Fort Bidwell Hot Spring
Tribal land. Fort Bidwell Hot Spring lies on the Fort Bidwell Reservation, and public access is unknown. The water is hot, above the comfortable soaking range. It sits a few steps from a road. Because this is reservation land, the tribe's rules govern any visit, and we have none of them written down. The nearest town listed for this spring is wrong, so trust the map instead.
High ground with real winters, snow piling up to about seven feet over a season. Precipitation is moderate. The spring is roadside on the Fort Bidwell Reservation, and the land is held by the tribe. Lassen Creek Campground, seven or eight miles out, is the camping on file, the only camping our data has for this spring.
Ask the Fort Bidwell community first. This is tribal ground and no one has recorded who may visit. Winter is the named season, though seven feet of snow argues with that. Water runs well over 110, so check it with a hand before you trust it. Camp at Lassen Creek if you stay.
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 Fort Bidwell Hot Spring.
Drag the handle to compare the two views. The orange dot marks the spring, in a frame about three quarters of a mile wide.
- Setting
- Gentle slope
- The ground tilts gently up to the northwest.
- Highest ground nearby
- 121 ft above the spring
- Within a quarter mile, to the northwest
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.
That's about 1½ times the US average of 65. It's higher than at 59% 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.
See every spring on the geothermal heat map →
Heat flow estimate: Stanford Thermal Earth Model (Aljubran & Horne, 2024), CC BY 4.0.
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Lassen is a lovely little campground near the obsidian mines. It is currently under discussion for decommissioning.This is open area camping as there are no designated camp-sites. FRock fire rings are located throughout the area.
Fort Bidwell Hot Spring is road-accessible, so you can bring more gear. The water runs hot, so extra hydration is key.
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