Biscuit Basin | Yellowstone National Park

If I had to choose my favorite place at Yellowstone, it would be the Biscuit Basin. It was a short drive up from Old Faithful and definitely worth the stop. It is one of those places that you must see.

Biscuit Basin contains a small collection of thermal features. Many, however, are small, gem-like encrusted pools and geysers, including Silver Globe Spring, Sapphire, and Black Opal pools, Jewel, Cauliflower, and Black Pearl geysers. The Firehole River and a highway divide the basin. Sapphire Pool dominates the main group west of the river. The water of this pool, or spring, is crystal clear with a Oriental blue sapphire tint. Other important features include Shell Geyser, which has a golden-lined crater, and Jewel Geyser, known for the shiny, beaded sinter around its vent. - Yellowstone National Park.com

Firehole River

The start of the walkway through Biscuit Basin showing the stream rising from the geysers.

Black Opal Spring

Sapphire Pool

Jewel Geyser

Avoca Geyser

Silver Globe Geyser

 Two old geezers