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1 | Hot Spring | Address | Coordinates | Website | Michael's Rating (out of 5) | Brynn's Rating (out of 5) | Notes Most ratings based on our annual escape-xmas trip; all reached by foot and/or by front wheel drive hopefully-hybrid rental cars / post June 2020 our 2010 Hyuandai Accent hatchback aka Beast V (bring snow chains and shovel of sorts and bags o' sand and cans o' gas and endless patience). | OUR HOT SPRINGS MAP | note to self: add desolation rating + chance of altitude sickness | ||||||||||||||||||
2 | Harbin Hot Springs - reopened | 18424 Harbin Springs Rd, Middletown, CA 95461 | 38.786751, -122.651817 | https://harbin.org/retreat/pools/ | 3 | 3 | This is a resort - not a hot spring in the wild. It mayyyy be wild enough to make up for that fact. Clearly some engineers took a copious amount of LSD back in the 70's and just went to town engineering a very unique bit of nature for what appears to be an incredibly long bender. Imagine this scene while observing people praying fervently to some trippy metal fish heads spewing hot water and appreciate how very weird humans are. Based on our stay in the large dome room 10jan2015 - there are so many pools there, we didn't even make it into our private dome room one. Favorite pool: the pass-through indoor crazy hot (did that really say 122°?) one. Unspoken rule, watch out for others in there. Otherwise, try not to watch others; that's just weird, although people do, and yet this is a place where somehow you feel stranger if you attempt to wear a swimsuit (although nothing says you can't). There are a whole lotta rules for the breaking apparently; harmless and not hard, just clean up after yourselves. The food's pricey but creative and good (vegetarians will be happy). Sadly a place to be wary walking around or soaking solo esp at night up toward the dome rooms, dark and far... f'n creepers begone already (Read the communal diary in the smoker's lodge for a few hundred of the same sentiments. Can the dome rooms architects design our next house?? Rando nakey hikes in the sun, you'll never be bored, and dang I hate this term but if you're OK with the website's description and know what you're in for there's truly "something for everyone" and it is absolutely worth a spoil-yourselves few-day visit, if you can get past the new-agey check-in (bypass the bookstore; it's rude to chortle). Left more relaxed than arrived and pleasantly surprised; we were clearly not built for resorts and this is a close a fit as we're ever going to find. We had a gift certificate and I'd missed our anniversary a week prior to be doin my own hot thing in a hot thing in Turkey to welcome in the new year... at lying on a giant hot marble slab at Cemberlitas Hamami watching drips from the open patterns in the ceiling fall & smack my face while getting scrubbed and spoiled, sweating out all that was in me after a night of far too much raki and concerts of folk songs I was surprised to recognize -- shout out West Philadelphia Orchestra and the sweat one will NEVER fully remove from the interior walls of whatever fOncy place that's since become. I'd ask THOSE architects to come design our next house, but that jawn was built in 1584. Update: Burned to the ground Sep 2015. Bike trip around the area in 2016... still devastated, lil blades of grass perking up amidst charred car frames. Kinda apocalypic juxtaposition. Set to partially reopen spring 2017; I'm a skeptic. Need to check on camping @ boggs state park campground over the mtn too - awesome place. Oct 2017: nevermind. It burned again (the state park). Wow have we not recognized the benefits of controlled burns or does this spefically not work in NorCal for a reason I'm unaware of? Nov 2019: Harbin officially open! The large dome room, however, building codes will not allow so that one's immortalized in our minds (and a video I took of it when we stayed there, not for the sharing). Sept 2021: Unmissed Connections... sitting at the airport in Kona HI waiting on a delayed flight back to NEW HOME in Nevada connecting via OAK, my Facebook news feed shows a friend is in the bay area & going to Harbin for his b-day; that night. Michael doesn't mind taking a last-min flight from LAS->OAK, and I rented a car & slipped off the