Washburn Hot Springs
70 mi from Bozeman · ~2.0 hr drive
Washburn Hot Springs is a hot spring catalogued in Wyoming by the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System — about 70 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.
Safety & access
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.
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 · 70 mi · ~2.0 hr drive
- Type
- Hot spring
- Coordinates
- 44.7667°, -110.4297°
- Park
- Yellowstone National Park (NP)
- County
- Park
- GNIS ID
- 1596061
About Yellowstone National Park
Washburn Hot Springs 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 Washburn Hot Springs
The exact location is at 44.7667°, -110.4297° — open in Google Maps for driving directions from your location.
If you've visited Washburn Hot Springs and have current notes (parking, access, soaking rules, fees, ownership), tell us at /contact — we update pages as we learn more.
Stay nearby
Other hot springs within 30 miles
Whistler Geyser
5 miles from Washburn Hot Springs
Coffee Pot Hot Springs
6 miles from Washburn Hot Springs
Crater Hills Geyser
8 miles from Washburn Hot Springs
Hot Spring Basin Group
9 miles from Washburn Hot Springs
Mud Geyser
10 miles from Washburn Hot Springs
Terrace Hot Spring
10 miles from Washburn Hot Springs
Sources
Location data for Washburn Hot Springs 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.