Hot Springs
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Nevada (14)
- Black Rock Hot Springs — Humboldt County, NV
Historic Applegate–Lassen Trail geothermal springs at the base of Black Rock Point on the northeast edge of the Black Rock Desert playa (BLM Black Rock Deser…
- Bog Hot Springs — Humboldt County, NV
Bog Hot Springs sits on remote BLM land in northern Humboldt County, a high-desert soak with a simple concrete tub and long empty horizons toward the Black R…
- Dake Hot Springs — Churchill County, NV
A little-documented remote soak reported on the northern Churchill–Pershing fringe of the Black Rock country, with a crude rock-and-dirt pool. Roads are roug…
- Diana's Punchbowl — Nye County, NV
A geothermal crater where superheated water has dissolved through the desert floor, creating a boiling pool rimmed in yellow sulfur. Too hot to enter — purel…
- Double Hot Springs — Humboldt County, NV
Twin scalding geothermal pools on the Black Rock Desert north of Gerlach — a geologic viewpoint, NOT a soaking spring. Source pools run roughly 180-200°F wit…
- Fish Lake Valley Hot Well — Esmeralda County, NV
County-managed concrete soaking tub fed by an artesian geothermal well at roughly 105°F, with overflow ponds that draw waterfowl and goldfish under Boundary …
- Hot Creek Springs — Nye County, NV
National Natural Landmark warm springs and marsh in the White River Valley on Wayne E. Kirch Wildlife Management Area — a boulder-lined soaking pool fed by c…
- Kyle Hot Springs — Pershing County, NV
Kyle Hot Springs is a primitive soak in Buena Vista Valley (Pershing County), reached by a long dirt road that filters out casual traffic. A rustic tub captu…
- Rogers Spring — Clark County, NV
Large perennial warm spring (~82°F carbonate water) at the foot of the Muddy Mountains on Lake Mead NRA’s Northshore Road. A short paved spur reaches parking…
- Soldier Meadows Hot Springs — Humboldt County, NV
Remote BLM hot-spring complex in the Soldier Meadows ACEC at the north end of the Black Rock country. Free semi-primitive campsites, vault toilet, public cab…
- Spencer Hot Springs — Lander County, NV
Free BLM hot spring with multiple pools of varying temperatures and 360-degree sagebrush views. Dispersed camping nearby. One of Nevada's most accessible and…
- Steamboat Springs — Washoe County, NV
Historic geothermal field south of Reno named for steam columns that early travelers likened to a steamboat. Rhyolite domes, sinter, fumaroles, and mineral s…
- Trego Hot Springs — Pershing County, NV
A primitive geothermal spring and soaking ditch on BLM land at the edge of the Black Rock Desert playa near the old Trego railroad siding. Long a stop for pl…
- Walley's Hot Springs — Douglas County, NV
Nevada’s oldest continually operating hot-springs resort, established by David Walley in 1862 at natural mineral springs 1.5 miles from Genoa. Five outdoor m…
California (13)
- Agua Caliente County Park — San Diego County, CA
San Diego County desert park on the Great Southern Overland Stage Route of 1849 at the western edge of Anza-Borrego, built around geothermally heated mineral…
- Benton Hot Springs — Mono County, CA
Historic Mono County hot-spring settlement (Old Benton) west of modern Benton on the Benton Range fringe. Supply center for nearby mines in the 1860s–1880s; …
- Delight's Hot Springs — Inyo County, CA
Delight's Hot Springs Resort (also known locally as Death Valley Hot Springs) is a private complex on Tecopa Hot Springs Road in Inyo County, south of Death …
- Dirty Socks Spring — Inyo County, CA
Free, unmaintained ~93°F artesian warm pool in a large circular concrete basin just off CA-190 near the south edge of Owens Lake—sulfur odor and algae give t…
- Fountain of Youth Spa (Hot Mineral Spa) — Imperial County, CA
