Upper Geyser Basin

The Upper Geyser Basin is the featured highlight of the park. There are big spectacular geysers here, especially Old Faithful, plus plenty of pools and walking paths. The main visitor center is here, and the Old Faithful Inn. You will want to stop here first, pick up some literature about the park, and plan the rest of your trip. Of course, since Old Faithful goes off every 90 minutes, you'll want to catch that highlight right away! You will probably witness several eruptions of Old Faithful during your visit, it is certainly worth a second look.

Black Sand Basin and Biscuit Basin are right next to the Old Faithful Area. Lone Star Geyser is at the end of a flat 2.3 mile trail. We checked out all these sites and of course recommend them all!

For fifty cents at the visitor center, you can pick up The Old Faithful Trail Guide. This little booklet has a map of the area, plus additional information. The maps I show here only display sites that I refer to in the text or with photographs, but there is more geothermal features than I have shown here (Yes, it's true! I didn't really take a photograph of every single feature! Such restraint.)

I partitioned this area into several smaller pages - there were too many picutes and text to put on a single webpage, plus I didn't want it to take forever for you download all this material. Hopefully, you find navigating this site straightforward.

Old Faithful Area	Old Faithful Area
Black Sand Basin	Black Sand Basin
Biscuit Basin and Mystic Falls	Biscuit Basin
Lone Star Geyser	Lone Star Geyser