Bozeman 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.
Bozeman Hot Springs sits under a mile from Four Corners in Gallatin County, Montana, right beside Gallatin Road. The source is hot enough that you would not put a hand in at the outlet. The water runs strongly alkaline and has iron in it. It appears in the USGS inventory with a 1976 sample. Ownership and public access are missing from our record, so do not assume you can walk up to it.
Gallatin Road is about forty feet away. Valley floor for the Gallatin, at mid elevation, with snowfall a little under five feet in most years and moderate precipitation. Lower Hyalite Group, about ten miles out, is the closest listed place to camp. The record carries no land owner and no land unit, which for a spring this close to the road is worth knowing before you stop.
Best months listed are December through February. Because the source runs well above soaking temperature, any use depends on how the water is cooled, and nothing in the record describes a pool. Confirm ownership before visiting. The chemistry is half a century old.
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 Bozeman Hot Springs.
- Setting
- Open ground
- Flat, open ground all around.
- Highest ground nearby
- 7 ft above the spring
- Within a quarter mile, to the southwest
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 7% 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 Bozeman Hot Springs is alkaline (pH 9.5) with 464 mg/L total dissolved solids.
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Overview Lower Hyalite Group Site is located in scenic Hyalite Canyon on the Bozeman Ranger District of the Gallatin National Forest. It is just nine miles south of Bozeman, MT. The surrounding area offers many outdoor recreational opportunities, including fishing, hiking and climbing. Recreation Hyalite Creek provides great fishing for Yellowstone cutthroat, Arctic grayling and brook trout. Many hiking trails can be found in Hyalite Canyon.Facilities The campground offers group site that can...
Bozeman Hot Springs is road-accessible, so you can bring more gear. The water runs hot, so extra hydration is key. Cold air temperatures make a changing robe or warm layers essential.
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