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Giantess Geyser

84 mi from Bozeman · ~2.4 hr drive

Giantess Geyser is a geyser catalogued in Wyoming by the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System — about 84 miles from Bozeman, MT, inside Yellowstone National Park. Coordinates and the closest documented metro are listed below; for current access and soaking rules, check with the relevant land manager before visiting.

Giantess Geyser
Photo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Safety & access

Read before visiting
Verify access before driving in. The U.S. Geological Survey catalogs the geographic feature, not its access status. Hot springs in our database span the full range from developed public soaking pools to private resorts to wild thermal water on federal/state land. Some require entry fees; some are on private property; some are in National Park Service units where soaking is prohibited.

This feature is inside Yellowstone National Park and is federally protected. Stay on designated boardwalks and trails — leaving them damages fragile thermal-features and is illegal. Soaking is prohibited in most NPS thermal areas.

Water in geysers and boiling springs reaches well over 180 °F (82 °C) and can scald instantly. Never enter the water. Steam itself can cause burns.

Before you go: check current conditions and access rules with the relevant land manager — National Park Service unit, U.S. Forest Service ranger district, Bureau of Land Management field office, state-park department, or the property owner if it's private. Wild thermal water can be unsafe to enter without a thermometer; surface temperatures can vary dramatically from the deeper pool. When in doubt, don't soak.

State
Wyoming
Nearest city
Bozeman, MT · 84 mi · ~2.4 hr drive
Type
Geyser
County
Teton
GNIS ID
1597123
From Wikipedia: Giantess Geyser is a fountain-type geyser in the Upper Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park. It is known for its violent and infrequent eruptions of multiple water bursts that reach from 100 to 200 feet. Eruptions generally occur 2 to 6 times a year. The surrounding area may shake from underground steam explosions just before the initial water and/or steam eruptions. Eruptions may occur twice hourly, experience a tremendous steam phase, and continue activity for 4 to 48 hours. The Geyser last erupted on August 26, 2020, after a six-year, 210 day hiatus. A follow-up eruption occurred 15 days later on 10 September 2020. Another eruption occurred on 11 August 2021 Excerpt from the Wikipedia article on Giantess Geyser, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

About Yellowstone National Park

National Park Service unit

Giantess Geyser is inside Yellowstone National Park, a U.S. National Park managed by the National Park Service. Conditions, road status, trail closures, boardwalk routing, and reservation requirements are published directly on the park's NPS page — check it before driving in, especially in winter.

Entrance fee: $35 per vehicle. Per vehicle, valid 7 days. Combined Yellowstone + Grand Teton pass available. An America the Beautiful annual pass ($80) covers entrance to all NPS units and is worth it after ~3 park visits per year.

Park homepage: https://www.nps.gov/yell/

Visiting Giantess Geyser

Trip planning

The exact location is at 44.4632°, -110.8285° — open in Google Maps for driving directions from your location.

If you've visited Giantess Geyser and have current notes (parking, access, soaking rules, fees, ownership), tell us at /contact — we update pages as we learn more.

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Sources

Public data

Location data for Giantess Geyser comes from the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System (public domain), feature class "Spring". We filter the GNIS Spring catalog to thermal features by name pattern (hot spring, warm spring, geyser, boiling spring, thermal). The GNIS records the geographic feature itself; access rules, ownership, and current conditions come from the relevant land manager. To suggest corrections, see our methodology page or contact us.