Radium Hot Springs
Radium Hot Springs is on BLM land in Grand County, about eleven miles from Kremmling, with public access open. No temperature is recorded, so how warm the water runs is an open question. The chemistry is recent, sampled in the fall of 2022, with a low dissolved solids figure. The Kremmling Field Office manages the ground.
From the road it is a short walk, about 440 feet. Public BLM land, open designation. Elevation sits a bit below seven thousand feet. Snow totals are heavy, a bit over seven feet, while the precipitation total is on the drier side. The Radium Recreation Area campground is one mile away.
Best months are not given. Access is open and the walk is short. Camp at Radium Recreation Area a mile off. Without a temperature on record, treat the soak as unverified until you see it. The 2022 chemistry is the freshest thing on file for the site.
Wikipedia puts the spring near the small town of Radium, halfway between Kremmling and State Bridge. The land is managed by the BLM's Kremmling Field Office. The USGS carries it as a monitored site with chemistry sampled in October 2022.
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 Radium 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.
- Setting
- Hillside
- The spring sits on a steep slope that climbs to the east.
- Highest ground nearby
- 438 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 79% 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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Overview Managed By Kremmling Field Office The Radium Recreation Area is part of the Upper Colorado River Special Recreation Management Area (SRMA), providing opportunities for developed camping and river access. With over 100,000 annual visitors the sites facilities include 2 developed boat ramp sites, 9 vault toilets, day use and overnight parking, 16 single campsites and 2 Group Campsites and 3 day use shade structures. There is no potable water provided at this area. The area is used by...
Radium Hot Springs sits at 6,903 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 28% stronger than at sea level, so bring sunscreen and drink more water than you normally would.
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Radium Hot Springs is road-accessible, so you can bring more gear. Cold air temperatures make a changing robe or warm layers essential.
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