List of hot springs in the United States

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Hot springs in the United States
USA geothermal springs
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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.

Kanuti Hot Springs Area of Critical Environmental Concern, Alaska

Arizona[edit]

Pumpkin Spring, Grand Canyon

Arkansas[edit]

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Arkansas hot springs, steam from spring

California[edit]

Geothermal areas in Lassen area

Aquamarine water pool at Bumpass Hell
  • Avila Hot Springs, Avila
  • 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, Sierraville CA
  • Casa Diablo Hot Springs, California
  • Coso Hot Springs, Inyo County
  • Crabtree Hot Springs
  • Desert Hot Springs (thermal mineral springs)
  • Deep Creek Hot Springs
  • Delonegha Hot Springs
  • Franklin Hot Springs, Paso Robles, California
  • Gilroy Yamato Hot Springs
  • Grover Hot Springs State Park
  • Harbin Hot Springs, Middletown
  • Hot Creek
  • Jordan Hot Springs (Sequoia National Forest)
  • Keough Hot Springs
  • Long Valley Caldera
  • Mammoth Hot Springs
  • Matilija Hot Springs
  • Mercey Hot Springs
  • Miracle Hot Springs
  • Mono Hot Springs
  • Murrieta Hot Springs
  • Palm Springs
  • Remington Hot Springs
  • Saline Valley Hot Springs
  • Scovern Hot Springs
  • Sespe Hot Springs
  • Slates Hot Springs, Esalen
  • Tassajara Hot Springs[4]
  • Tecopa Hot Springs
  • Travertine Hot Springs[5]
  • Warner Springs[4]
  • White Sulfur Springs, St. Helena, California[6]
  • Wilbur Hot Springs
  • Willett Hot Springs

Colorado[edit]

The Mother Spring, Pagosa Hot Springs, Colorado

Pagosa Hot Spring, Colorado

Florida[edit]

Georgia[edit]

  • Radium Hot Springs, Georgia
  • Warm Springs, Georgia

Hotspring near Garden Valley Idaho

Illinois[edit]

Indiana[edit]

West Baden Springs Indiana 1906

Massachusetts[edit]

Montana[edit]

Hot spring in Gerlach, Nevada

Diana’s Punchbowl, Nevada

View across the Elko Hot Hole
  • 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)
  • Bowers Mansion Hot Springs, (116 °F)
  • Carson Hot Springs, (95°–110 °F)
  • Chukar Gulch (Soldier Meadows), (104 °F)
  • Crescent View Hot Springs (185 °F)
  • Crystal Springs hot springs, Crystal Springs, Nevada ghost town, (81 °F-90 °F)
  • Diana’s Punchbowl[5] (183°)
  • Dry Suzie (Hot Sulphur) Hot Springs, (145 °F)
  • Duckwater Pond, (90 °F)
  • Dyke Hot Spring, (150 °F)
  • Elko Hot Hole
  • Fish Lake Hot Well, (120 °F)
  • Fly Geyser
  • Hot Creek Springs and Marsh Area, (85 °F)
  • Hyder Hot Springs, (95°–150 °F)
  • Jersey Valley Hot Springs, (120 °F)
  • McFarlane Hot Springs, (140°–170 °F)
  • New Wagner Warm Spring, (87 °F)
  • Panaca Warm Springs, (78°–86 °F)
  • Paradise Valley Hot Springs
  • Pott’s Ranch Hot Spring, (113 °F)
  • Pinto Hot Springs (East), (109 °F)
  • 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)
  • Trego Hot Springs, (185 °F)
  • Twelve Mile Hot Springs
  • Virgin Valley Hot Springs
  • Walker Warm Springs, (110°–120°)

New Mexico[edit]

McCauley Hot Springs, Jemez Springs, NM, USA
  • Black Rock Hot Springs
  • Faywood Hot Springs[11]
  • Giggling Springs, Jemez Springs, New Mexico
  • Gila Hot Springs
  • Jemez Springs Bath House, Jemez Springs, New Mexico
  • Jordan Hot Springs (New Mexico) (Gila National Forest)[12]
  • 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]
  • Soda Dam Hot Spring
  • San Antonio Hot Springs, Jemez Springs
  • Spence Hot Springs, Jemez Springs
  • Truth or Consequences Hot Springs[4]
  • Turkey Creek Hot Springs (Gila National Forest)

New York[edit]

Orenda Spring Tufa Deposits – Saratoga Springs, New York

North Carolina[edit]

Bath House on Mansfield property, Breitenbush Hot Springs (thermal mineral springs)

South Dakota[edit]

Virginia[edit]

Washington[edit]

West Virginia[edit]

Wyoming[edit]

Grand Prismatic Spring 2013, Yellowstone National Park

Orange Spring Mound at Mammoth Hot Springs

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ “A History of Geothermal Energy in America”. U.S. Department of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  2. ^ a b c Bro, Lindsey (2022). Thermal: Healing with Heat – Saunas, Hot Springs & Baths. San Francisco: Chronicle Books. ISBN 978-1-7972-1857-1.
  3. ^ Melillo, L. (1995). “Thermalism in the ancient world”. Med Secoli. 7: 461–483. PMID 11623481. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Berry, George W.; Grim, Paul J.; Ikelman, Joy A. (1980). Thermal Springs List for the United States. Boulder, Colorado: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
  5. ^ a b c d e Gersh-Young, Marjorie (2010). Hot Springs and Hot Pools of the Southwest. Santa Cruz, California: Aqua Thermal. ISBN 978-1-890880-09-5.
  6. ^ “White Sulphur Springs”. NoeHill Travels in California: Napa County Points of Interest.
  7. ^ a b Rose, Karen. “Visit Hawaii Island’s Hot Ponds”. Hawaii.org. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  8. ^ “Maple Grove Hot Springs – Southern Idaho”. Hot Springs Locator. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  9. ^ Chiasson, Andrew (January 2013). “The Economic, Environmental and Social Benefits of Geothermal Use in Montana” (PDF). GHC Bulletin. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  10. ^ Lund, John W. “Historical Impacts of Geothermal Resources on the People of North America” (PDF). Geo-Heat Center Bulletin Vol 16, No. 4. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  11. ^ “IN HOT WATER: FOR THE LOVE OF NEW MEXICO HOT SPRINGS AND MINERAL BATHS”. santafe.com. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  12. ^ National Park Service. “Hot Springs/Geothermal Features”. www.nps.gov. Retrieved 2021-02-11.
  13. ^ Majors, Harry M. (1975). Exploring Washington. Van Winkle Publishing Co. p. 90. ISBN 978-0-918664-00-6.
  14. ^ Ausley, Christina (October 20, 2020). “Going geothermal: 5 Seattle-area hot springs to soak in this fall”. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
  15. ^ “Berkeley Springs State Park”. Berkeleyspringssp.com. Retrieved 2017-04-25.

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