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Hot springs in the United States
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
Kanuti Hot Springs Area of Critical Environmental Concern, Alaska
Arizona
Pumpkin Spring, Grand Canyon
Arkansas
Arkansas hot springs, steam from spring
California
Mammoth Hot Creek Pools
Geothermal areas in Lassen area
Aquamarine water pool at Bumpass Hell
Avila Hot Springs, Avila
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, Sierraville CA
Casa Diablo Hot Springs
Coso Hot Springs, Inyo County
Crabtree Hot Springs
Deep Creek Hot Springs
Delonegha Hot Springs
Desert Hot Springs (thermal mineral springs)
Dirty Socks Hot Spring
Encino Hot Springs
Franklin Hot Springs ,
Paso Robles, California
Gaviota Hot Springs
Gilman Hot Springs
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
Matilija Hot Springs
Mercey Hot Springs
Miracle Hot Springs
Mono Hot Springs
Montecito Hot Springs
Murrieta Hot Springs
Palm Springs
Remington Hot Springs
Saline Valley Hot Springs
San Juan 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 Point Hot Springs
White Sulphur Springs ,
St. Helena, California
[6]
Wilbur Hot Springs
Willett Hot Springs
Colorado
The Mother Spring, Pagosa Hot Springs, Colorado
Pagosa Hot Spring, Colorado
Florida
Georgia
Radium Hot Springs, Georgia
Warm Springs, Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Hot spring near Garden Valley Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
West Baden Springs Indiana 1906
Massachusetts
Montana
Nevada
Hot spring in Gerlach, Nevada
Diana's Punchbowl, Nevada
View across the Elko Hot Hole
Fly geyser
New Mexico
Spence hot spring
McCauley Hot Springs, Jemez Springs, NM, USA
Black Rock Hot Springs
Faywood Hot Springs
[20]
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 )
[21]
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
Orenda Spring Tufa Deposits, Saratoga Springs, New York
North Carolina
Oregon
Alvord Hot Springs
Bath House on Mansfield property, Breitenbush Hot Springs (thermal mineral springs)
South Dakota
Texas
Utah
Fifth Water Hot Springs
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 ,
[5] 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
Washington
West Virginia
Wyoming
Grand Prismatic Spring 2013, Yellowstone National Park
Black Sand Basin
Orange Spring Mound at Mammoth Hot Springs
See also
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