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The pool was named by Mrs E. N. McGowan, wife of Assistant Park Superintendent, Charles McGowan in 1883. She called it "Convolutus", the Latin name for the morning glory flower, which the spring resembles. By 1889, the name Morning Glory Pool had become common usage in the park. [3] The feature has also been known as Morning Glory Spring. [4] [5]
Between 1872 and 1927, the pool was known by a variety of names—Diana's Spring, Devil's Well, Blue Crested Spring, Pool Beautiful, Castle Pool, and Diana's Bath. The name Crested Pool was accepted as official by the U.S. Board on Geographical Names committee in 1927, based on the name Crested Hot Spring on Gustavus Bechler's survey map of ...
Learn all about this historic swimming pool as well as recent seismic activity and geyser eruptions at the park in this captivating video. Discover Yellowstone’s Historic Swimming Pool [Video ...
The first records of the spring are from early European explorers and surveyors. In 1839, a group of four trappers from the American Fur Company crossed the Midway Geyser Basin and made note of a "boiling lake", most likely the Grand Prismatic Spring, [5] with a diameter of 300 feet (90 m).
Opal Pool is a hot spring in the Midway Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Opal Pool usually has a temperature of approximately 132 °F (56 °C). [ 1 ] Though usually active as a hot spring, Opal Pool is considered a fountain-type geyser.
While Emerald Spring is a mostly calm pool, which usually only has a few bubbles rising to the surface, it does experience periods of turbidity and small 3-foot (1-m) high eruptions. In 1931, Emerald experienced a period of extremely vigorous activity with eruptions measuring 60 to 75 feet (18.2–22.9 m) in height.
Yellowstone is known for its thermal features, like Old Faithful. “A geyser is a hot spring that throws water up in the air. That's the rarest of the thermal features, but we've got probably ...
The old Yellowstone Trail starting at the trailhead on Washington street in Deer Lodge is a 10-mile trail that treks all the way to Garrison.