| Diana's Punchbowl | |
| Other Name: | Devil's Cauldron |
| Map: | Nevada |
| Relief: | yes |
| Map Width: | 220 |
| Location: | Monitor Valley, Nye County, Nevada |
| Elevation: | 6760feet |
| Hot Spring Type: | hot spring |
Diana's Punchbowl, also called the Devil's Cauldron, is a geothermal feature located on a small fault in Nye County, Nevada. The spring is exposed through a cup-shaped depression about 50feet in diameter at the top of a domelike hill of travertine about 600feet in diameter. Hot water in the pool of the bowl is about 30 feet (9 m) below the rim.[1]
Near the geographic center of Nevada, Diana's Punchbowl or the Devil's Cauldron, is formed in the geothermically active portion of the Great Basin. It is located in central-western Nevada, in the Monitor Valley, about 30 miles southeast of Austin, Nevada in Nye County. Diana's Punchbowl is just east of Monitor Valley Road about 9 miles south of Monitor Ranch. The bowl is at the top of a travertine hill. It is 50 feet across and 30 feet deep. The extreme water temperature of this feature is estimated to be 200F.[1] The hot mineral water flows into a hot creek allowing it to cool to approximately 100 °F at the far end of the creek. Several rock pools have been created along the creek.[2]