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The Fountain Paint Pots Trail in Yellowstone National Park is one of the most underrated hikes in the park. Located in the Lower Geyser Basin, this short 0.5-mile boardwalk loop shows off all four types of hydrothermal features: mudpots, fumaroles, geysers, and hot springs—all in one quick stop!

Highlights include:
🌋 Fountain Paint Pots bubbling with thick mud created by heat and acid dissolving rock into clay
💦 Clepsydra Geyser, erupting almost constantly
🚀 Fountain Geyser and Morning Geyser, known for their massive eruptions up to 200 feet
💧 Silex Spring, a brilliant blue hot spring surrounded by colorful bacteria mats

If you thought Yellowstone was just Old Faithful, this trail will prove you wrong. It’s short, easy, photogenic, and packed with geothermal wonders you won’t forget.

👉 Don’t miss adding this stop to your Yellowstone bucket list.

📍 Location: Lower Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park
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If you think Yellowstone is one big boiling puddle, you’re about to have your brain sautéed in sulfur steam.

We’re zooming into Yellowstone’s Fountain Paint Pots in the Lower Geyser Basin. An easy, half mile boardwalk loop that’s jam packed with every hydrothermal feature Yellowstone flexes! Mudpots, fumaroles, hot springs, and geysers. Yeah, all of 'em in one half‑mile! You just found the perfect trail!

These mudpots bubble and splatter like toddler made abstract art! All thanks to hydrogen sulfide fueled acid breaking down rock into clay. Fancy, I know. Early summer? It’s more watery. Late summer? Expect thick and gloopy. Nature at its absolute best!

Slide on down the boardwalk, and you hit the geyser squad. Fountain Geyser that has regular eruptions shooting up to 50 to 80 ft and lasting 30 minutes when it’s not in weirdo wild phase mode. Morning Geyser? Big daddy up to 200 ft blasts, but only if it's not too lazy. Then there’s Clepsydra, the photo op king, erupting nearly constantly like it’s tryna flex for Insta.

And don’t skip Silex Spring! it’s basically a hot tub ringed in orange run off courtesy of thermophiles. Heat loving microbes doing their thing. That calcium silica rim is geologic art. Bacteria mats turning ugly melted cheese colors? A chef’s kiss of nature.

All this in about 15 minutes walk! So yeah, if you’ve got time to scroll TikTok, you’ve got time to get here. Tip: ditch the 10 AM to 4 PM crowd for fewer selfie stick wars. Parking gets as rare as a polite tourist around then.

You thought Yellowstone was basic? I just proved you wrong. Now go actually earn your bragging rights. Make sure to visit Fountain Paint Pots!