Pescadero 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.
Pescadero Warm Spring is a roadside warm spring in Bear Lake County, about eight miles from Montpelier and only a few dozen yards off Pescadero Road. The water is warm in the literal sense, well below body heat, more like a cool bath than a hot one. Neither the owner of the land nor the access status made it into the record.
Close to six thousand feet, in a part of Idaho that gets around a hundred inches of snow in a winter. The roadside position means no walking to speak of. Emigration Campground is roughly ten miles away. No land unit, no owner entry. That is all the record gives on the ground around it.
the record flags winter as the best season, though water this cool in the middle of that snow season is a niche pleasure. Summer would be kinder. Emigration Campground is the listed camping option. No fee appears. Since ownership is unknown, find out whose land you are standing on before you settle 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 Pescadero Warm Spring.
- Setting
- Hillside
- The spring sits on a steep slope that climbs to the west.
- Highest ground nearby
- 273 ft above the spring
- Within a quarter mile, to the west
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 1½ times the US average of 65. It's higher than at 18% 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 Emigration Campground is located in 17 miles west of Montpelier, Idaho, just off State Highway 36 in Emigration Canyon. Visitors enjoy exploring the nearby Highline Trail and fishing on local streams.Recreation The Highline National Recreation Trail is adjacent to the campground and is considered the premier trail of the Montpelier District. It is open to hikers, bikers, horseback riders, motorcyclists and off-road vehicle riders. The trail stretches 55 miles along the backbone of th...
Pescadero Warm Spring sits at 5,955 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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