pair, its water comes from spring and runoff from nearby geyser activity.
0.6 mi away
South Twin Lake
The southern member of the pair, its water comes from spring and runoff from nearby geyser activity.
1.8 mi away
Nymph Lake
A small lake located alongside Grand Loop Road, approximately 2.5 miles north of Norris Junction.
2.4 mi away
Beaver Lake
Located 7.3 miles north of Norris Junction on the Norris to Mammoth Road.
3.0 mi away
Norris Area
The Norris Geyser Basin is the main attraction of the Norris area of Yellowstone National Park.
