False Pass Hot Springs Site
The orange dot marks the spring, in a frame about three quarters of a mile wide.
False Pass Hot Springs Site is the name on record for a thermal location on the Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge, in the eastern Aleutians. No temperature has been logged. Access is restricted. Akutan, the closest community the listing names, is well over a hundred miles away. OpenStreetMap carries the same name, which tells you someone has mapped the spot and nothing more.
The site is low, under a hundred feet above the sea, on refuge land run by Fish and Wildlife. A World War II jeep trail is the nearest road, and from its end there is about two miles of walking. Snow is moderate for this part of Alaska. Rain comes through much of the year.
There is no season recommendation on file and no temperature. Because access is restricted, the refuge office comes before any planning. Do not plan a soak on the strength of hot in the name; nothing in the record confirms water you can get into.
USGS hasn't flown a detailed laser scan here yet, so this view comes from aerial photos and older elevation data.
- Setting
- Hillside
- The spring sits on a steep slope that climbs to the west.
- Highest ground nearby
- 564 ft above the spring
- Within a quarter mile, to the west
A slice through the ground from west to east, about 0.6 miles end to end.
Elevation data: USGS 3D Elevation Program. Aerial imagery: USGS The National Map. Public domain.