Leather Pool + trail to get there in Yellowstone National Park 🌋 Wyoming travel blog

Hi there!

 

As it goes in Yellowstone National Park, there are many hot springs to see!

Some are smaller, and some are bigger.

You can make it a walk to the Leather Pool in Yellowstone to see a thermal pool.

 

 

Watch the Leather Pool video on youtube!

 

Walking the Fountain Paint Pot Trail to Leather Pool

You will find the Leather Pool along the Fountain Paint Pot Trail.

And, when you see a boardwalk near thermal pools in Yellowstone… stay on the boardwalk!

Thermal areas can be HOT and dangerous.

 

👆 The area around Leather Pool is a fragile thermal area.

 

👆 There is unstable ground and boiling water around Leather Pool.

 

 

More below about a walk to see Leather Pool!

 

 

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Now…

A walk to see Leather Pool

There is a stretch of road along the western side of the Yellowstone Grand Loop Road that has a number of popular thermal basins.

And it’s at the northern end of this section of road that you’ll find the Leather Pool.

So if you’re starting your day trip to Yellowstone from West Yellowstone MT and making your way to the Old Faithful geyser overlook or Grand Prismatic Spring overlook, then the Leather Pool can be along the way.

 

Explore the map.

 

You’ll see a sign for the Fountain Paint Pot, and it will be a turn off of the main road.

 

 

You’ll then drive into the parking lot.

 

 

Then you’ll get started on the trail!

Right near where the trail starts is also where you’ll find a Fountain Paint Pot trail guide that will explain to you the different thermal features (of thermal pools, and more) that you can see as you are walking along. There is a suggested donation of $1 so bring cash!

 

 

And then in a few minutes you’ll come across the Celestine Pool. (Maybe you’ll see a thermal pool bubbling!)

 

 

 

And then if you keep walking straight, you’ll also see the orange bacteria mat and the Silex Spring.

 

 

 

Then you can continue along to where you see the trail go, and you’ll come across the Fountain Paint Pots.

 

 

 

Then, as you keep walking, you will come to the Red Spouter.

 

 

 

And it’s around here that you’ll see the Leather Pool on the other side of the trail across from the Red Spouter as you continue walking.

The Leather Pool is located in the direction of the road.

 

 

And then after you’ve taken in the views of Leather Pool, you can continue your walk onwards to see more thermal features near Leather Pool!

According to the National Park Service, on the trail around here you can see a variety of thermal features including hot springs, geysers, mudpots, and fumaroles.

 

And that’s a bit about a walk to see a thermal pool along the Fountain Paint Pot Trail!

 

See more thermal pools in Yellowstone:

• Celestine Pool
• Surprise Pool
• Silex Spring
• Grand Prismatic Spring
• Firehole Spring
• Solitary Geyser

 

Plan more of your trip to Yellowstone and beyond:

• How to see Old Faithful geyser eruption
• Things to do in Yellowstone National Park
• Things to do in Grand Teton National Park

 

HAPPY WALKING TO LEATHER POOL!