Wild and natural hot springs

Undeveloped pools in rivers, canyons and forests. Few or no facilities.

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214 hot springs

Arizona Hot Springs

Arizona, United States

111-120°F44-49°C Paid Hike in

Closed

Near Estacada

Wild & natural

Austin Hot Springs

Oregon, United States

Temp n/a Paid Drive-up

Boulders and sunlit cliffs at Baia di Sorgeto on Ischia, where hot springs flow into the sea

Baker Hot Springs

Utah, United States

Temp n/a Free Drive-up

100°F38°C

Wild & natural

Baker Hot Springs

Washington, United States

100°F38°C Free Short walk

Closed

Near Frenchglen

Wild & natural

Barnes Warm Springs

Oregon, United States

Temp n/a Free Hike in

Wild & natural

Barth Hot Springs

Idaho, United States

Temp n/a Paid Boat access

95-104°F35-40°C

Wild & natural

Basin Creek Hot Springs

Idaho, United States

95-104°F35-40°C Free Short walk

Near Irwin

Wild & natural

Bear Creek Hot Spring

Idaho, United States

Temp n/a Free Long hike

Near Stanley

Wild & natural

Bear Valley Hot Springs

Idaho, United States

Temp n/a Free Long hike

Closed

Near Juntura

Wild & natural

Beulah Hot Springs

Oregon, United States

Temp n/a Free Drive-up

Temporarily closed Stone walled hot spring soaking pool at the edge of the Rio Grande in Big Bend National Park

Big Bend Hot Springs (Langford Hot Springs)

Texas, United States

105°F41°C Paid Short walk

Temporarily closed

115°F46°C

Wild & natural

Big Caliente Hot Springs

California, United States

115°F46°C Free 4WD road

Near Featherville

Wild & natural

Big Smokey Hot Spring

Idaho, United States

Temp n/a Free Long hike

102-104°F39-40°C

Wild & natural

Bigelow Hot Springs (Deer Creek Hot Springs)

Oregon, United States

102-104°F39-40°C Free Short walk

Closed

Near Creede

Wild & natural

Birdsie Warm Spring

Colorado, United States

Temp n/a Paid Drive-up

94-104°F34-40°C

Wild & natural

Bishop Creek Hot Springs (12 Mile Hot Springs)

Nevada, United States

94-104°F34-40°C Free 4WD road

Near Gerlach

Wild & natural

Black Rock Hot Springs

Nevada, United States

Temp n/a Free 4WD road

Wild & natural

Blayney Meadows Hot Springs

California, United States

Temp n/a Free Long hike

110°F43°C

Wild & natural

Boat Box Hot Spring

Idaho, United States

110°F43°C Free Drive-up

100-108°F38-42°C

Wild & natural

Bog Hot Springs

Nevada, United States

100-108°F38-42°C Free Drive-up

Closed

Boiling River

Wyoming, United States

Temp n/a Paid Short walk

Bonneville Hot Springs

Idaho, United States

Temp n/a Paid Short walk

Closed

Wide panorama of shallow Borax Lake ringed by grass under a clear sky in the Alvord Basin

Borax Hot Springs

Oregon, United States

Temp n/a Free Short walk

Near Boulder City

Wild & natural

Boy Scout Hot Springs

Nevada, United States

Temp n/a Paid Boat access

Temporarily closed

Near Banks

Wild & natural

Bronco Billy Hot Spring (Deer Creek Hot Springs)

Idaho, United States

Temp n/a Free Short walk

98-102°F37-39°C

Wild & natural

Browns Creek Hot Spring

Idaho, United States

98-102°F37-39°C Free Short walk

Near Bridgeport

Wild & natural

Buckeye Hot Springs

California, United States

Temp n/a Free Short walk

Closed

99°F37°C

Wild & natural

Bully Creek Hot Springs

Oregon, United States

99°F37°C Paid Drive-up

Old stone mill above the white travertine cascades and terraced pools of Cascate del Mulino

Chattanooga Hot Springs

Idaho, United States

100-110°F38-43°C Free Short walk

Closed

Near Wikieup

Wild & natural

Cofer Hot Springs (Ha'Kamwe')

