New Biltmore Hot Springs
New Biltmore Hot Springs, which OpenStreetMap labels plainly as Biltmore Hot Springs, lies off Ziegler Hot Springs Road in Beaverhead County, nineteen miles from Dillon. Hot water, hotter than most people could sit in as it comes from the ground. Ownership and public access are not on record. A 1978 USGS sample found the water slightly acidic and carrying iron.
A roadside spring, a couple hundred feet from Ziegler Hot Springs Road, down in a dry valley in the southwest corner of Montana. Winters are light on snow and rain is scarce. Neither land unit nor designation is listed.
Hot water: check it with a hand before committing a body. Hells Canyon Guard Station, sixteen miles off, is the camp listed. Midwinter carries the best rating, and light snow makes that plausible. Nobody has recorded if the public may visit, so ask first.
The spring appears on OpenStreetMap as Biltmore Hot Springs, without the New, and the USGS sampled it in 1978.
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 New Biltmore 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.
- Setting
- Gentle slope
- The ground tilts gently up to the northeast.
- Highest ground nearby
- 133 ft above the spring
- Within a quarter mile, to the northeast
A slice through the ground from southwest to northeast, 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 29% 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 New Biltmore Hot Springs is slightly acidic (pH 6.7). It is notably rich in calcium (may support bone density and joint health), magnesium (known for muscle relaxation and stress relief), and sulfate (traditionally used for skin conditions and inflammation).
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Overview Hells Canyon Guard Station is a quaint log cabin located in the Highland Mountains of Montana's Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest. It is most often used as a base camp by hunters and hikers. The area is replete with wildlife and provides access to scenic mountain views, as well as plentiful opportunities for recreation. It was originally built in 1906 and used as a line cabin for ranchers before being donated to the Forest Service in 1910. The Forest Service has used the cabin...
New Biltmore 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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