airplane at my connection to go join a lovely bunch at a new/old place. The saltwater pool (new)... spent the most time here. Incredible, design, buoyancy, everything. Pools largely the same tho that little pass-thru room doesn't seem as hot, or maybe I've been to too many hot springs? Lodging indeed not as cool... the beehive of dome rooms is mostly gone. I'm a total insomniac these days anyway so that's OK. We were mostly here to hang w/ friends so not fair to give a full critique of its overhall except to note that most excellent saltwater pool. | ||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Sierra Hot Springs | 521 Campbell Hot Springs Road, Sierraville, CA 96126 | 39.575134, -120.348234 | http://www.sierrahotsprings.org/ | 3 | 1 | This is a resort. Same owners as Harbin I think? Confusing sign-in; gross locker room. One neat-o pool off a path to the left almost looks like it would in the wild had this place not been resort-i-fied. The silent-room mini-pool in the middle of a massive dome room is an incredibly awkward experience. No alcohol, they say, but goodness, this is a place where you need something to make it through a day. Numerous family gatherings held here til said family moved from the area 2017. Movin on ourselves. | ||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Carson Hot Springs Resort | 1500 Old Hot Springs Rd, Carson City, NV 89706 | 39.193375, -119.752155 | http://www.carsonhotspringsresort.com/ | 3 | 1 | eat at the adjacent restaurant - that's the second-best part about it. The "hammer" is incredible if you have shoulder tension, but there's an awkward line that forms to use it - you'll probably have to tell a few people that you've been awkwardly waiting yourself for some time and you've been keeping close track, just to kave your turn and immediately feel you've been there too long with the next-up awkwardly staring you down. Just close yer eyes and get pounded to your heart's content. -->This sentence is not as awkward as the line situation to put it in perspective, but if ever designing a hot tub at home this is absolutely a feature you should experience and incorporate. | ||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Travertine hot springs | Jack Sawyer Rd, Bridgeport, CA 93517 | 38.245866, -119.205412 | https://www.yelp.com/biz/travertine-hot-spring-bridgeport | 4 | 4 | Better like sulphur (we do!). Go before sunrise - pass the pool at the top and follow the lil (REALLY lil) hot stream down the hill and claim the first pool in the chain. In winter, do not get out til the sun is upon you (except for a cold-air-plunge for fun, or to dry off/show off your kinda foul nature-spa mud mask -- the pools have muddy bottoms and rando hairs). Wear some cheap jewelry to this one for a fun surprise! All hot springs but really especially here because this is some brutal cold: prep before you leave the car ~ bring + drink a ton of water continuously... I'll drink nearly a gallon an hour, and I'll often stay in this particular spring for several hours to give you some idea! (a ton of prosecco as well, if you're me, although you might wanna pop it in a more climate-controlled envionment and pour into a nalgene vessel of choice) If you ever feel you're getting too overheated in REALLY cold weather, don't stand up/leap out and shock yourself with the sudden movement + the cold: first try raising both your hands and feet outta the water only. Seriously, this regulates your temperature--many nerve endings. Snow chains absolutely necessary half the time for only a dang 40' stretch - don't fight it, you'll just make the road worse for everyone... just get real fast at attaching chains in the middle of the road in awkward areas or sleep up there the night prior. ***Earthquake on 28dec16 closed up the source that spilled to the pools from the main channel working just 3 days earlier. Only the pool at the parking lot was open on 31Dec16. New sources sprouted in the parking lot! Mother nature sez I have zero fucks to give about yer silly parking lot, humans*** See page 7: http://thesheetnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/The-Sheet_1.07.17.pdf It might be fixed now, dunno if by locals or mother nature. confirmed winter 2017: indeed fixed, WHEW. Travertine closing would be a trajedy. Right