Rocky Mountains
Wyoming
Park

Orange Mound Spring

Orange Mound Spring is one of the several hot springs in . The name comes from its dark orange appearance caused by orange cyanobacteria living on the travertine, the rock that it is made of.
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Photo: The Dye Clan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Spring
  • Description: hot spring in Park County, Wyoming, United States
  • Also known as: “Orange Spring Mound”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mammoth Hot Springs and Fort Yellowstone.

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is a large complex of hot springs on a hill of travertine in adjacent to and the Historic District.

Protected area
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was a U.S. Army fort, established in 1891 at in . Yellowstone was designated in 1872 but the Interior Department was unable to effectively manage the park. is situated 1 mile northeast of Orange Mound Spring.

Peak
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el. 8,041 feet is a mountain peak butte in the Gallatin Range in . is an isolated summit 1.9 miles west of between Clematis Creek and Snow Pass.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mammoth and Gardiner.

Village
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is a census-designated place in , , United States, in . As of the 2010 census, its population was 263.

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is a small town located near the north entrance to . It is the only entrance to Yellowstone Park accessible by car year round and has served as a home base for thousands of tourists visiting the area.

Orange Mound Spring

Latitude
44.96648° or 44° 57′ 59″ north
Longitude
-110.71491° or 110° 42′ 54″ west
Open location code
85PFX78P+H2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4416238274
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­spring
Wiki­data ID
Q55627811
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Orange Mound Spring”. Photo: The Dye Clan, CC BY-SA 3.0.