Hat’s ridiculous: Yellowstone geologists remove over 300 lost hats from hot springs

Just some of the hats collected by the Yellowstone National Park Geology Program from sensitive thermal areas throughout the park in 2025. (Margery Price/NPS via SWNS)

By Dean Murray

Geologists at Yellowstone National Park have pulled more than 300 lost hats from the famous hot springs.

Hat’s ridiculous: Yellowstone geologists remove over 300 lost hats from hot springs

A researcher collects a sample of thermophilic cyanobacteria from a hot spring in Yellowstone's Lower Geyser Basin. (NPS via SWNS)

Hat’s ridiculous: Yellowstone geologists remove over 300 lost hats from hot springs

Yellowstone National Park Geology Program team member Mara Reed uses a long grabber pole to remove a park map, presumably blown from a visitor's hand or pack by the wind, from a feature in Upper Mammoth Terraces. (Samantha Hilburn / NPS via SWNS)

Hat’s ridiculous: Yellowstone geologists remove over 300 lost hats from hot springs

Yellowstone National Park Geology Program team member Margery Price installs a thermal danger sign near Maiden's Grave Spring along Fountain Flat Drive. (Samantha Hilburn / NPS via SWNS)

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