Jardine Hot Spring
The record places Jardine Hot Spring in Lemhi County, with Salmon given as the nearest town, essentially at zero distance. The water is hot enough to hurt, at the edge of scalding, so nobody should expect to soak at the source. Owner and access status are both blank, and so is the fee field. The USGS sampled it in February 1983 and found the water close to neutral.
Spring Street is the nearest road, about a fifth of a mile away, which makes this a short walk from town. The elevation is high enough that winters are long. Snowfall averages over seven feet a season. The year's precipitation is moderate. Twin Lakes Cabin, about fourteen miles away, is the only camping that appears.
Hot enough to scald; check before touching. The season given is winter, and with the snow totals here that means planning for cold and possibly closed roads. Access is unrecorded and the spring is close to town, so ask locally before walking in. The temperature and chemistry date to 1983, old enough that conditions could have changed.
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 Jardine Hot 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.
- Setting
- Open ground
- Flat, open ground all around.
- Highest ground nearby
- 13 ft above the spring
- Within a quarter mile, to the east
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 40% 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 Jardine Hot Spring is neutral (pH 7.0).
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Overview Twin Lakes Cabin is located in a scenic evergreen forest in the Beaverhead Mountains of western Montana. It was built in the 1920s to provide housing for trail crews, smoke chasers, timber cruisers and grazing inspectors who worked in the area. Guests have access to a number of recreational opportunities, including hiking and mountain biking in the summer and fall, and snowmobiling, snowshoeing and cross-country skiing during the winter. The cabin is accessible by vehicle du...
Jardine Hot Spring sits at 6,480 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 26% stronger than at sea level, so bring sunscreen and drink more water than you normally would.
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Jardine Hot Spring 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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