Krigbaum 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.
Krigbaum Hot Springs is six miles or so from McCall, inside the Payette National Forest, Valley County. Water temperature is soaking warm, right where a lot of people want it. Public access is open, Goose Creek Road runs close by, and there is a campground within seven miles. The chemistry on file came from a 1982 survey.
Goose Creek Road passes a few hundred feet away, so the walk in is brief. Elevation is a little over four thousand feet. Snow is heavy, about twelve feet a year, in a wet climate. Grouse Campground sits seven miles away. Plain National Forest, no special designation, and no wilderness boundary to worry about.
Our data rates December through February highest, though the snowfall here will decide whether Goose Creek Road is drivable, and winter maintenance is not something our data covers. Open access, no fee listed. The reading dates to 1982, so check the water before you commit.
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 Krigbaum Hot Springs.
- Setting
- Hillside
- The spring sits on a steep slope that climbs to the north.
- Highest ground nearby
- 647 ft above the spring
- Within a quarter mile, to the north
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 close to the US average of 65. It's higher than at 12% 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.
The water at Krigbaum Hot Springs is alkaline (pH 9.2).
Overview Grouse Campground is located just 16 miles from McCall, Idaho, on the shores of Goose Lake. Visitors enjoy canoeing, fishing and horseback riding. Once on-site, you may be able to pay for your campsite(s) by scanning a QR code using the Recreation.gov mobile app, and the Scan and Pay feature. If this option is available, you will need to first download the free Recreation.gov mobile app https://www.recreation.gov/mobile-app prior to your arrival as some remote areas have limited or...
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