Zims Resort 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.
Zims Resort Hot Springs carries a resort in its name, yet nothing on file mentions a business operating there, and no fee or owner is recorded. What is on file is a scalding spring beside Zims Road in Valley County, about thirteen miles from McCall, with water past the scalding mark in the June 1980 survey. It tests strongly alkaline.
Zims Road passes within about fifty-five feet, so it is a roadside spot. Altitude runs a bit under four thousand feet. Snow runs around a hundred fifty inches in an average winter, and it is a wet climate. Whether any of the ground is private is not recorded.
The record points to December through February. For camping, Grouse Campground is about six miles away. Source water will scald; any soaking would have to be in water cooled from the vent, and no such pool is on record. Before visiting, find out whether a resort operates there and what it charges, because the record has nothing on either.
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 Zims Resort Hot Springs.
- Setting
- Gentle slope
- The ground tilts gently up to the west.
- Highest ground nearby
- 88 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 32% 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.
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Heat flow estimate: Stanford Thermal Earth Model (Aljubran & Horne, 2024), CC BY 4.0.
The water at Zims Resort Hot Springs is alkaline (pH 9.4). It is notably rich in sulfate (traditionally used for skin conditions and inflammation).
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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