Blackfoot River Warm 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.
Blackfoot River Warm Spring sits at the roadside on Bureau of Land Management land in Caribou County, Idaho, roughly twenty-four miles from Soda Springs. Water comes out in the high seventies, warm to the hand and cool to sit in. Open to the public. The Pocatello Field Office has it.
A bit more than a hundred feet from a road with no name on record, at about six thousand feet. Winter brings around seven feet of snow on a shade over twenty inches of precipitation. Average temperature is in the low forties. Sage Hen Flats Campground is under five miles off, the nearest on file. Public land.
Best months listed are January, December and February. Roadside, so the walk is nothing. Nothing dangerous about the temperature. No water chemistry is on record, and no fee. Sage Hen Flats for camping. Seven feet of snow sits between the listed months and an easy visit. The BLM Field Office in Pocatello is the contact for conditions.
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 Blackfoot River Warm Spring.
- Setting
- Hillside
- The spring sits on a steep slope that climbs to the north.
- Highest ground nearby
- 332 ft above the spring
- Within a quarter mile, to the north
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 60% 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.
This BLM managed site located along the Blackfoot River that has opportunities for fishing, camping, and non-motorized boating. Campground rules and regulations are posted at the site. There are no dumpsters on site, visitors must pack in and out their trash. Campsites: 4 semi-developed sites--- At this time, there is not a reservation system in place for the campsites. Campsites are on a first come first serve basis. This site is equipped with vault toilets, picnic tables, fire rings, horse...
Blackfoot River Warm Spring sits at 6,027 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 24% stronger than at sea level, so bring sunscreen and drink more water than you normally would.
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