Artists Paint Pots Trail
This easy trail provides an up-close look at the Gibbon Geyser Basin and over 50 active mud pots.
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Artists Paint Pots Trail Details
This easy trail provides an up-close look at the Gibbon Geyser Basin and over 50 active mud pots, hot springs, steam vents, and small geysers all situated in a small, fragile area. Known best for its colorful mud pots, which have blue, grey, brown, red, and orange tints, as well as different sizes and actions, this short boardwalk trail makes a loop through an area of young lodgepole pines, and ascents the small Paintpot Hill, from which there are good views overlooking the basin, before circling back to the trailhead.
Difficulty
Low
Distance
0.6 miles
Estimated time
20 minutes
Region
N/A
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Nearby Points of Interest Around Artists Paint Pots Trail
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0.0 mi away
Artist Paintpots
There are more than 50 springs, geysers, vents, and mud pots here.
0.5 mi away
Gibbon Meadow
The Gibbon River flows from the Elk Park meadow into the smaller Gibbon Meadow.
0.7 mi away
Gibbon Meadows
Located 2.2 miles south of Norris Junction on the Madison to Norris Road.
2.4 mi away
Puff N' Stuff Geyser
True to its name this small geyser often emits large clouds of hot stream and roaring noise.
2.4 mi away
Porkchop Geyser
This Norris Geyser Basin feature has experienced a good deal of change in the last few decades.