near Buckeye, but this one's far superior. If you get altitude sickness this is among the highest in elevation on this list (not officially confirmed), with the road south rising to over 8K feet soon after... take yer acetazolemide or whatever you do accordingly. Def visit the nearby little abandoned town, Bodie, if the road is open... I think it costs a couple bucks; SO worth it. No one there on a cold winter's day. (If you're going further, like out to Benton or Monitor Valley/Hwy 50, there are some abandoned towns in the wild /totally unmaintained but none are near this large) New car-camping record set... negative 21 degrees!! Second record I didn't know existed set: three random people inside a single day had some comment to share about me & Alaska being like peas & carrots -- and nope, still don't believe in pants... just funny becase nothing could be more opposite -- drop me on the equator, plz. One can add layers but nakey's as cool as it's getting. ;) | ||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Alkali hot springs | near Tonopah, Nevada | 37.82508, -117.337265 | https://freecampsites.net/#!15068&query=sitedetails | 4 | 5 | wild west at its best. bring picnic and champagne. don't slip on the algae getting in (you will) We always siphon both pools while here... cause they are right next to each other, get a lot of algae and mud, aren't oft maintained, and we spend a long time here with champagne and it's a fun way to kill time. Never had an issue or any particular reason to feel this way, but something about the look and feel of this place will make you want to have your swimsuit within arms reach, just in case. Camp near here, or stay at the fancy Mitzpah hotel in Tonopah or one of myriad Airbnbs (the Clown Motel is overrated; don't be charmed into it... perhaps just stop in the lobby and pretend to ask for directions, that's where all the good stuff is anyway). Chinese resto in casino and AYCE pizza buffet are both good (given where you are). Also a nice dive bar up in the hills. 2016 update: the ~7mi dirt road is now paved; springs much more crowded or driven past. Still a favorite. Visited 5x in total. 2017 update: OMG there is a brewery in Tonopah 2018 update: OMG there are Tesla charging stations BUY REAL ESTATE HERE NOW 2019 update: the solar plant failed. Ghost town again by 2024? 2021 update: the Airbnb brothel is closed and Alkali is crowded, or at least people drive by constantly either wanting to see who's there or hoping no one's there to hang themselves. The large bldg in Goldfield for sale soon. Solar plant bankruptcy finalized. Something about all that is sad. | ||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Fish Lake Valley hot well | near Dyer, Nevada | 37.867264, -117.974625 | https://freecampsites.net/#!5334&query=sitedetails | 4 | 4 | bring a BIG picnic. square cement pool & walls are odd in the natural setting. pretty view & drive. dirt roads not bad nor long. plan route & next destination in advance (before losing cell reception) to pass thru on the dirt roads and avoid backtracking. camping possible if you dare in the winter. | ||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Bailey's Hot Springs | US-95, Beatty, Nevada 89003 | 36.974204, -116.726722 | http://www.baileyshotsprings.com/ | 3 | 3 | This is at an RV park, but springs are free as far as we could tell/no one stopped us. Curated springs in 3 rooms; nice soft rocks at the bottom, clear water, very well-maintained. Perfect quick stop en route to Vegas; cool odd town follows (Beatty NV) 2016: stayed at a Casino Motel (just north of the gas station/candy store) with a hot tub. It was perfect after backpacking and camping at Arizona Hot Springs for a few days. The place was empty and no one seemed to mind my staying in the hot tub til 3am. | ||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Arizona hot springs | Old US 93, Temple Bar Marina, AZ 86443 | 35.980400, -114.697294 | http://damhotsprings.blogspot.com/ | 5 | 5 | Pass the Hoover Dam on 93 and turn left at the first unmarked left turn lane ~4 miles past the AZ border into the trailhead parking lot. Bring flashlight, camp gear, food/water, and shoes (teva sandals are ideal for the hike + hot springs) for a hike; ~3.5mi each way. If you bring some powder with electrolytes