Pahrump (Bennetts) Spring
Pahrump Spring goes by Bennetts Spring too, a tepid source in the Pahrump area of Nye County, little more than a mile out of town and only a few feet off Firebird Circle. Think bath water that has been sitting a while. Nobody documented access and no owner is named. It does carry a USGS site number.
Eight feet from Firebird Circle, per the record, which makes it about as roadside as a spring gets. Low desert, hot summers, five inches of rain, snow rarely. Nothing on file about who holds the land, and No designation and land unit is on record. The climate average sits in the high sixties, so even midwinter days are mild.
December to February is the window that got written down. The spring sits a few feet off a named street, which makes it stranger that nothing on record names an owner or grants the public permission. Sort that out before you drive. McWilliams campground is the nearest listed, about eighteen miles off.
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 Pahrump (Bennetts) 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
- 42 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 twice the US average of 65. It's higher than at 80% 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.
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Overview McWilliams Campground is located in the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area, just 50 miles from downtown Las Vegas. Visitors enjoy hiking, mountain biking and scenic driving in this forested desert oasis.Recreation Hiking and mountain biking are popular activities on the 6.2-mile Bristlecone Trail. Upper and lower trailheads are located just above and below the campground. The 1.3-mile Sawmill Trail begins about four miles below the campground just off State Route 156. Faciliti...
Pahrump (Bennetts) Spring is road-accessible, so you can bring more gear. Bring sun protection for exposed soaking.
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