Arizona, United States

Temp n/a Paid Drive-up

Conundrum Hot Springs

Colorado, United States

98-100°F37-38°C Paid Long hike

Council Mountain Hot Springs

Idaho, United States

Temp n/a Free Hike in

Near Stanley

Wild & natural

Cove Creek Hot Springs (Kem Hot Springs)

Idaho, United States

Temp n/a Free Short walk

100-109°F38-43°C

Wild & natural

Coyote Hot Spring (Prince Albert Hot Springs)

Idaho, United States

100-109°F38-43°C Free Hike in

Near Mammoth Lakes

Wild & natural

Crab Cooker Hot Spring

California, United States

Temp n/a Free Drive-up

68-70°F20-21°C

Wild & natural

Cypress Spring

Florida, United States

68-70°F20-21°C Free Boat access

100-118°F38-48°C

Wild & natural

Dash Creek Hot Springs (Moondipper and Pine Burl)

Idaho, United States

100-118°F38-48°C Free Hike in

Deep Creek winding between granite boulders and autumn cottonwoods, with small hot spring pools in the foreground

Deep Creek Hot Springs

California, United States

90-108°F32-42°C Paid Hike in

Dewar Creek Hot Springs

British Columbia, Canada

Temp n/a Free Long hike

Closed

Diana's Punch Bowl

Nevada, United States

Temp n/a Free Short walk

Dirty Socks Hot Spring

California, United States

90-94°F32-34°C Free Drive-up

Double Hot Springs

Nevada, United States

Temp n/a Free 4WD road

Wild & natural

Dutch Frank Hot Spring (Roaring River Hot Springs)

Idaho, United States

Temp n/a Free Drive-up

Near Denio Junction

Wild & natural

Dyke Hot Springs

Nevada, United States

Temp n/a Free Short walk

100-110°F38-43°C

Wild & natural

Eagleville Hot Springs (Squaw Baths)

California, United States

100-110°F38-43°C Free Short walk

Wooden dock reaching into blue East Lake from the Hot Springs Boat Launch

East Lake Hot Springs

Oregon, United States

Temp n/a Paid Boat access

Closed

Near McDermitt

Wild & natural

Easterday Hot Springs (Lucky Seven Hot Springs)

Oregon, United States

Temp n/a Free 4WD road

Wild & natural

Echo Rock Hot Springs

Oregon, United States

Temp n/a Free Boat access

Fifth Water Hot Springs

Utah, United States

100-102°F38-39°C Paid Hike in

Closed

Near Adel

Wild & natural

Fisher Hot Springs

Oregon, United States

Temp n/a Free 4WD road

Massive white travertine formation known as the Balena Bianca at Bagni San Filippo

Fosso Bianco (Bagni San Filippo)

Tuscany, Italy

Temp n/a Paid Short walk

Near Ketchum

Wild & natural

Frenchman's Bend Hot Springs

Idaho, United States

Temp n/a Free Short walk

Temporarily closed

Near Darrington

Wild & natural

Gamma Hot Springs

Washington, United States

Temp n/a Free Long hike

Gandy Warm Springs

Utah, United States

81°F27°C Free Drive-up

Gaviota Hot Springs

California, United States

Temp n/a Paid Short walk

Near Húsavík

Wild & natural

Geothermal Goldfish Pond (Yltjörn)

North Iceland, Iceland

Temp n/a Free Drive-up

82°F28°C

Wild & natural

Geyser Spring

Colorado, United States

82°F28°C Free Hike in

Small stone hot pool and wooden bath hut in the grass beside the road above a fjord

Gjörvidalslaug (Gervidalslaug)

Westfjords, Iceland

108°F42°C Free Drive-up

98-110°F37-43°C

Wild & natural

Gold Strike Hot Springs

Nevada, United States

98-110°F37-43°C Free Long hike

Goldbug Hot Springs

Idaho, United States

Temp n/a Free Hike in

Near Búðardalur

Wild & natural

Grafarlaug (Reykjadalslaug)