Developed mineral-spring resort on the northeast Salton Sea shore at the Hot Mineral Spa community—public day-use and guest soaking in multiple hot mineral p…
- Hilltop Hot Springs (Pulky's Pool) — Mono County, CA
A free, visitor-built rock-and-cement soaking tub perched on a low rise in the Long Valley Caldera east of Mammoth Lakes, with open views of the Eastern Sier…
- Holtville Hot Springs — Imperial County, CA
A low-desert geothermal oasis on BLM land near Holtville, with developed outdoor mineral pools still flowing at soaking temperature beside the Hot Springs Lo…
- Keough Hot Springs — Inyo County, CA
Historic mineral hot springs complex on the volcanic east side of Owens Valley south of Bishop — developed pools and day-use soaking fed by natural geotherma…
- Saline Valley Warm Springs — Inyo County, CA
Remote clothing-optional desert soak complex (Lower Warm Springs and nearby pools) on the floor of Saline Valley inside Death Valley National Park. Volcanic-…
- Tecopa Hot Springs — Inyo County, CA
Mineral hot springs community and public soak destination in the Amargosa Desert south of Death Valley. Inyo County’s Tecopa Hot Springs Park offers campgrou…
- Travertine Hot Springs — Mono County, CA
Public BLM mineral springs on a travertine ridge just southeast of Bridgeport, with several rock pools overlooking the high desert and Sierra. Easy dirt-road…
- Warner Hot Springs — San Diego County, CA
Long-used mineral hot spring on the Cupeño / Kumeyaay landscape of the northern San Diego backcountry, at the Warner Springs community along SR-79. GNIS list…
- Whitmore Tub Hot Springs — Mono County, CA
Also called Rock Tub, this free BLM rock-lined soaking pool sits steps from parking on Whitmore Tubs Road in the Long Valley Caldera southeast of Mammoth Lak…
Arizona (6)
- Arizona Hot Spring — Mohave County, AZ
Natural geothermal springs in a volcanic canyon inside Lake Mead National Recreation Area on the Arizona side of the Colorado River corridor south of Hoover …
- Gillard Hot Springs — Greenlee County, AZ
Extremely hot geothermal springs (~170–180°F) emerging along the Gila River bank inside Gila Box Riparian National Conservation Area. Not a classic soak—wate…
- Hannah Hot Spring — Greenlee County, AZ
Remote backcountry geothermal spring in the Blue River corridor (Blue Range / Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests), Greenlee County near the New Mexico line. …
- Hot Well Dunes Recreation Area — Graham County, AZ
BLM Safford Field Office recreation site with artesian hot wells piped into concrete soaking tubs beside ~2,000 acres of open sand dunes. Rare public desert …
- Kaiser Spring — Mohave County, AZ
Primitive rock-walled geothermal soak in Kaiser Spring Canyon / Warm Springs Wash country off US-93 between Wickenburg and Wikieup. Short canyon walk from a …
- Verde Hot Springs — Yavapai County, AZ
Riverbank geothermal pools and ruined 1920s resort foundations on the west bank of the Verde River in Coconino National Forest country south of Camp Verde. W…
Utah (11)
- Baker Hot Springs — Juab County, UT
Primitive desert soaks on BLM land west of Delta: a cluster of small concrete-lined geothermal pools beside a gravel road in the Sevier Desert. Easy drive-up…
- Castilla Springs — Utah County, UT
Historic sulfur warm springs in Spanish Fork Canyon at the vanished Castilla resort site beside US-6/89. Train-era spa destination of the 1890s–early 1900s; …
- Crystal Hot Springs — Box Elder County, UT
Long-running commercial mineral-spring complex at Honeyville on Highway 38 north of Brigham City, fed by a high-mineral geothermal source commonly cited near…
- Fifth Water Hot Springs — Utah County, UT
Popular Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest hike to sulfur-scented soaking pools and waterfalls on Fifth Water Creek in Diamond Fork Canyon. From the Three F…
- Gandy Warm Springs — Millard County, UT
