List of hot springs in the United States
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This is a dynamic list of hot springs in the United States. The Western states in particular are known for their thermal springs: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming; but there are interesting hot springs in other states throughout the country. Indigenous peoples' use of thermal springs can be traced back 10,000 years, per archaeological evidence of human use and settlement by Paleo-Indians. These geothermal resources provided warmth, healing mineral water, and cleansing.[1] Hot springs are considered sacred by several Indigenous cultures, and along with sweat lodges have been used for ceremonial purposes.[2] Since ancient times, humans have used hot springs, public baths and thermal medicine for therapeutic effects.[3] Bathing in hot, mineral water is an ancient ritual. The Latin phrase sanitas per aquam means "health through water", involving the treatment of disease and various ailments by balneotherapy in natural hot springs.[2]
Many hot springs are natural rock soaking pools that are only accessible on foot or horseback, while others are developed into resort spas.
Alaska
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- Akutan Hot Springs
- Baranof Warm Springs (thermal mineral springs)[4]
- Chena Hot Springs[4]
- Chief Shakes Hot Springs[5]
- Circle Hot Springs[4]
- Hutlinana Hot Springs
- Kanuti Hot Springs
- Manley Hot Springs
- Tolovana Hot Springs
Arizona
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- Arizona (Ringbolt) Hot Springs[6]
- Buckhorn Hot Mineral Wells and Buckhorn Baths
- Castle Hot Springs
- El Dorado Hot Springs
- Gold Strike Hot Springs
- Hot Well Dunes
- Indian Hot Springs
- Pumpkin Spring
- Roper Lake State Park Hot Spring
- Sheep Bridge Hot Spring
- Tonopah
- Verde Hot Springs[4]
Arkansas
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California
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- Avila Hot Springs, previously known as Ontario Hot Springs[7][8]
- Beverly Hot Springs
- Big Bend Hot Springs
- Big Caliente Hot Springs (Los Padres National Forest)
- Bumpass Hell Creek (Lassen National Park)
- Calistoga
- Calistoga Spa Hot Springs
- Campbell Hot Springs
- Casa Diablo Hot Springs
- Coso Hot Springs (Inyo County)
- Crabtree Hot Springs
- Crab Cooker Hot Springs
- Deep Creek Hot Springs
- Delonegha Hot Springs
- Democrat Hot Springs
- Desert Hot Springs (Riverside County)
- Dirty Socks Hot Spring
- Drakesbad Hot Springs
- Encino Hot Springs
- Esalen Hot Springs
- Franklin Hot Springs (San Luis Obispo County)[9]
- Gaviota Hot Springs
- Gilman Hot Springs
- Gilroy Yamato Hot Springs
- Grover Hot Springs
- Harbin Hot Springs (Lake County)
- Hot Creek
- Jordan Hot Springs (Sequoia National Forest)
- Keough Hot Springs
- Long Valley Caldera
- Matilija Hot Springs
- Mercey Hot Springs
- Miracle Hot Springs
- Mono Hot Springs
- Montecito Hot Springs
- Murrieta Hot Springs
- Ojai Hot Springs
- Paso Robles Hot Springs
- Palm Springs
- Remington Hot Springs
- Saline Valley Hot Springs
- San Juan Hot Springs
- Scovern Hot Springs
- Sespe Hot Springs
- Slates Hot Springs
- Tassajara Hot Springs[4]
- Tecopa Hot Springs
- Travertine Hot Springs[6]
- Warner Springs[4]
- White Point Hot Springs
- White Sulphur Springs (Napa County)[10]
- Wilbur Hot Springs
- Wild Willy's Hot Springs
- Willett Hot Springs
Colorado
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- Conundrum Hot Springs
- Dunton Hot Springs[11]
- Glenwood Springs
- Hot Sulphur Springs
- Idaho Springs
- Nathrop
- Orvis Hot Springs[12]
- Ouray
- Pagosa hot springs
- Penny Hot Springs
- Radium Hot Springs
- Salida
- Santa Maria warm spring
- Steamboat Springs
- Wiesbaden Hot Springs
Florida