you need not bring that much water... you can fill a water bottle from a hot springs source coming right out of the rock wall on the right side just before getting into the springs, although it's salty water so flavor more than usual. The springs are a series of pools flowing through a slot canyon - bags filled with gravel from the springs and stacked up hold the pools together. Don't mess with the bags! The main volunteer caretaker, Mike, has a method. And we helped make a good many of those bags! He's there every morning during the non-heatstroke season around 6 or 7am. The first pool is the hottest -most people find it unbearable to even walk through, which you have to do to get to the other pools, but if you lay on your stomach with your feet and hands out of the water it's fine for soaking... though I have yet to convince anyone else of this- and it gets significantly cooler by the third pool. The fourth pool, not connected to that chain, but fed by a different source, is usually too cold for me. Early AM and evening is typically clothing optional -- and really, anytime is, but mid-day it gets quite crowded when the Colorado River canoe tours stop by. Hike the hilly route in to arrive at the top of the springs (I can never fully explain this although apparently I can find it at 3am! but somewhere about a half-mile after you cross under the highway there's a cutoff to the left with a narrow trail heading up into the hills...), and camp at the less-crowded top of the springs - as you're walking in, the plateau up the hill on the right side is best for sun... left side is shady almost all day. Usually no one else camping up here. If you want to camp at the riverside with a dozen or more other people, take the regular hot springs trail (which is a river wash, and not as hilly). To get to the springs from there you have to climb up a pretty tall and questionably-anchored ladder. Visited earlier in the year when in town for a show ~3 Oct 2018 just after the signs say it's OK (it's very discouraged May 1 - Sep 30 for the heat), but I hiked at night and it was fine. I didn't have any gear so slept in a hot spring. It was perfect compared to the Vegas hostel at the end of the old strip that I abandoned at 2am for fights & breaking glass just outside my window. At $10 you get what you pay for... Visited again Dec 2018 and the pools felt hotter than years prior, and the camping colder. There was definitely more water running down. The caretakers are worried for its future with new natl'l park service people in office, so NOW is the time to visit! We maaaaay be featured in a photo on their website. I do believe we are clothed. LOL now we live here ~ I'll write up the dozen or so hikes later. I now recoomend taking the wash route in and out. They've replaced the janky ladder years ago. Have not seen caretaker Mike since 2017 or 2018. An Apr 3 2021 hike that was WAY hotter than expected took everyone off-guard, us included... they found human remains there whose time period match and it makes me wonder. Not a hard hike but do not underestimate this desert. | ||||||||||||||||||||
10 | Saline Valley Hot Springs-closed 2019, thanks govt | South Warm Springs Road, Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, California | 36.703115, -117.815896 | http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/saline-valley-hot-springs-2 | 4 | 2 | Front-wheeel drive sedan proven possible, but not at all recommended. Bring food/water for 2+ days. More crowded than you'd think based on the long drive across the barren desert with frequent stops to move rocks to maneuver car delicately through. You could hear the record scratch when we pulled up in a passenger car - the regulars could not believe we'd driven that car in, and a low-clearance sporty car at that (all others have high-clearance jeeps and trucks). Would not revisit based on the travel time and PTSD from our severe underpreparedness - zero food or drink. ~20 hours of driving for a 1-hour soak. But I appreciate those dedicated hippies maintaining these two little oasises (oasi??) for 40+ years. Oh, and good luck finding the place. Phones were useless. We would not have found it without my circa-2003 Garmin. You can see the place about 3 hours before you reach it ~ that's how you know you found it ~ when you see something really far away and can't ID what it is, that's it. | ||||||||||||||||||||
