Biscuit Basin Marker

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Yellowstone National Park in Teton County, Wyoming — The American West (Mountains)

Biscuit Basin

By Bernard Fisher, July 24, 2011

1. Biscuit Basin Marker

Inscription. This thermal basin is particularly volatile, unpredictable. On August 17, 1959, an earthquake recorded at 7.5 on the Richter scale had its epicenter just a few miles to the northwest. Four days later, Sapphire Pool began to erupt violently, blowing away the large rock biscuits around the crater. Biscuit Basin was named for those biscuit-shaped mineral formations.

Location. 44° 29.106′ N, 110° 51.15′ W. Marker is in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, in Teton County. Click for map. Located in the Upper Geyser Basin. Marker is in this post office area: Moran WY 83013, United States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. Beehive Geyser (approx. 1.9 miles away); Grand Prismatic Spring: Prism of Light, Spectrum of Life (approx. 2.9 miles away); Life on the Edge (approx. 2.9 miles away); Buried Alive (approx. 2.9 miles away); Excelsior Geyser (approx. 2.9 miles away); Fountain Paint Pot (approx. 5.1 miles away); a different marker also named Fountain Paint Pot (approx. 5.1 miles away); Earthquake’s Offspring (approx. 5.1 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Yellowstone National Park.

More about this marker. On top is a trail map with the caption, "From the boardwalk loop, longer trails climb out of Biscuit Basin and explore other features: Mystic Falls, Observation Point, Summit Lake, and Fairy Creek Trail."

On the lower right is a photo with the caption, "Other transformations occur here in slow motion. As you walk the ¼-mile loop, notice how the shifting runoff pattern kills forests, creating “bobbysox” trunks saturated with silica."

By Bernard Fisher, July 24, 2011

2. Biscuit Basin Marker

Also see . . . Yellowstone National Park. (Submitted on August 1, 2011, by Bernard Fisher of Mechanicsville, Virginia.)

Biscuit Basin Photo, Click for full size

By Bernard Fisher, July 24, 2011

3. Biscuit Basin

Credits. This page originally submitted on August 1, 2011, by Bernard Fisher of Mechanicsville, Virginia. This page has been viewed 184 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 1, 2011, by Bernard Fisher of Mechanicsville, Virginia.