Saratoga Hot Springs Resort

What to expect

Saratoga Hot Springs Resort is a western-style hotel on the east bank of the North Platte River in Saratoga, built around the springs that gave the town its first name, Warm Springs. It is the private counterpart to the town’s free Hobo Hot Pool across the river. This page covers the resort only.

The hot springs are in a courtyard surrounded by guest rooms. There are two kinds of pool. A 70-foot mineral swimming pool runs about 96-98°F36-37°C, warm enough for a long, easy soak and laps. Around it sit several small, teepee-covered hot pools, about 100-112°F38-44°C, each sized for a couple or a small group, with a canvas teepee frame overhead. The resort stresses that the water is not artificially heated, so temperatures drift with the weather and the season. The resort also says the water is high in minerals but low in sulfur smell.

Beyond the pools, the resort has the Healing Waters Spa, a fitness center, the Silver Saddle restaurant, the Snowy Mountain Pub and Brewery with a biergarten, and a public golf course. In winter the resort rents snowmobiles and hosts snowmobile rallies, and in summer it rents UTVs.

Prices and booking

The most important thing to know: this is not a walk-in day-use pool. The resort says its hot pools are available only to guests and members.

There are three ways in:

• Stay the night. Room guests use the pools during open hours. Rooms range from lodge rooms with one queen or two doubles to poolside king suites, and the resort also rents a renovated house by the river. Book through the resort website or by phone at 307-326-5261 or 800-594-0178. Rates vary by season, so check when you book.
• Book a spa treatment. Every Healing Waters Spa treatment includes day use of the mineral pools and the fitness center, and the spa is open to the public. The spa suggests a 15-20 minute soak in the teepee pools before your treatment. Appointments run Thursday to Saturday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday and Tuesday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., closed Monday and Wednesday (hours change by season). Call 307-326-5261 ext. 208, give a card to hold the booking, and cancel at least 24 hours ahead or you pay in full.
• Buy an annual pool pass. The pass sheet posted in December 2025 lists $900 for an adult, $450 for an adult partner, $200 for children 5-18, $725 for seniors 65 and over and $375 for a senior partner. Passes include 10 guest day passes, and passholders can buy more at the front desk for $25 each when occupancy allows.

What is included and what costs extra: Rooms in the suites have complimentary robes. Other guests can rent a robe at the front desk for $5 per stay. If you forget a swimsuit, the spa sells swimwear, board shorts, towels and sunscreen.

Cleaning days: The large pool closes Tuesdays from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. and the teepee pools close Wednesdays over the same hours. The other set stays open on each of those days. Pools also close for Christmas, periodic maintenance and full-resort buyouts.

Rules

• Swimsuits are expected in the shared courtyard pools.
• No glass anywhere in the pool area. Ask the pub for a plastic cup.
• No outside alcohol on the property, and no swimming while impaired.
• No music, coolers, smoking or inflatables at the pools. Pool noodles are fine.
• Children may use the large pool but are not allowed in the teepee pools. Under-16s need an adult with them. There is no lifeguard.
• Teepee pools cannot be reserved. Share them, and do not camp in one all evening when others are waiting.
• Pets stay in the resort’s kennels, which have a sheltered section and an outdoor run for $30 a night (guests only). Pets are not allowed in rooms, restaurants, the courtyard or the pools, and there is a $150 cleaning fee if one turns up in a room.

Getting there

The resort is at 601 East Pic Pike Road, on the east side of Saratoga.

• From Interstate 80: Leave at Walcott Junction and take WY-130 south to Saratoga.
• From Laramie: WY-130 crosses the Snowy Range as the Snowy Range Scenic Byway, but the high section closes in winter. Use I-80 to Walcott Junction from late fall to spring.
• From Colorado: Come north on WY-230 through Riverside and Encampment.

In town, cross the North Platte to the east side and follow signs to the resort, which sits next to its golf course. Parking is on site.

When to go

The pools run all year. Winter brings snowmobilers and makes the most of hot water: steam off the teepee pools on a cold night is the classic Saratoga picture. Summer brings golf, fishing on the North Platte and floating, and the pools are busy on weekends. Fall weekdays are the quietest.

The resort runs a full calendar of holiday dinners, rallies and festivals. Check the events page before booking if you want a quiet stay.

History

The site has hosted a bathhouse or hotel for nearly 150 years. In 1877 a log store went up beside the springs and served as post office, saloon and the place to get a hot mineral bath. In 1884 William Cadwell and Judge M.E. Hooker built the two-story Saratoga House, later the Saratoga Hot Springs Hotel, which drew officers from Fort Steele, local ranch families and sportsmen until it burned in April 1902.

The state bought the springs land in 1921, and the resort’s spa traces its story to the State Bath House that opened in 1923. In 1949 the state leased the east side, and later sold it, to private investors, who built the Saratoga Inn. The west-side Hobo Pools stayed public. The resort says the property, by then the Saratoga Inn, was later bought by surgeon Michael Janssen, a regular visitor. It now trades as Saratoga Hot Springs Resort.

Where to stay nearby

You are already sleeping at the springs if you book a room. If the resort is full or out of budget:

• Saratoga Lake Campground, run by the town about 1 mile north on WY-130/230, has first-come sites at $25 with electric and $15 without.
• Other motels in Saratoga are a short drive away. You can soak for free at the Hobo Hot Pool, which is open 24 hours.

Safety notes

• Heat: The teepee pools can reach 112°F44°C. Keep soaks short, drink water, and get out if you feel lightheaded.
• Alcohol and hot water do not mix well. The resort bans swimming while impaired for good reason.
• No lifeguard. Watch children in the large pool yourself.
• Icy decks in winter. Walk slowly between your room and the pools.