Sizzling Basin
Sizzling Basin is a spring in Wyoming, at a modelled elevation of 2,392 m. Mount Langford stands 3,238 m to the southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Churning Caldron, a hot spring less than a tenth of a mile away. Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway passes 23 miles off.
How to reach it
- 23.1 mi off the Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Churning Caldron: 0.0 mi
- Grizzly Fumarole: 0.1 mi
- Sour Lake: 0.2 mi
- Medusa Spring: 15.1 mi
- King Geyser: 15.6 mi
- Mud Caldron: 0.2 mi
- Dragon's Mouth Spring: 0.2 mi
- Turbulent Pool: 0.5 mi
- Steamboat Springs: 9.2 mi
- Black Pit Spring: 14.9 mi
- Sulphur Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Crater Hills: 3.1 mi
- Elephant Back Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Stonetop Mountain: 5.7 mi
- Sulphur Hills: 5.9 mi
- Nez Perce Ford Picnic Area: 0.8 mi
- Cascade Picnic Area: 0.9 mi
- LeHardy Rapids Picnic Site: 1.5 mi
- Fishing Bridge Picnic Area: 4.8 mi
- Lake Village Picnic Area: 5.2 mi
- Mud Volcano Area: 0.1 mi
- LeHardys Rapids: 2.7 mi
- Natural Bridge: 6.7 mi
- Canyon Horse Corral: 7.7 mi
- Steamboat Geyser: 15.0 mi
- Gull Point: 6.6 mi
- Storm Point: 7.1 mi
- Holmes Point: 9.0 mi
- Sand Point: 9.1 mi
- Steamboat Point: 9.2 mi
- Upper Yellowstone Falls: 7.1 mi
- Silver Cord Cascade: 7.3 mi
- Lower Yellowstone Falls: 7.3 mi
- Crystal Falls: 7.3 mi
- Virginia Cascades: 12.3 mi
- Frank Island Bay North: 14.3 mi
- Frank Island Bay South: 14.6 mi
- De Lacy Park: 18.3 mi
- Willow Park: 22.7 mi
- Norris Geyser Basin Museum: 15.1 mi
- Museum of the National Park Ranger: 15.2 mi
- Yellowstone Tribal Heritage Center: 22.4 mi
- Yellowstone National Park: 2.8 mi
- Queen's Laundry Bath House: 21.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.8 miles of Sizzling Basin. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Langford | SE 133° | 3,238 m | 21.9 mi |
| Silvertip Peak | ESE 112° | 3,235 m | 17.6 mi |
| First Peoples Mountain | SE 136° | 3,217 m | 20.2 mi |
| Cathedral Peak | ESE 102° | 3,215 m | 16.3 mi |
| Avalanche Peak | ESE 122° | 3,182 m | 17.1 mi |
| Pyramid Peak | E 94° | 3,179 m | 18.1 mi |
| Hoyt Peak | ESE 123° | 3,154 m | 18.1 mi |
| Hague Mountain | ENE 75° | 3,137 m | 22.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 18:56 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 20:26 | 21:11 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:43 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:56 | 15:57 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jul–Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 13 | 15 | 23 | 30 | 40 | 49 | 57 | 56 | 48 | 36 | 24 | 15 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Yellowstone, 5 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Jun–Aug — fullest in Jul, leanest in Feb.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 391 | 387 | 452 | 550 | 1,235 | 3,799 | 3,980 | 2,141 | 1,173 | 782 | 598 | 466 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Yellowstone River at Yellowstone Lk Outlet Ynp, 5 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
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).
- American Bison886 obs
- Killdeer76 obs
- Wapiti65 obs
- Canada Goose60 obs
- Trumpeter Swan54 obs
- Steller's Jay49 obs
- lodgepole pine49 obs
- Brewer's Blackbird48 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/2838704204
Day trips start here
- Yellowstone National Park · 6 mi
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