Remote west-desert oasis at the foot of Spring Mountain near the Nevada line: crystal-clear, lukewarm spring water cascading over travertine terraces into cr…
- Homestead Crater — Wasatch County, UT
A natural geothermal mineral pool inside a 55-foot limestone dome at Homestead Midway—the only warm-water scuba destination of its kind in the continental U.…
- Meadow Hot Springs — Millard County, UT
Three clear, mineral-rich soaking pools set in a flat agricultural field west of the tiny town of Meadow, just south of Fillmore. Water is naturally heated (…
- Mystic Hot Springs — Sevier County, UT
Commercial geothermal resort on the northeast edge of Monroe where mineral water issues near 168°F along the Sevier Fault zone and cools into outdoor soaking…
- Saratoga Hot Springs — Utah County, UT
Public shoreline geothermal pool on the northwest edge of Utah Lake at Saratoga Springs, reached by a short paved path from city Inlet Park. Natural mineral …
- Thermo Hot Springs — Beaver County, UT
Primitive desert geothermal springs and soaking pools in the Thermo / Mineral Mountains country of western Beaver County, about fifteen to twenty miles south…
- Uddy Hot Springs — Box Elder County, UT
Commercial day-use and RV-park hot-spring complex (also branded Belmont Hot Springs) on the Malad River valley terraces north of Garland. Two main soaking la…
New Mexico (12)
- Black Rock Hot Springs NM — Taos County, NM
Primitive riverside soaking pools on the Rio Grande below John Dunn Bridge in the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument corridor. Warm springs collect in ro…
- Faywood Hot Springs — Grant County, NM
Long-used geothermal spring cluster and visitor soaking resort in the Mimbres Valley of Grant County, with developed outdoor mineral pools fed by the Faywood…
- Gila Hot Springs — Grant County, NM
Thermal spring settlement on the Gila River above the Gila Cliff Dwellings corridor, with visitor soaking pools at riverside lodges and documented spring out…
- Jordan Hot Springs — Catron County, NM
Backcountry warm spring pool (~20 ft diameter, ~3 ft deep, roughly 94–100 °F) on the Middle Fork of the Gila River in the Gila Wilderness. Reached by a moder…
- Lightfeather Hot Springs — Catron County, NM
Primitive geothermal spring on the Middle Fork of the Gila River in Gila National Forest, about a ¾-mile walk from the Gila Visitor Center / Middle Fork Trai…
- Manby Hot Springs — Taos County, NM
Natural stone soaking pools on the Rio Grande (also called Stagecoach Hot Springs) in the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument corridor north of Taos. Publ…
- McCauley Warm Springs — Sandoval County, NM
Forest Service warm spring pools on the East Fork Jemez River, reached by a moderate ~3.5-mile round-trip hike from Battleship Rock Picnic Area or Jemez Fall…
- Montezuma Hot Springs — San Miguel County, NM
Series of free public rock and cement soaking pools on Gallinas Creek below historic Montezuma Castle (now United World College-USA), about 6 miles northwest…
- San Antonio Hot Spring — Sandoval County, NM
Popular undeveloped hot spring on San Antonio Creek in the Jemez Mountains (Santa Fe National Forest). Series of rock-lined pools cascade beside the creek af…
- San Francisco Hot Springs — Catron County, NM
Undeveloped riverside geothermal pools on Gila National Forest along the San Francisco River south of Glenwood. Reached by Trail #250 from a signed US 180 tr…
- Spence Hot Spring — Sandoval County, NM
Free undeveloped soaking pools (~95°F) on Santa Fe National Forest land above the Jemez River, reached by a short steep trail from NM-4 north of Jemez Spring…
- Upper Frisco Hot Springs — Catron County, NM
Primitive geothermal spring high on the San Francisco River / Frisco Divide country in the Gila National Forest, Catron County. Distinct from the better-know…