Dalir, West Iceland, Iceland

Temp n/a Free Drive-up

Near Atlanta

Wild & natural

Granite Creek Hot Spring

Idaho, United States

Temp n/a Free Drive-up

Near Rome

Wild & natural

Greeley Bar Hot Springs

Oregon, United States

Temp n/a Free Boat access

Near Crouch

Wild & natural

Groundhog Hot Springs

Idaho, United States

Temp n/a Free Hike in

Temporarily closed

Near Zimapán

Wild & natural

Halfway River Hot Springs

British Columbia, Canada

Temp n/a Free Short walk

Hart Mountain Hot Springs

Oregon, United States

100-105°F38-41°C Free Drive-up

Hellulaug

Westfjords, Iceland

100-104°F38-40°C Free Drive-up

Round rock and cement soaking tub at Hilltop Hot Springs in Long Valley with the Glass Mountains beyond

Hilltop Hot Springs (Pulky's Pool)

California, United States

95-110°F35-43°C Free Short walk

Horseshoe Springs

Utah, United States

Temp n/a Free Drive-up

Closed

Steam rising from hot springs along Hot Creek as it winds through a gorge below the Sierra Nevada

Hot Creek Geologic Site

California, United States

Temp n/a Free Short walk

Steaming hot waterfall pouring between rocks into a clear pool at Hot Springs Cove

Hot Springs Cove (muxʷšiƛa)

British Columbia, Canada

Temp n/a Paid Boat access

Sunset light over Hot Water Beach looking north past the rocky bluff where the hot water rises

Hot Water Beach (Te Puia)

Waikato, New Zealand

Temp n/a Paid Short walk

Closed

Near Flagg Ranch

Wild & natural

Huckleberry Hot Springs

Wyoming, United States

Temp n/a Free Short walk

106°F41°C

Wild & natural

Hutlinana Hot Springs

Alaska, United States

106°F41°C Free Long hike

Wild & natural

Hyder Hot Springs

Nevada, United States

Temp n/a Free Drive-up

Near Mammoth Lakes

Wild & natural

Iva Bell Hot Springs (Fish Creek Hot Springs)

California, United States

Temp n/a Paid Long hike

Jerry Johnson Hot Springs

Idaho, United States

95-115°F35-46°C Free Hike in

90-94°F32-34°C

Wild & natural

Jordan Hot Springs

New Mexico, United States

90-94°F32-34°C Free Long hike

Jordan Hot Springs

California, United States

94-104°F34-40°C Free Long hike

105-115°F41-46°C

Wild & natural

Juntura Hot Springs

Oregon, United States

105-115°F41-46°C Free Short walk

95-100°F35-38°C

Wild & natural

Kaiser Hot Springs

Arizona, United States

95-100°F35-38°C Free Hike in

Shallow hot pool in a bush creek beside a picnic table on Great Barrier Island

Kaitoke Hot Springs

Auckland, New Zealand

Temp n/a Free Hike in

Wild & natural

Kanuti Hot Springs

Alaska, United States

Temp n/a Free Long hike

Closed

80°F27°C

Wild & natural

Kelly Warm Spring

Wyoming, United States

80°F27°C Paid Drive-up

Closed

Kennedy Hot Springs

Washington, United States

Temp n/a Free Long hike

Hot water pouring into a wood walled thermal pool over orange stained rocks at Kerlingarfjöll

Kerlingarfjöll Hot Pool (Ásgarðsá)

Kerlingarfjöll, Central Highlands, Iceland

86-104°F30-40°C Free 4WD road

Warm geothermal waterfall pouring into a dark bathing pool at Kerosene Creek

Kerosene Creek (Hakereteke Stream)

Waikato, New Zealand

Temp n/a Free Short walk

Kirkham Hot Springs

Idaho, United States

Temp n/a Paid Short walk

Near Klickitat

Wild & natural

Klickitat Mineral Springs

Washington, United States

Temp n/a Paid Drive-up

Kraus Hotsprings

Northwest Territories, Canada

Temp n/a Paid Boat access

Small stone lined Krosslaug hot pool set into a grassy slope in Lundarreykjadalur

Krosslaug (Reykjalaug)

Lundarreykjadalur, Borgarfjörður (West Iceland), Iceland

104-109°F40-43°C Free Drive-up

Closed

Near Unionville

Wild & natural

Kyle Hot Springs

Nevada, United States

Temp n/a Paid Drive-up

97-104°F36-40°C

Wild & natural

Landbrotalaug

Snæfellsnes, West Iceland, Iceland

97-104°F36-40°C Free Short walk

Steam rising over the warm stream at the edge of the Laugahraun lava field in Landmannalaugar

