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Steamboat Springs

Steamboat Springs, seen from above at true elevation

Steamboat Springs is a spring in Wyoming, at a modelled elevation of 2,371 m. Eagle Peak stands 3,460 m to the southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Steamboat Point, a cliff less than a tenth of a mile away. Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway passes 15 miles off.

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Coordinates44.53023, -110.29756

14.8 mi off the Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks

Lake Butte: 2.1 mi
Sulphur Hills: 4.8 mi
Stonetop Mountain: 6.3 mi
Mount Chittenden: 6.3 mi
Grizzly Peak: 7.4 mi

Springs59

Hot springs32

Churning Caldron: 9.2 mi
Sour Lake: 9.2 mi
Grizzly Fumarole: 9.4 mi
Lakeside Spring: 15.6 mi
King Geyser: 15.6 mi

Picnic sites30

Steamboat Point Picnic Area: 0.2 mi
Sedge Bay Picnic Area: 1.2 mi
Fishing Bridge Picnic Area: 4.6 mi
Lake Village Picnic Area: 5.4 mi
Gull Point Picnic Area: 5.9 mi

Cliffs13

Steamboat Point: 0.0 mi
Holmes Point: 0.5 mi
Storm Point: 2.2 mi
Elk Point: 4.0 mi
Gull Point: 5.9 mi

Attractions12

LeHardys Rapids: 6.8 mi
Natural Bridge: 7.8 mi
Mud Volcano Area: 9.3 mi
King Geyser viewing point: 15.6 mi
West Thumb Geyser Basin: 15.6 mi

Waterfalls7

Parks6

Frank Island Bay North: 8.0 mi
Frank Island Bay South: 8.4 mi
De Lacy Park: 21.2 mi
Basin Creek: 24.1 mi
Basin Creek: 24.4 mi

Museums2

Norris Geyser Basin Museum: 24.1 mi
Museum of the National Park Ranger: 24.3 mi

Nature reserves1

Yellowstone National Park: 11.4 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.1 miles of Steamboat Springs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Eagle Peak	SE 137°	3,460 m	19.7 mi
Table Mountain	SE 143°	3,365 m	20.1 mi
Mount Humphreys	SE 139°	3,358.5 m	17.7 mi
Mount Schurz	SE 139°	3,356 m	17.1 mi
Pollux Peak	ENE 62°	3,348 m	20.4 mi
Notch Mountain	ENE 69°	3,332 m	19.1 mi
Atkins Peak	SE 133°	3,331 m	15.6 mi
Plenty Coups Peak	SE 131°	3,330 m	14.8 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:25	18:55	19:34
June solstice	05:37	20:26	21:10
September equinox	07:09	18:42	19:20
December solstice	07:55	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.

Streamflow

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.

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 Bison57 obs
Yellow-bellied Marmot41 obs
Barrow's Goldeneye24 obs
Bald Eagle18 obs
Brown Bear18 obs
Mountain Bluebird17 obs
Trumpeter Swan15 obs
Common Raven15 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.

OpenStreetMap Wikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/12981578441

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