White Elephant Back Terrace

Places of Interest Nearby

Orange Mound Spring

Spring

Photo: The Dye Clan, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Orange Mound Spring is one of the several hot springs in Yellowstone National Park. The name comes from its dark orange appearance caused by orange cyanobacteria living on the travertine, the rock that it is made of. Orange Mound Spring is situated 1,200 feet northwest of White Elephant Back Terrace.

Mammoth Hot Springs

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Mammoth Hot Springs is a large complex of hot springs on a hill of travertine in Yellowstone National Park adjacent to Fort Yellowstone and the Mammoth Hot Springs Historic District.

Fort Yellowstone

Protected area

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Fort Yellowstone was a U.S. Army fort, established in 1891 at Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park. Yellowstone was designated in 1872 but the Interior Department was unable to effectively manage the park. Fort Yellowstone is situated 1 mile northeast of White Elephant Back Terrace.

Places in the Area

Mammoth

Village

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Mammoth is a census-designated place in Park County, Wyoming, United States, in Yellowstone National Park. As of the 2010 census, its population was 263.

Gardiner

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Gardiner is a small town located near the north entrance to Yellowstone National Park. 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.

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