11 | Shepard's hot spring - Whitmore Tubs | near Whitmore Tubs Rd, California | 37.666879, -118.803330 | http://wheelingit.us/2013/10/19/boondocking-site-review-hot-creekbenton-crossingwhitmore-tubs-road-mammoth-lakes-ca/ | 5 | 4 | & many others in this network of dirt roads (Crab cooker, Hot Creek, Lil Hot Creek, etc., just look at a satellite map). Most are well-known and can be crowded since Mammoth ski place for fancy people is near. It's OK, your nudity will scare them away. Or their unleashed attack dog will scare you away. At some point eat at the Mexican resto in Bishop, CA ~35mi south even if it's out of your way. Don't even waste yer time trying unsuccessfully to find good food in Mammoth resort village, dudebro. | ||||||||||||||||||||
12 | Hot creek - Whitmore Tubs - closed | Hot Creek Hatchery Rd, California | 37.656835, -118.831880 | http://wheelingit.us/2013/10/19/boondocking-site-review-hot-creekbenton-crossingwhitmore-tubs-road-mammoth-lakes-ca/ | 5 | 3 | Worth a separate mention even though it's in the same Whitmore network of hot things. It's a large creek/small river. The current moves too fast to sit and chill, but it's fun to splash around in. Others have said going near or in the creek is banned, but we didn't see any signs to that effect and this is on BLM land. Very post-apocalyptic at low sun with the steam creeping up the banks & bare trees & nothing else visible. | ||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Spencer hot springs | 7 miles down NF-001, off 376, near intersection with 50, near Austin, NV | 39.326936, -116.859084 | http://www.vanabode.com/travel/spencer-hot-springs-nevada-travel.htm | 4 | 3 | Bunch of tubs (some metal, some dirt) around the network of dirt roads including up by weird abandoned cement structure. Clear water, perfect temps. Biggest pool is really well constructed for laying out a blanket for all your stuff, and quick drying off in the cold--it has a giant wood sun deck perched well above it. Koi in some ponds. Maintained by BLM. Smaller pool a few feet downhill from biggest pool is usually broken but fixable. ~4th visit Dec 2018: the largest pool is significantly cooler than last year. Boo. It was windy at sunset but even as the winds died we found ourselves hogging the area where the source flows into the pool. I'm downgrading to a 3 SUVs come roaring down the washboard road and these are clown cars--25 Reno kids get out (everyone younger is a "kid" -- they're maybe 3 years younger. It's dark. They want to shoot their 9mms. I have to point out to them no, there's a camper up there, and there, and there. The sky? Bloody no. We settled on a large deep patch of sand maybe 30m away Check all your politics at home, or don't. Austin is a really bizarre town and I'd rather save my tourism dollars for Tonopah. | ||||||||||||||||||||
14 | Monitor Valley / Potts Ranch hot spring - closed as of May 2017 :( **Dec 2018 heard rumor it may be open again - couldn't find anything to the contrary, but didn't visit** | one valley to the east of NV-376 / Spencer | 39.079983, -116.638882 | https://www.trails.com/tcatalog_trail.aspx?trailid=HGS271-032 | 4 | 5 | Plastic cattle trough is the soaking tub, but no matter after sundown. They keep the pipes out when not in use so you'll have to fill it, but it's a fast/large spring and the tub was full in 10 mins. Clean, desolate, perfect temps & depth, private land. No camping on the land, but camp right up the street near the creepy house. Long dirt road (~40mph) but absolutely worth it. Every star in the sky visible from here. Saw a satellite! | ||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Trego hot spring | in the foothills of the Black Rock Desert (yes the burning man place) | 40.77, -119.113 | http://blackrockdesert.org/explore-black-rock/hot-springs/ | 1 | 1 | Dec 2016: Brynn likes trains, and two rolled by on the single track across the playa during our stay, and STILL can't give it even a 2. Not worth the long rocky dirt road drive (10mph; bumpy). About a mile away, the road got so bad we parked and hiked in. Springs aren't safe (cloudy - can't see depth, silt like quicksand, and the source comes up from the silt - could go from cold to scalding too quickly, while your foot is stuck in goop). Brunch of bro-types who may have never left after burning man ended hanging out on New Year's Eve making a mess and ruckus. Decided will definitely never go to burning man. | ||||||||||||||||||||
