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Video of a major eruption of Lone Star Geyser
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Lone Star Geyser, 1878 William Henry Jackson
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Lone Star Geyser, ca1900 Frank Jay Haynes
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Pre-eruption phase, 2008
Lone Star Geyser | |
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Location | Lone Star Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Teton County, Wyoming |
Coordinates | 44°25′06″N 110°48′24″W / 44.4183461°N 110.8067286°W[1] |
Elevation | 7,644 feet (2,330 m) [2] |
Type | Cone type geyser |
Eruption height | 35-40 feet |
Frequency | 3 hours |
Duration | 30 minutes |
Lone Star Geyser is a cone type geyser located in the Lone Star Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park. The basin is a backcountry geyser basin located 3 miles (4.8 km) southeast of Old Faithful Geyser and the Upper Geyser Basin. The geyser is reached via an old service road open to hikers and biking with the trailhead near Kepler Cascades on the Grand Loop Road.[3]
Lone Star erupts about every 3 hours and lasts about 30 minutes and reaches a heights of 35 to 40 feet (11 to 12 m).[4]
Aubrey L. Haines, the Yellowstone park historian from 1960 to 1969, relates three stories as to how this geyser was named:[5]