Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
The same stairway mentioned at the end of
Part I
takes you past Jupiter and Mound Ter-
races, both deteriorating due to many years without new deposits. First comes
Cavern Ter-
race,
active into the 1970s, but now crumbling. At the first intersection you see a large collapse
feature.
Part of Mound Terrace resembles a screaming Halloween ghost mask.
Climbing more stairs, you are below
Jupiter Terrace
and then
Mound Terrace.
Holes and
crevices in Mound's travertine may remind you of faces and other images. Behind and above
Mound Terrace is Naiad Spring, newly active in 2012. Naiads were the water spirits of classical
mythology, known to weep copiously.
Many more steps will take you to
New Blue Springs,
more accessible from Upper Terrace
deteriorated Cleopatra Terrace.
The last parking area also takes you to many steps for a different access to
Jupiter Terrace.
Two large hot pools at the top of Jupiter used to discharge water here. Early tour guides always
pointed out Pulpit Terrace, where stalactites had grown almost together around the edges of
a semicircular pool into a pulpit-shaped formation. This feature has deteriorated and can no
longer be seen. The southernmost mound of this complex of terraces bears the name
Marble
Terrace.
