Photographs of Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park

Beach Spring adjoins Aurum Geyser to the northwest, and is also attractive; a deep pool of hot, clear, bubbling, bluish water, the top of which is generally a few inches below a thick, overhanging geyserite rim, but it periodically bubbles more forcefully and rises so that water overflows onto the surrounding greyish-white terrace. The spring was considered a geyser in the early 20th century but has not erupted for many decades.

Just after Beach Spring, the Geyser Hill Loop intersects the west end of the Observation Point Trail, which leads uphill through pine forest for a quarter of a mile to the next geyser on the tour, Solitary.

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