[edit]Georgia
[edit]Hawaii
[edit]- Ahalanui Hot Pond[15]
- Kapoho Warm Springs Tide Pools, some on private property[15]
- Pohoiki Warm Spring,[16] one of several warm springs, part of the Isaac Hale Park warm springs system[4]
Idaho
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- Boat Box Hot Spring
- Burgdorf Hot Springs[17]
- Frenchman's Hot Springs
- Goldbug Hot Springs
- Gold Fork Hot Springs[17]
- Green Canyon Hot Springs[4]
- Heise Hot Springs, Ririe[18]
- Hopkins Hot Springs, also known as Maple Grove hot springs, Thatcher, Idaho[19][2]
- Kirkham Hot Springs[17]
- Lava Hot Springs
- Pine Flat Hot Springs[20]
- Silver Creek Hot Spring
- Stanley Hot Springs[4]
- Sunflower Hot Springs
Illinois
[edit]Indiana
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Massachusetts
[edit]- Sand Spring[4] (75 °F / 24 °C)
Montana
[edit]- Alhambra Hot Springs[21][22][23]
- Barkels Hot Springs[21]
- Big Hole Hot Springs[24]
- Boulder Hot Springs[25]
- Broadwater Hot Springs[25]
- Camas Hot Springs[24]
- Chico Hot Springs[4]
- Corwin Hot Springs[25][26]
- Elkhorn Hot Springs[21]
- Gregson Hot Springs
- Hunters Hot Springs[25]
- Lolo Hot Springs[24]
- Medicine Rock Hot Springs[21]
- Norris Hot Springs[21]
- Pipestone Hot Springs[24]
- Potosi Hot Springs[21]
- Pullers Hot Springs[21]
- Sleeping Buffalo Hot Springs[27]
- Sleeping Child Hot Springs[28][29]
- White Sulphur Hot Springs[21]
- Wild Horse Hot Springs
- Zeigler Hot Springs[21]
Nevada
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- Ash Springs, N 37 27.810 W 115 11.547 (95 °F)
- Bartine Hot Springs (105 °F)
- Bathtub Spring (Soldier Meadows)
- Bog Hot Springs (105 °F)[30]
- Bowers Mansion Hot Springs (116 °F)
- Carson Hot Springs (95°–110 °F)
- Chukar Gulch (Soldier Meadows) (104 °F)
- Crescent View Hot Springs (185 °F)[9]
- Crystal Springs hot springs, Crystal Springs, Nevada ghost town (81 °F-90 °F)
- Diana's Punchbowl[6] (183°)
- Dry Suzie (Hot Sulphur) Hot Springs (145 °F)[9]
- Duckwater Pond (90 °F)[citation needed]
- Dyke Hot Spring (150 °F)[9]
- Elko Hot Hole[9]
- Fish Lake Valley Hot Well (120 °F)[9]
- Fly Geyser
- Hot Creek Springs and Marsh Area (85 °F)
- Hyder Hot Springs (95°–150 °F)[9]
- Jersey Valley Hot Springs (120 °F)[9]
- McFarlane Hot Springs (140°–170 °F)[citation needed]
- New Wagner Warm Spring (87 °F)[citation needed]
- Panaca Warm Springs (78°–86 °F)
- Paradise Valley Hot Springs[9]
- Pinto Hot Springs (East) (109 °F)[citation needed]
- Pott's Ranch Hot Spring (113 °F)[9]
- Reese River Hot Springs (Valley of the Moon) (105 °F)
- Rogers Warm Spring
- Ruby Valley (106°–122 °F)
- Smith Creek (Rainbow) Hot Springs (197°)
- Soldier Meadows hot spring system
- Soldier Meadows Hot Creek (106°–112 °F)
- Soldier Meadows Warm Pond (85 °F)
- Spencer Hot Springs[4] (101°)
- Steamboat Hot Well (204 °F)[9]
- Trego Hot Springs (185 °F)
- Twelve Mile Hot Springs[9]
- Virgin Valley Hot Springs
- Walker Warm Springs (110°–120°)[citation needed]
New Mexico
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- Black Rock Hot Springs
- Faywood Hot Springs[31]
- Giggling Springs, Jemez Springs, New Mexico
- Gila Hot Springs
- Jemez Springs Bath House, Jemez Springs, New Mexico[32]
- Jordan Hot Springs (New Mexico) (Gila National Forest)[33]
- Manby Hot Springs, also known as Stagecoach Hot Springs, near Taos
- McCauley Hot Springs, Jemez Springs
- Melanie Hot Springs, near Silver City
- Middle Fork Hot Springs, also known as Littlefork Hot Springs (Gila National Forest)
- Montezuma Hot Springs, Montezuma, near Las Vegas, New Mexico
- Ojo Caliente Hot Springs
- Radium Hot Springs[4]
- San Antonio Hot Springs, Jemez Springs
- Soda Dam Hot Spring
- Spence Hot Springs, Jemez Springs
- Truth or Consequences Hot Springs[4]
- Turkey Creek Hot Springs (Gila National Forest)
