Observation Point Yellowstone National Park

Observation Point Trail is a 1.5-mile hike up to Observation Peak. Here, you’ll find a wide view of the Upper Geyser Basin and you can watch Old Faithful erupt from a different vantage point. It’s a little over a half-mile hike up to the top that passes through meadows and traverses a few switchbacks before climbing up 160 feet in elevation to the top. With few spectators, Observation Peak is a quiet place, so you can appreciate all the simultaneous eruptions going on below. This includes Old Faithful as well as the other lesser-known, but just as magnificent geysers nearby. Because Old Faithful consistently erupts every 60-110 minutes, if you head up right after an eruption, there’s just enough time to make it up before the next eruption occurs. You can either hike back the way you came or take a .3-mile detour to Solitary Geyser and make a loop before heading back down.