Landmannalaugar Hot Spring

Fjallabak Nature Reserve, South Iceland highlands, Iceland

Temp n/a Paid 4WD road

90-100°F32-38°C

Wild & natural

Laugarvellir Hot Waterfall (Laugavallalaug)

East Highlands (Múlaþing), Iceland

90-100°F32-38°C Free 4WD road

Aerial view of the rocky southern Ikaria coastline west of Agios Kirykos under clouds

Lefkada Hot Spring (Therma Lefkados)

Ikaria, Greece

Temp n/a Free Short walk

Closed

Lemon Hot Spring

Colorado, United States

Temp n/a Paid Drive-up

Temporarily closed Two small concrete rimmed soaking pools at Little Caliente Hot Springs on a dry grassy hillside

Little Caliente Hot Springs

California, United States

105-109°F41-43°C Free Long hike

Closed

Near Littlefield

Wild & natural

Little Jamaica

Arizona, United States

Temp n/a Free Short walk

Loftus Hot Spring

Idaho, United States

100-110°F38-43°C Free Drive-up

Near Boulder City, Nevada

Wild & natural

Lone Palm Hot Spring

Arizona, United States

Temp n/a Paid Hike in

Wild & natural

Loon Creek Hot Springs (Lower Loon Creek)

Idaho, United States

Temp n/a Paid Boat access

Clear hot spring pool edged with stones and green plants at Loutra Eleftheron near Kavala

Loutra Kythnos Hot Springs (Agioi Anargyroi and Kakavos)

Kythnos, Greece

104-113°F40-45°C Free Drive-up

Temporarily closed Square concrete soaking tub at Lower Breitenbush Hot Springs edged with moss, grass and rocks

Lower Breitenbush Hot Springs

Oregon, United States

Temp n/a Free Short walk

Temporarily closed

Near Big Pine

Wild & natural

Lower Warm Springs (Saline Valley Warm Springs)

California, United States

Temp n/a Paid 4WD road

Temporarily closed Rock-lined pools of Lussier Hot Springs beside the Lussier River in a forested valley

Lussier Hot Springs

British Columbia, Canada

Temp n/a Free Short walk

Stone ruins of the old Manby bathhouse on the bank of the Rio Grande in the gorge

Manby Hot Springs

New Mexico, United States

90-100°F32-38°C Free Hike in

Near Napier

Wild & natural

Mangatainoka Hot Springs

Hawke's Bay, New Zealand

Temp n/a Free Long hike

Near Napier

Wild & natural

Mangatutu Hot Springs

Hawke's Bay, New Zealand

Temp n/a Free Short walk

McCauley Warm Springs

New Mexico, United States

85-99°F29-37°C Paid Hike in

98-114°F37-46°C

Wild & natural

McCredie Hot Springs

Oregon, United States

98-114°F37-46°C Paid Short walk

Meadow Hot Springs

Utah, United States

100°F38°C Free Short walk

Near Ruby

Wild & natural

Melozi Hot Springs

Alaska, United States

Temp n/a Free Boat access

Mickey Hot Springs

Oregon, United States

Temp n/a Free Drive-up

Mile 16 Hot Springs

Idaho, United States

Temp n/a Free Drive-up

95-100°F35-38°C

Wild & natural

Milford Sweat Hot Spring

Idaho, United States

95-100°F35-38°C Free Drive-up

84°F29°C

Wild & natural

Mist Mountain Hot Springs

Alberta, Canada

84°F29°C Paid Hike in

Near Cascade

Wild & natural

Molly's Hot Spring

Idaho, United States

Temp n/a Free Short walk

Near Montecito

Wild & natural

Montecito Hot Springs

California, United States

Temp n/a Free Hike in

104-105°F40-41°C

Wild & natural

Nathan's Hippy Dip Hot Spring

Colorado, United States

104-105°F40-41°C Free Drive-up

70-82°F21-28°C

Wild & natural

Nimrod Hot Springs

Montana, United States

70-82°F21-28°C Free Short walk

Closed

Near Ogden

Wild & natural

Ogden Hot Springs (Ogden Canyon Hot Pots)

Utah, United States

Temp n/a Paid Short walk

Closed

Ohanapecosh Hot Springs

Washington, United States

Temp n/a Paid Short walk

Olympic Hot Springs

Washington, United States

Temp n/a Paid Long hike

White chapel above the orange tinted hot spring bay of Palea Kameni in Santorini's caldera

