Hookers Hot Springs
Drag the handle to compare the two views. The orange dot marks the spring, in a frame about three quarters of a mile wide.
Hookers Hot Springs comes up hot, around 127 degrees, below the Galiuro Mountains on their southern side in Cochise County, roughly thirty miles from Benson. The ground is the Muleshoe Ranch Preserve, held by a non profit conservation group, and the record marks access unknown. Wikipedia mentions several hot springs close together here and says the water has a reputation for health benefits. The chemistry, from 1990, is strongly alkaline.
A few hundred feet of walking from the nearest road, a nameless one in the record. The land is a private conservation preserve, the Muleshoe Ranch. Elevation is moderate, in dry country with roughly ten inches of rain and next to no snow, mid sixties for the annual average. No campground is listed anywhere in the record.
Best time on file: winter, December through February. Short approach. With access unknown and the preserve privately run, ask the preserve before going in. There is no camp listed, and no word on fees. Hot enough to burn skin, so test the water and look for a cooler pool before getting in.
Wikipedia places Hookers Hot Springs in the southern foothills of the Galiuro Mountains, quotes an old description praising its position and its wide view of valley and mountain, and notes that the water has long been credited with health benefits. Several hot springs lie nearby. The USGS sample dates to August 1990.
Aircraft with laser scanners measured this ground to within inches. The scan strips out trees and buildings, leaving the bare shape of the land around Hookers Hot Springs.
- Setting
- Gentle slope
- The ground tilts gently up to the southwest.
- Highest ground nearby
- 128 ft above the spring
- Within a quarter mile, to the southwest
A slice through the ground from southwest to northeast, about 0.6 miles end to end.
Elevation data: USGS 3D Elevation Program. Aerial imagery: USGS The National Map. Public domain.
That's about 1½ times the US average of 65. It's higher than at 24% of the springs on this site.
Heat flow measures the warmth working its way up through the ground from deep inside the earth. Where it runs high, rain and snowmelt that seep down through cracks in the rock come back up hot.
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Heat flow estimate: Stanford Thermal Earth Model (Aljubran & Horne, 2024), CC BY 4.0.
The water at Hookers Hot Springs is alkaline (pH 9.0) with 255 mg/L total dissolved solids.
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Hookers Hot Springs is road-accessible, so you can bring more gear. The water runs hot, so extra hydration is key. Bring sun protection for exposed soaking.
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