Ojo Caliente Spring

Ojo Caliente Spring
Ojo Caliente Spring, 1967
Location	Lower Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Coordinates	44°33′47″N 110°50′20″W / 44.5629852°N 110.8388101°WCoordinates: 44°33′47″N 110°50′20″W / 44.5629852°N 110.8388101°W[1]
Elevation	7,182 feet (2,189 m) [2]
Temperature	94 °C (201 °F) [1]

Ojo Caliente Spring is a hot spring in Lower Geyser Basin, of Yellowstone National Park. It is in the River Group which includes Azure Spring,^[3] and is located a few yards off the Fountain Flats Freight Road on the northern bank of the Firehole River.

In Spanish Ojo Caliente means "hot eye". It is a superheated, alkaline spring which, on its northern end, boils constantly to a height of 12 to 20 inches (30 to 51 cm).^[4]

Legends surrounding the hot springs were investigated by author Ben Radford. Results of this investigation was presented in his 2014 book Mysterious New Mexico.^[5]

References

1. "Ojo Caliente Spring". Yellowstone Geothermal Features Database. Montana State University.
2. "Ojo Caliente Spring". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
3. "River Group".
4. "Geysers – Lower Geyser Basin". YellowstoneNationalPark.com.
5. Radford, Ben (2014). "Chapter 9 Miracles of the Hot Eye: Ojo Caliente's Healing Waters". Mysterious New Mexico. Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press. pp. 185–206. ISBN 978-0-8263-5450-1.