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Beryl Spring

Beryl Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Beryl Spring is a spring in Wyoming, at a modelled elevation of 2,230 m. Electric Peak stands 3,341 m to the north, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Paintpot Hill, a peak 0.9 miles away.

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Coordinates44.67869, -110.74654
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Hot springs
  • Artists' Paintpots: 1.0 mi
  • Medusa Spring: 3.3 mi
  • Frying Pan Bowl: 5.2 mi
  • Frying Pan Spring: 5.2 mi
  • Roadside Spring West (MNCNN030): 5.3 mi
Springs
  • Chocolate Pot 19: 2.2 mi
  • Chocolate Pot 2: 2.2 mi
  • Black Hermit Caldron: 3.4 mi
  • Green Dragon Spring: 3.5 mi
  • Philipp's Cauldron: 3.5 mi
Picnic sites: 43
  • Caldera Rim Picnic Area: 1.3 mi
  • Iron Springs Picnic Area: 1.7 mi
  • Gibbon Meadows Picnic Area: 1.9 mi
  • Gibbon Falls Picnic Area: 2.5 mi
  • Tuff Cliffs Picnic Area: 4.5 mi
Attractions: 34
  • Gibbon Falls: 2.1 mi
  • Steamboat Geyser: 3.8 mi
  • Back Basin: 3.8 mi
  • Norris Geyser Basin: 3.9 mi
  • Porcelain Basin: 4.0 mi
Waterfalls: 16
Cliffs: 12
Parks: 11
  • Willow Park: 13.0 mi
  • De Lacy Park: 16.3 mi
  • Dunbar Park: 17.3 mi
  • West Yellowstone Town Park: 17.4 mi
  • Heritage Park: 17.5 mi
Museums: 5
Historic sites: 2
Nature reserves: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.0 miles of Beryl Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Electric PeakN 349°3,341 m23.0 mi
Joseph PeakNNW 341°3,176 m20.5 mi
Mount HolmesNNW 331°3,149 m11.1 mi
Gray PeakNNW 340°3,139 m19.5 mi
Bannock PeakNNW 337°3,137 m16.0 mi
Mount WashburnENE 62°3,122 m17.4 mi
Antler PeakNNW 341°3,048 m13.8 mi
Quadrant MountainNNW 345°3,034 m16.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2718:5719:36
June solstice05:3820:2821:13
September equinox07:1118:4419:22
December solstice07:5815:5816:46

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jul–Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F151724324250585647362314
Precip in2.12.12.22.42.72.41.21.41.72.32.22.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — OLD Faithful, 16 mi away.

Streamflow

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Nov–May — fullest in Apr, leanest in Jul.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs4.64.44.54.74.63.93.23.53.63.94.24.5

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Tantalus Creek at Norris Junction, Ynp, 4 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

In the park

Inside the official boundary of Yellowstone National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Nov and Mar; busiest: Jul.

NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).

Wildlife nearby
  • American Bison97 obs
  • Rocky Mountain Fringed Gentian69 obs
  • lodgepole pine59 obs
  • common bracken59 obs
  • Elephant's-Head lousewort50 obs
  • woodland pinedrops32 obs
  • Common Raven25 obs
  • western harebell24 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/4406221869

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