Palea Kameni Hot Springs

Santorini, Greece

86-95°F30-35°C Paid Boat access

Near Big Pine

Wild & natural

Palm Spring (Saline Valley Warm Springs)

California, United States

Temp n/a Paid 4WD road

Near Shoup

Wild & natural

Panther Hot Springs

Idaho, United States

Temp n/a Free 4WD road

Shallow water inside the rough sinter collar of the Paradise Valley hot spring with snowy Santa Rosa Mountains beyond

Paradise Valley Hot Springs

Nevada, United States

Temp n/a Free Drive-up

90-115°F32-46°C

Wild & natural

Paulina Lake Hot Springs

Oregon, United States

90-115°F32-46°C Paid Hike in

Near Redstone

Wild & natural

Penny Hot Springs

Colorado, United States

Temp n/a Free Drive-up

Near Pagosa Springs

Wild & natural

Piedra River Hot Springs

Colorado, United States

Temp n/a Free Hike in

Pine Flats Hot Springs

Idaho, United States

96-105°F36-41°C Free Short walk

Pinkerton Hot Springs

Colorado, United States

Temp n/a Free Drive-up

Near Flagg Ranch

Wild & natural

Polecat Hot Springs

Wyoming, United States

Temp n/a Free Short walk

Near Pony

Wild & natural

Potosi Hot Springs

Montana, United States

Temp n/a Free Short walk

Braulio stream flowing through a wooded valley below snowy peaks near Bormio

Pozza di Leonardo

Lombardy, Italy

97-104°F36-40°C Free Short walk

Near Fort St. John

Wild & natural

Prophet River Hot Springs

British Columbia, Canada

Temp n/a Free Long hike

Pumpkin Spring

Arizona, United States

Temp n/a Paid Boat access

Near Fort Simpson

Wild & natural

Rabbitkettle Hotsprings (Gahnįhthah)

Northwest Territories, Canada

Temp n/a Paid Boat access

80-90°F27-32°C

Wild & natural

Radium Hot Springs (Radium Warm Springs)

Colorado, United States

80-90°F27-32°C Free Short walk

Temporarily closed

Near Pagosa Springs

Wild & natural

Rainbow Hot Springs

Colorado, United States

Temp n/a Free Long hike

95-110°F35-43°C

Wild & natural

Red Hill Hot Springs

Utah, United States

95-110°F35-43°C Free Drive-up

Remington Hot Springs

California, United States

100-106°F38-41°C Free Short walk

Closed

Near Whitehall

Wild & natural

Renova Hot Springs

Montana, United States

Temp n/a Free Short walk

Steam rising from the warm Reykjadalur river as it winds through a green valley

Reykjadalur Thermal River

South Iceland, Iceland

91-104°F33-40°C Paid Hike in

Closed

Near Fairplay

Wild & natural

Rhodes Warm Springs

Colorado, United States

Temp n/a Paid Drive-up

Rocky Canyon Hot Springs

Idaho, United States

Temp n/a Free Short walk

Rogers Spring

Nevada, United States

82-90°F28-32°C Paid Drive-up

Closed

Near Milford

Wild & natural

Roosevelt Hot Springs

Utah, United States

Temp n/a Free Drive-up

100°F38°C

Wild & natural

Ruby Valley Hot Springs

Nevada, United States

100°F38°C Free 4WD road

86°F30°C

Wild & natural

Russian John Hot Spring

Idaho, United States

86°F30°C Free Drive-up

Near Rome

Wild & natural

Ryegrass Hot Springs

Oregon, United States

Temp n/a Paid Boat access

Sacajawea Hot Springs

Idaho, United States

Temp n/a Free Drive-up

San Antonio Hot Springs

New Mexico, United States

Temp n/a Free Short walk

Near Glenwood

Wild & natural

San Francisco Hot Springs

New Mexico, United States

Temp n/a Free Hike in

Saratoga Hot Springs

Utah, United States

Temp n/a Free Short walk

Near McCall

Wild & natural

Secesh Hot Springs

Idaho, United States

Temp n/a Free Long hike

Seljavallalaug

Rangárþing eystra, South Iceland, Iceland

68-95°F20-35°C Free Short walk

Near Ojai

Wild & natural

Sespe Hot Springs

California, United States

Temp n/a Paid Long hike

Sheep Bridge Hot Springs

Arizona, United States

95-99°F35-37°C Free 4WD road

Near Atlanta

Wild & natural

Sheep Creek Bridge Hot Spring

Idaho, United States

Temp n/a Free Drive-up

Wild & natural

Sheepeater Hot Springs

Idaho, United States

Temp n/a Paid Boat access

Near Ketchikan

Wild & natural

Shelokum Hot Springs (Bailey Bay Hot Springs)

