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Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

A narrated walk through the Upper Geyser Basin, from Old Faithful over Geyser Hill and along the Firehole River to Morning Glory Pool: how geysers work, the drought that once silenced Old Faithful, Castle, Grand and Riverside, the colors of the hot pools, and the people whose homelands these are.

13 min of audio · 2 miles · Read the transcript

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    1. Start in the right placeThis tour begins at Old Faithful. Start at the trailhead; the first story plays when you arrive.
    2. Let's hear itUse headphones or the phone speaker at a comfortable volume. Download the tour while you still have signal.
    3. Stories meet you thereYour phone's location starts each story automatically. Music flows straight into the narration. Keep this page open; it keeps the screen awake for GPS.
    4. You're ready to exploreSeasonal: park roads to Old Faithful are closed to cars from November 1 until mid-April (projected to reopen April 16, 2027). From mid-December to mid-March the only way in is a commercially guided snowcoach or snowmobile; geyser predictions aren't posted while the visitor center is closed. In season, park at the Old Faithful Visitor Education Center, download the tour first, and press Start on the Old Faithful boardwalk. It's about two miles one way, on boardwalks and a paved trail, to Morning Glory Pool. Stay on the boardwalk.

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    Facts from the National Park Service (Yellowstone geyser, hydrothermal, Old Faithful, safety, roads, tribal history and Old Faithful area tour pages) and the USGS Yellowstone Volcano Observatory (Caldera Chronicles). Trail geometry © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Music: Mendelssohn, Hebrides Overture, Musopen Symphony recording via Wikimedia Commons (public domain). Narration is AI-generated. Not an official National Park Service product.