16 | David Walley's Resort | 2001 Foothill Rd, Gardnerville, NV 89460 | 38.981, -119.833 | http://www.davidwalleys-resort.com/ | 3 | 4 | Note - this is a resort: hotel/day spa/restaurant. We visited the day spa which has 6 pools, a sauna, and steam room. Liked the historic buildings. Super squeaky clean and well-maintained. Expensive (even by SF standards!) but worth it after 10 days of car sleeping and tent camping. Def not clothing optional; bring yer trunks. If you don't want to pay a resort fee, there are a couple of hot sources in the creek flowing into and out of the property, but they are only little hot spots - didn't find one big enough to soak in. | ||||||||||||||||||||
17 | Granite Hot Springs Pool | Granite Creek Rd, Jackson, WY 83001 | 43.369901, -110.445375 | http://www.visitpinedale.org/community/popular-attractions/granite-hot-springs | 2 | 2 | Summer 2017 visit. Nice owner (it's not a free spot), pretty mountains, but water was a lil too cold. Everyone in the pool was clammoring for space at an awkwardly-shaped mini pool closer to the source. | ||||||||||||||||||||
18 | Lava hot spring | near E Hwy 30 Anex, Lava Hot Springs, ID 83246 | 42.620591, -112.015139 | 2 | Summer 2017 visit. Stay at Bristol Cabins with the hippies. Lotsa fancy resorts in town; Brynn went into the free springs near the campground; Michael declined and sat on the banks. The springs flow into a chilly creek. Meh. The myriad resorts in town probably have it better. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | Maple Grove Hot Springs | 11386 Oneida Narrows Rd, Thatcher, ID 83283 | 42.311844, -111.7230803 | http://maplegrovesprings.com | 4 | 4 | Summer 2017 visit. Chill resort-ish place with yurts and canoes on a river; day soak costs $8. Hot water, awesome thunderstorms, nice scenery. Bout to go under renovations - check before making the trek. | ||||||||||||||||||||
20 | Inn at Benton & Benton tubs | 55137 CA-120, Benton, CA 93512 | 37.797343, -118.523912 | http://bentonhotsprings.org | 5 | 5 | Spoiled ourselves in the middle o' nowhere xmas 2017. Stay in the Bunkhouse - a cute lil private house off-site with its own grill and fire pit and perfect spring diverted into a pool whose temps you can entirely control. Awesome scenery and hiking around; zerooooooo people anywhere. BYO food and beverages and wood; place has cookware. Absolutely perfect. Reserve FAR in advance; they are hard to get ahold of. 2021 update: not sure if they have sold some of the private lodges / bought more, but the one we stayed in appears to be delisted. The main motel looks nice but prefer the remote area and really liked that one! Didn't stay; perhaps next year | ||||||||||||||||||||
21 | Buckeye hot springs | Bridgeport, CA | 38.238994, -119.325476 | 4 | 4 | Steep hill to drive, steep hill to hike down - best not in tons of snow. Kinda little. I like the cold plunge (river) adjacent. | |||||||||||||||||||||
22 | Warm springs - What's Goin On? | 60mi east of Tonopah, @ end of Extraterrestrial Hwy | 38.189495, -116.371026 | 3 | 4 | Going here is technically trespassing and there is positively nowhere to hide a car, so be bold and go forward! Fill yer gas tank before heading here. The pool is OK; the best part is hiking the mountain, following the springs as far as they go up to the source, and walking the ruins of the property and bar. Across the street is the same plot of land and that little hut is creeeeeeepy. The pool has carpeted steps leading you in (Nevada, what is up with you and carpeting your hot springs??) and I keep meaning to take a bottle of this water back with me to sample, because there's some red algae sometimes at the sides of the stream coming from the source and we wanted to test it. DO hike to the source, do not touch it less ye aim to be boiled alive (for real: you'll die). There are mountain sheep strolling about and OPC (other people's cattle). If you sunburn easily you'll probably get it here... I'm assuming calcium is the main mineral in these springs because white powder that is probably