Alaska, United States

Temp n/a Free Boat access

Near Mammoth Lakes

Wild & natural

Shepherd Hot Springs

California, United States

Temp n/a Free Drive-up

Closed

Near Carson

Wild & natural

Shipherd's Hot Springs

Washington, United States

Temp n/a Paid Short walk

Near Challis

Wild & natural

Shower Bath Hot Springs

Idaho, United States

Temp n/a Free Long hike

100-106°F38-41°C

Wild & natural

Skillern Hot Springs

Idaho, United States

100-106°F38-41°C Free Hike in

Temporarily closed Rock rimmed soaking pool fed by white piping at Skinny Dipper Hot Springs

Skinny Dipper Hot Springs

Idaho, United States

Temp n/a Free Short walk

Near Clayton

Wild & natural

Slate Creek Hot Spring (Hoodoo Hot Springs)

Idaho, United States

Temp n/a Free Short walk

Near Atlanta

Wild & natural

Smith Cabin Hot Spring

Idaho, United States

Temp n/a Free Drive-up

Snively Hot Springs

Oregon, United States

Temp n/a Free Drive-up

Soda Dam

New Mexico, United States

Temp n/a Free Drive-up

Soldier Meadows Hot Springs

Nevada, United States

95-112°F35-44°C Free 4WD road

100-112°F38-44°C

Wild & natural

South Canyon Hot Springs

Colorado, United States

100-112°F38-44°C Free Short walk

Closed

Near Burns

Wild & natural

South Harney Lake Hot Springs

Oregon, United States

Temp n/a Paid Drive-up

Spence Hot Spring

New Mexico, United States

95°F35°C Free Short walk

Warm spring flow winding through golden grass in Big Smoky Valley below the snowy Toquima Range

Spencer Hot Springs

Nevada, United States

90-105°F32-41°C Free Drive-up

Stanley Hot Springs

Idaho, United States

103-106°F39-41°C Free Long hike

103-113°F39-45°C

Wild & natural

Stinking Hot Springs (Stinky Springs)

Utah, United States

103-113°F39-45°C Free Drive-up

99-109°F37-43°C

Wild & natural

Strútslaug

Fjallabak, South Iceland Highlands, Iceland

99-109°F37-43°C Free Hike in

95-104°F35-40°C

Wild & natural

Sturlungalaug (Guðmundarlaug)

Snæfellsnes, West Iceland, Iceland

95-104°F35-40°C Free 4WD road

Temporarily closed

90°F32°C

Wild & natural

Sulphur Creek Hot Springs

Washington, United States

90°F32°C Free Long hike

Sunbeam Hot Springs

Idaho, United States

Temp n/a Free Drive-up

Closed

Near Salida

Wild & natural

Swissvale Warm Springs

Colorado, United States

Temp n/a Paid Drive-up

Temporarily closed Big Sur River tumbling over mossy boulders in the forest near Sykes Hot Springs

Sykes Hot Springs

California, United States

Temp n/a Free Long hike

Black sand Ocean Beach near Kawhia seen from the dunes, with surf and a distant headland

Te Puia Hot Springs, Ocean Beach (Kāwhia)

Waikato, New Zealand

Temp n/a Free Short walk

Terme di Petriolo

Tuscany, Italy

95-109°F35-43°C Free Drive-up

Travertine channels carrying thermal water across the Parco dei Mulini above the Val d'Orcia

Terme libere di Bagno Vignoni (Parco dei Mulini)

Tuscany, Italy

Temp n/a Free Short walk

The Fiume Caldo flowing through a shady rocky gorge beside the free Segesta hot pools

Terme libere di Segesta (Polle del Crimiso)