New York
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North Carolina
[edit]Oregon
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- Alvord Hot Springs[4]
- Antelope Hot Springs
- Bagby Hot Springs
- Belknap Hot Springs
- Breitenbush Hot Springs (thermal mineral springs)
- Deer Creek Hot Springs
- Hot Lake Springs
- Hunters Hot Springs
- McCredie Hot Springs
- Mickey Hot Springs
- Summer Lake Hot Springs
- Terwilliger Hot Springs, also known as Cougar Hot Springs
- Umpqua Hot Springs[6]
South Dakota
[edit]Texas
[edit]- Chinati Hot Springs, also known as Ruidosa Hot Springs[4] and Kingston Hot Springs
- Hot Springs (Big Bend National Park)
- Hot Wells (San Antonio, Texas)
Utah
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- Baker Hot Springs, also known as Crater Spring and Abraham Hot Springs
- Blue Lake, Wendover
- Crystal Hot Springs, Honeyville
- Fifth Water Hot Springs, Three Forks Trailhead, Diamond Fork Canyon, Uinta National Forest
- Homestead, Midway
- Meadow Hot Springs
- Mystic Hot Springs,[6] also known as Monroe Hot Springs and Cooper Hot Springs
- Pa Tempe Hot Springs, La Verkin
- Saratoga Springs
- Stinking Hot Springs
- Veyo Pool, Veyo
Virginia
[edit]Washington
[edit]- Gamma Hot Springs[35]
- Goldmyer Hot Springs[36][37]
- Hot Springs, Washington
- Olympic Hot Springs
- Scenic Hot Springs
- Sol Duc Hot Springs[4]
West Virginia
[edit]Wyoming
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- Black Sand Basin Hot Springs
- Boiling River (Yellowstone National Park)
- Ferris Fork Hot Springs[39]
- Grand Prismatic Spring (Yellowstone National Park)
- Granite Falls Hot Springs[39][40]
- Hot Springs State Park, Thermopolis
- Huckleberry Hot Springs[39]
- Mammoth Hot Springs[4]
- Saratoga
- Washburn Hot Springs (Yellowstone NP)[39]
See also
[edit]References
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- ^ "Visit Pine Flats Hot Spring, A Unique Waterfall Hot Spring In Idaho". www.onlyinyourstate.com. Retrieved 2024-03-30.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Stout, Tom (1921). Montana, Its Story and Biography: A History of Aboriginal and Territorial Montana and Three Decades of Statehood, Under the Editorial Supervision of Tom Stout ... American Historical Society. p. 885.
- ^ "A Beauty Spot, Alhambra Hot Springs, Montana". Montana History Portal. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
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- ^ a b c d Inbody, Kristen (22 February 2018). "Montana hot springs are cool now, but they were awesome in 1910". Great Falls Tribune. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
- ^ Sanders, Helen Fitzgerald (1913). History of Montana, Volume 2. Chicago, New York: Montana History Portal/Lewis Pub. Co. p. 1207. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
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- ^ Chiasson, Andrew (January 2013). "The Economic, Environmental and Social Benefits of Geothermal Use in Montana" (PDF). GHC Bulletin. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
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- ^ "Bog Hot Valley" (PDF). University of Nevada, Reno. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
- ^ "IN HOT WATER: FOR THE LOVE OF NEW MEXICO HOT SPRINGS AND MINERAL BATHS". santafe.com. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
- ^ "Santa Fe Hot Springs and Where to Soak in New Mexico". Santafe.com. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
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- ^ "Granite Hot Springs Pool, Bridgerton-Teton National Forest". U.S. Forest Service.
External links
[edit]- "Thermal Springs in the U.S." NOAA. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
- "USA Hot Springs". acme.com.