not cocaine covering the banks of the stream up to the source. Put sunscreen on your undersides. We usually visit in the winter, but since we're considering a move out here we wanted to experience it in all seasons. Monitor Valley is hot in the summer! Air temps hit 112 in the valley prior; this valley was a chill 96. These temps are OK by me but not by most. :) If we owned this land it'd be rated a 6. With zero maintenance and a bad source-to-pool layout a 4 is the highest I can give it now... but it has sooooo much potential. Summer 2022 ASK OF ANYONE DRIVING BY NEXT: appears site is under some sort of construction & perhaps no longer abandoned? There are ET Hwy signage with stickers now on Google Maps photos. Pls update & take pix if in area!! | |||||||||||||||||||||
23 | Steep Ravine hot springs | near Steep Ravine campground and Stinson Beach | 37.886409, -122.630787 | 3 | 3 | Crowded n small, but close enough to bike there from home. It's IN the ocean so only accessible at the lowest of low tides, -1' is best but at least -5", for about an hour. Expect a big naked cuddle puddle. There's probably an easier way to get there (straight down from 1?) than the Steep Ravine campground which is a lot of bouldering and sliding around on mussel shells. Visited Jan 2018. | |||||||||||||||||||||
24 | Essence of Tranquility Resort | 6074 S Lebanon Loop Rd, Safford, AZ 85546 | 32.757530, -109.724823 | http://www.azhotmineralspring.com/ | 3 | Hard to rate a hot spring in not-freezing temps. This is a weird little resort in Mormon country I stumbled upon driving out of Tucson AZ. The owners aren't mormon, though, and if you'll excuse the cheesy new-age name for the place, you'll learn they're sisters who came to own the place in a strange way. And one gives a mean massage that cured all that ailed me - which was much, after tons of shows and hiking and driving. There are 5 pools in the resort area and more in the RV park area. The resort area is $8 for day use. Each tub is in a private room and you've gotta close the door before getting nakey, because, Mormon country. Temps range from 102-105 and the pools are clean and a nice depth. I will forgive the faux flowers. Visited Oct 2018. | |||||||||||||||||||||
25 | Reese River Valley hot spring | 34 miles south of Battle Mountain on Rt-305. Turn left exactly where you see the 54 mile marker sign, go thru some cattle gates, look for steam | 40°11'54.2"N 117°06'09.8"W | https://hotspringslocator.com/nevada-hot-springs | 0 | 0 | A bust. The pipes were misaligned, frozen solid, and the cattle trough they flowed to was frozen over too. I got one working again but it was apparent it would take hours to un-freeze the ice. Perhaps better when it's been maintained or if you have a lot of time to kill for a major engineering project... the water temps felt like they'd be nice. | ||||||||||||||||||||
26 | 12-mile hot spring | County Rd, Wells, NV 89835 | 41.242646, -114.948021 | https://www.roadtripryan.com/go/t/nevada/northern-nevada/12-mile-hot-springs---baker-- | 2 | 6 | Visited Dec 2018. Totally worth the long drive and short hike. 30' long pool with sources all along its clear, rocky bottom. It's about 3' deep. A nice river runs next to them for a cold splash. A new favorite hot spring! Yes, I know our scale only goes to 5, and that's why this one gets a 6. It's that good. | ||||||||||||||||||||
27 | Kyle hot spring | Kyle Hot Springs Rd, Imlay, NV 89418 | 40.406595, -117.884931 | https://www.outdoorproject.com/adventures/nevada/hot-springs/kyle-hot-springs | 5 | 4 | Awesome engineering! The boiling source is concreted in and fenced around. A PVC pipe comes up from the pool and runs down to a "t" which diverts into two bathtubs, each with its own spigot. The main pipe has an open/close valve with a stopper at the top, up near the source. There are some buckets and a funnel nearby. You just have to close the valve and use the funnel and buckets to fill the pipe, plug it up with the stopper, and turn on the valve for water to run down to the tubs. It's hot initially but cools fast, so once filled you can keep a small trickle running to keep it at whatever temp you like. Color me impressed. | ||||||||||||||||||||
