Hot Springs On Atka Island
The orange dot marks the spring, in a frame about three quarters of a mile wide.
Springs on Atka Island that come out well past scalding, above the point of injury, under half a mile from a road the record calls the Od White Alice road. No access status or owner is listed. The record names Dutch Harbor as the nearest community, far down the chain. The temperature is the one hard fact here.
A short way in from the road on foot, at low elevation. The weather runs cool and wet with snowy winters, going by the climate record. No land unit or facilities appear in the record, and no campground or cabin is named. The road name is all the route detail there is, and the elevation figure is low.
January through March are the best months by the climate record. Scalding water; keep out at the source and test anything downstream. Ownership and access unknown; ask before going. Nothing on fees or camping is listed. Do not go expecting a built pool, because nothing on file says there is one.
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
- 308 ft above the spring
- Within a quarter mile, to the north
A slice through the ground from north to south, 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 On Atka Island 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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