Hot Spring Near Fish Bay
The orange dot marks the spring, in a frame about three quarters of a mile wide.
Hot Spring Near Fish Bay is a Tongass National Forest spring about eight miles from Sitka, on land the Forest Service lists as open. The water is hot, hotter than you would want against bare skin. The only chemistry on file goes back to 1915 and found iron in it.
Seven hundred feet up and twelve miles from the nearest road, Eagle River Road, a Forest Service route. Backcountry approach. Snow runs to nearly nine feet a year on this coast and rain to seven, so expect wet ground and wet gear. Allan Point cabin is the closest roof listed, a little over seven miles away.
The record's best months run January to March. Cool the water before sitting in it. That reading dates to a 1915 survey, which is long enough ago that the flow may not match. Open access, no fee recorded. Plan the Allan Point cabin as a staging point.
The spring was sampled in June 1915 and a USGS site record carries the result.
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 southeast.
- Highest ground nearby
- 546 ft above the spring
- Within a quarter mile, to the southeast
A slice through the ground from northwest to southeast, about 0.6 miles end to end.
Elevation data: USGS 3D Elevation Program. Aerial imagery: USGS The National Map. Public domain.
The water at Hot Spring Near Fish Bay contains 345 mg/L total dissolved solids. It is notably rich in iron (iron-rich springs may support circulation).
Overview Allan Point Cabin is located on Halleck Island in upper Nakwasina Sound, about 16 miles north of Sitka, Alaska in the Tongass National Forest. The two-story cabin was built in 1993 by volunteers. It has a large front deck that overlooks Nakwasina Sound and is an excellent base for saltwater fishing and deer hunting. The site can be accessed only by float plane or boat, weather permitting. Travel time from Sitka is 10 minutes by float plane or 30 minutes by boat. Visitors are respons...
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