Springs At Tecolote Tunnel
Drag the handle to compare the two views. The orange dot marks the spring, in a frame about three quarters of a mile wide.
Springs At Tecolote Tunnel is the name on file for a thermal outflow in Harney County, listed right at Hines, zero miles by the record's distance. The water came out at soaking warmth, low nineties, the kind of temperature you could sit in. Nothing identifies a landowner, and the public access line is empty.
A short walk, about a thousand feet, reaches a road that goes unnamed in the listing. Elevation is close to 4,750 feet, and the climate reads as high desert. The yearly mean is about forty-seven degrees. Fourteen inches of precipitation, roughly three feet of snow across a winter. Hines is listed at zero miles, which puts this at the edge of town.
Winter is the recorded best time. The water is warm enough to soak in without any scalding concern. No campground appears on file within reach, and nothing about a fee. Since the ownership and access entries are blank, find out whose land it is before walking in.
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 Springs At Tecolote Tunnel.
- Setting
- Gentle slope
- The ground tilts gently up to the south.
- Highest ground nearby
- 58 ft above the spring
- Within a quarter mile, to the south
A slice through the ground from south to north, 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.
See every spring on the geothermal heat map →
Heat flow estimate: Stanford Thermal Earth Model (Aljubran & Horne, 2024), CC BY 4.0.
Springs Near Springs At Tecolote Tunnel
More Springs Around 93°F
Hike 1 waterfall near Springs At Tecolote Tunnel
Looking for more outdoor adventures? Explore waterfall hikes near Springs At Tecolote Tunnel, California.