Hunters 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.
Hunters Hot Springs comes out of the ground in Sweet Grass County, Montana, about sixteen miles from Big Timber. The water is hot, right at the line where it stops being safe to touch. No owner is named and no access status is given. A USGS monitoring site is tied to it, with a chemistry sample from the spring of 1977. That is most of what is documented. No fee or trail is noted, and nothing describes what is at the source.
Convict Grade Road is the closest road, a hundred-odd yards off, a short walk on ground the record does not describe. It sits lower than much of the state's thermal country. Around six feet of snow falls in a typical winter here. Precipitation is middling. West Boulder Cabin is the nearest camping listed, close to fifteen miles off.
Test the water before any part of you goes in; at this temperature it can burn. Winter months are flagged as the season. No fee and no land owner are given, so find out who controls the property first. The chemistry on file is nearly fifty years old and alkaline, and the temperature was taken in the same era.
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 Hunters Hot Springs.
- Setting
- Open ground
- Flat, open ground all around.
- Highest ground nearby
- 86 ft above the spring
- Within a quarter mile, to the southwest
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 close to the US average of 65. It's higher than at 2% 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 Hunters Hot Springs is alkaline (pH 8.6).
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Overview West Boulder Cabin is open year-round, offering a variety of recreational opportunities as well as relaxation. Guests can drive to the cabin in warmer weather but should be prepared to snowshoe, ski or snowmobile up to a mile on county roads in the winter.The cabin has electric lights and an electric cook stove. A refrigerator is also provided. Rental camping equipment, such as ice chests, bear spray, campstoves, etc., are available locally in Bozeman. Guests will need to bring many...
Hunters 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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