28 | Jemez Springs (entire area: town, Spence hot springs, San Antonio hot springs) | Jezem Springs, NM | 35.940307, -106.644834, 35.849078, -106.631597, 35.772647, -106.690715 | http://www.jemezsprings.org/ | 0 | 0 | Total bust. Resort has siphoned off all of one source for its own use, but was closed that day (and the day before, and the day before). Zen Center who had another source wasn't open to the public. San Antonio hot springs -a wild one- was recommended to us but it was immediately apparent our rental sedan was not going to make that rocky drive, even with snow chains, and we didn't feel up to hiking 10 miles r/t after several nights of car sleep. | ||||||||||||||||||||
29 | Mystic Hot Springs | 475 E 100 N, Monroe, UT 84754 | 38.633791, -112.109757 | https://mystichotsprings.com/ | 4 | 3 | Neat travertine rocks divert water into a couple huge pools and five or six small tubs. Honestly the water was a little cool for me but having 24/7 access to springs at the resort was nice, and the cabin we stayed in had a sweet woodstove on which we cooked dinner. You could also stay in a converted bus, but (1) I can do that in San Francisco and (2) I'd had about enough of vehicle sleeping by this point :) | ||||||||||||||||||||
30 | Red Hill hot springs | Monroe, UT 84754 | 38.638244, -112.099501 | https://www.rubies-in-the-rough.com/red-hill-hot-springs-monroe-utah/ | 4 | 5 | A 3/4-mile or so stumble over rocky hillsides to find this hot spring flowing down bright red rocks into a series of pools. As per the usual I liked the top (hottest) one and Michael liked the second one down, a little less hot. Turns out we could have driven right up to it via a different road, but the hike wasn't hard. Gorgeous place. | ||||||||||||||||||||
31 | Poncha hot spring | Rt 115 - Hot Springs Rd, Salida, CO 81201 | 38.496592, -106.077752 | https://www.freearenas.com/poncha-springs-near-poncha-springs-colorado.html | 0 | 0 | The water in the pipe is hot, but this one was a bust - couldn't find the pools; the pipes disappear underground. I hate water rights. | ||||||||||||||||||||
32 | South Canyon hot springs | Glenwood Springs, CO 81601 - Just off I-70 on Rt-134 | 39.553779, -107.410751 | https://www.uncovercolorado.com/hot-springs/south-canyon-hot-springs/ | 3 | 3 | Right off the interstate. Steep lil hill. Small pool, warm; not hot. Worth it if you're on i-70 anyway. | ||||||||||||||||||||
33 | Hand-me-down hot springs | Spa Rd, Crescent Valley, NV 89821 | 40.418152, -116.507492 | https://www.outdoorproject.com/adventures/nevada/hot-springs/hand-me-down-creek-hot-spring | 5 | 2 | A weird heart-shaped bathtub -an obvious victim of 1980's design trends- next to a cattle trough where you can overflow water into the tub or soak in the larger but murky cattle trough. The source is HOT and filling the tub from scratch it needed some time (and snow) to cool off. Some locals in a pickup just driving around bored showed us how to get here; it's not easy to find on the network of dirt roads. | ||||||||||||||||||||
34 | gold strike hot springs | 3.3 | 3.1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
35 | Up next... | (Michael didn't visit the ones with grey boxes. He's annoyed with my rating system and has been fucking with me for the 2018/2019 ratings) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
36 | nevada side near hoover dam; hike in; probably crowded | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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38 | Sykes - still closed??? | spring 2017 - still closed from the fire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
39 | The one near L.A. whose name I always forget | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
40 | El Dorado | http://el-dorado.com/ | 41225 Indian School Rd | Tonopah, AZ 85354 | 33.493489, -112.940164 | not on this trip (oct 2018) | |||||||||||||||||||||
41 | verde, az. abandonded resort | https://aquariansunrise.wordpress.com/2011/11/08/verde-hot-springs-az/ | 8375 AZ-179 | Camp Verde, AZ 86322 | 34.349964, -111.698061 | not on this trip (oct 2018) | |||||||||||||||||||||
42 | Kachina Mineral Springs | https://www.kachinamineralsprings.com/ | 1155 W Cactus Rd | Safford, AZ 85546 | 32.751311, -109.721218 | near safford, az and $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ | |||||||||||||||||||||
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