Ouray Hot Springs Pool
Drag the handle to compare the two views. The orange dot marks the spring, in a frame about three quarters of a mile wide.
The record here is titled Ouray Hot Springs Pool and it sits a few steps off Main Street in Ouray, Ouray County. Temperature is blank, as is chemistry. Ownership too. There is a Wikipedia article by this name, though the extract is empty in the record. What the page can tell you is where it is and how the climate behaves around it. The town is under a quarter mile off.
Main Street is within a hundred feet, so this is an in-town, roadside site. Ouray lies high, with about ten feet of snow in a typical winter and a relatively wet climate. The yearly mean is in the low forties. The Amphitheater campground sits less than a mile out. No land designation is given, and no owner.
No season is ranked. Without a temperature on file, do not plan a soak off this page alone. Amphitheater, the listed campground, is within a mile. Winters are snowy. The only certain thing in the record is the location, so verify everything else locally.
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 Ouray Hot Springs Pool.
- Setting
- Canyon floor
- Steep ground climbs away on both sides of the spring.
- Highest ground nearby
- 1,279 ft above the spring
- Within a quarter mile, to the east
A slice through the ground from west to east, about 0.6 miles end to end.
Elevation data: USGS 3D Elevation Program. Aerial imagery: USGS The National Map. Public domain.
That's about twice the US average of 65. It's higher than at 87% 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.
Overview Amphitheater Campground is located near the town of Ouray, Colo., at an elevation of 8,400 feet. Visitors enjoy the area for its beautiful scenery and great hiking and off-road trail opportunities.Recreation Many hiking trails are found in the immediate area, including the popular Upper Cascade Falls Trail, which begins at the campground. Baby Bath Tubs and Chief Ouray Mine trails can also be accessed from the same trailhead. The campground is a favorite among jeep and off-road enth...
Ouray Hot Springs Pool sits at 7,860 feet above sea level, way above the mile-high mark. You may not feel the altitude strongly, but hot water still dehydrates you faster at elevation. UV is about 31% stronger than at sea level, so bring sunscreen and drink more water than you normally would.
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