Hot Springs Near Hot Springs Bay
The orange dot marks the spring, in a frame about three quarters of a mile wide.
Hot springs sit on record at Hot Springs Bay, near Akutan, running 181 degrees at the source. That is scalding. Akutan is under five miles off. Almost at sea level, and getting there means a hike of about three miles in from the road. No one recorded the ownership, and access status is missing too.
Aleutians East Borough, low ground. The road itself goes unnamed, with nothing said about the path. No land manager on file. Weather runs in the low forties on average, and the year is wet. Snow is a bit over five feet. The bay is the only landmark the record attaches to the springs.
The record favors January and the two months after it. The source is hot enough to scald. Nothing on file about camping or fees, and no owner listed, so there is nobody to ask about access. Akutan is the closest town and the only reference point on record.
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 north.
- Highest ground nearby
- 275 ft above the spring
- Within a quarter mile, to the north
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.
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Hot Springs Near Hot Springs Bay is road-accessible, so you can bring more gear. The water is dangerously hot, so bring water shoes and test pools carefully. Cold air temperatures make a changing robe or warm layers essential.
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