Sicily, Italy

104-109°F40-43°C Free Short walk

Steaming stone walled pools of Terwilliger Hot Springs in a mossy fern filled ravine

Terwilliger (Cougar) Hot Springs

Oregon, United States

85-112°F29-44°C Paid Short walk

Red Therma sign on the pebble beach below the cliffs of south east Kos

Therma Beach Hot Spring (Embros Thermae)

Kos, Greece

86-122°F30-50°C Free Short walk

Thermopylae Hot Springs

Fthiotida, Greece

104-111°F40-44°C Free Drive-up

Near Jordan Valley

Wild & natural

Three Forks Warm Springs

Oregon, United States

Temp n/a Free Long hike

Near Toad River

Wild & natural

Toad River Hot Springs

British Columbia, Canada

Temp n/a Free Boat access

Rock and mortar soaking pool beside Trail Creek with a plank footbridge over the stones

Trail Creek Hot Springs

Idaho, United States

100-110°F38-43°C Free Short walk

Travertine Hot Springs

California, United States

Temp n/a Free Drive-up

Trego Hot Springs

Nevada, United States

Temp n/a Free Drive-up

Near Gila

Wild & natural

Turkey Creek Hot Springs

New Mexico, United States

Temp n/a Free Long hike

Umpqua Hot Springs

Oregon, United States

100-115°F38-46°C Paid Short walk

Near Big Pine

Wild & natural

Upper Warm Spring (Saline Valley)

California, United States

Temp n/a Paid 4WD road

Verde Hot Springs

Arizona, United States

92-104°F33-40°C Free Hike in

Vulcan Hot Springs

Idaho, United States

Temp n/a Free Short walk

Temporarily closed

95-98°F35-37°C

Wild & natural

Wall Creek Warm Springs (Meditation Pool)

Oregon, United States

95-98°F35-37°C Free Short walk

Weir Creek Hot Springs

Idaho, United States

100-105°F38-41°C Free Short walk

Welcome Flat Hot Pools

West Coast, New Zealand

Temp n/a Paid Long hike

Near Pelican

Wild & natural

White Sulphur Springs

Alaska, United States

Temp n/a Free Boat access

Dirt access road to Wild Willy's Hot Spring crossing sagebrush in Long Valley toward distant mountains

Wild Willy's Hot Spring (Crowley Hot Spring)

California, United States

98-102°F37-39°C Free Short walk

Willett Hot Springs

California, United States

100-103°F38-39°C Paid Long hike

100-104°F38-40°C

Wild & natural

Willow Creek Hot Springs (Whitehorse Ranch Hot Springs)

Oregon, United States

100-104°F38-40°C Free Drive-up

90-105°F32-41°C

Wild & natural

Worswick Hot Springs

Idaho, United States

90-105°F32-41°C Free Drive-up

Hot springs in wild and natural hot springs: common questions

How many hot springs are in wild and natural hot springs?

We currently list 214 hot springs in wild and natural hot springs: 214 wild or natural. 40 of them are closed or temporarily closed, and marked on their cards and pages. The list grows as we verify new places.

Are there free hot springs in wild and natural hot springs?

Yes, 134 of the springs we list in wild and natural hot springs have no entry fee, including Baker Hot Springs, Baker Hot Springs, Basin Creek Hot Springs, Bear Creek Hot Spring and Bear Valley Hot Springs. Free springs are usually undeveloped, so expect no changing rooms or lifeguards, and check parking rules.

What is the hottest hot spring in wild and natural hot springs?

Of the springs with published temperatures, Therma Beach Hot Spring (Embros Thermae) runs hottest, at up to 86-122°F (30-50°C). Water that hot needs short soaks; test it with a hand before you get in.

Which hot springs in wild and natural hot springs are good for kids?

Baia di Sorgeto, Cascate del Mulino (Saturnia), Cypress Spring, East Lake Hot Springs and Fosso Bianco (Bagni San Filippo) are the most family-friendly options we list, with easy access and gentler temperatures. Clothing-optional springs are excluded.

Which hot springs in wild and natural hot springs can you drive right up to?

Baker Hot Springs, Boat Box Hot Spring, Bog Hot Springs, Crab Cooker Hot Spring and Dirty Socks Hot Spring have parking within a few minutes' walk of the water. 130 others need a walk or a hike, which is noted on each listing.