Gallogly 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.
Gallogly Spring is a soaking-temperature source on Bitterroot National Forest land, Ravalli County, Montana, 36 miles from Hamilton. Access here is open, Forest Service ground. A campground sits less than a mile away, which makes it easy to combine with a night out. The water comes out a touch above body heat, tub temperature. No sample has been taken.
A short walk, around 350 yards, from the nearest road, which our data does not name. Elevation is high, and this part of the Bitterroot gets roughly nine feet of snow over a typical year. Indian Trees Campground is under a mile off. the designation on record says national forest. No fee appears in the record.
The listed months are winter. Snow that deep will bury the approach, so check the road. Camp at Indian Trees if you want to stay close. The temperature figure stands alone, with no chemistry behind it, so it may vary from what is on file; carry a thermometer.
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 Gallogly Spring.
- Setting
- Hillside
- The spring sits on a steep slope that climbs to the southeast.
- Highest ground nearby
- 551 ft above the spring
- Within a quarter mile, to the southeast
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 34% 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 Indian Trees Campground is a quiet place to stay 3/4 miles off of Highway 93 in the mountains of southwest Montana. It provides access to a number of enjoyable recreational activities, as well as the vast scenery of the rugged Bitterroot National Forest. The area boasts wild game, high quality water and wild and scenic rivers.Recreation Visitors enjoy a variety of recreational opportunities, including hiking, mountain biking and horseback riding. A number of trails can be accessed ne...
Gallogly Spring sits at 5,728 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 23% stronger than at sea level, so bring sunscreen and drink more water than you normally would.
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