Quinns 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.
Ten miles from Plains, in Sanders County, Montana, Quinns Hot Springs runs at the top of what most people would soak in, hot but bearable for many. Owner and access are absent from the row, and there is no water chemistry on file. A campground is close by, which is more than most entries can say.
The nearest road is about a hundred feet away, so this is roadside. The spring sits low for Montana. Winters bring five and a half feet of snow or so. Rain is moderate. Cascade Campground, two miles and change off, is the campground the record points to.
Season, per the record: winter. Cascade Campground is the obvious base, a couple miles off. Since nobody has recorded access or a fee, find out if the spring is open to the public before driving out. No date is attached to the temperature, so treat the soaking claim as provisional.
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 Quinns Hot Springs.
- Setting
- Hillside
- The spring sits on a steep slope that climbs to the southeast.
- Highest ground nearby
- 689 ft above the spring
- Within a quarter mile, to the southeast
A slice through the ground from northwest to southeast, about 0.6 miles end to end.
Elevation data: USGS 3D Elevation Program. Aerial imagery: USGS The National Map. Public domain.
That's about twice the US average of 65. It's higher than at 65% 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 Scenic BywayClark Fork RiverIron Mountain TrailheadCascade FallsWildlifeDouglas-fir, ponderosa pine, and western larch treesRecreation CampingHikingFishingRaftingBoatingFacilities Cascade Campground has 11 sites plus 1 group site that are back in only and can accommodate RV's 27' to 35' in length depending on the site. All sites have a picnic table and a fire ring. A primitive boat ramp is available on Clark Fork River across the highway from the campground. Potable water, vault to...
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