Drumheller Fountain, Water fountain at University of Washington campus, Seattle, United States

Drumheller Fountain is a stone bowl set in a pond on the University of Washington campus, aligned with the Rainier Vista. It replaced Geyser Basin, a larger structure with cascading water built for the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. The surrounding formal garden during the fair featured roses and 80,000 English daisies.

The fountain was named in 1961 after University Regent Joseph Drumheller, who donated the central pumping system to commemorate the institution's centennial. This gift marked an important moment in the campus development.

Students call it "Frosh Pond", a nickname dating from the early 1900s, when sophomores dunked freshmen in the water each fall; the initiation ritual continued for decades. Over the years ROTC recruits, sailors, divers and winter swimmers also ended up in the pond, along with items such as rainbow trout and a Domino's delivery truck.

The fountain sits at the end of Rainier Vista, reachable on foot via campus paths. A duck ramp is installed each April or May and kept for about a month so ducklings can leave the pond once they can fly.

Each spring, the university installs a special ramp to help ducklings hatched near the fountain safely enter and exit the water. This small measure shows how the campus looks after the wildlife that inhabits the grounds.