Silverpeak Hot Spring
Out in Esmeralda County on BLM land run from the Tonopah Field Office, Silverpeak Hot Spring flows hot, above the range where you would ease into it without letting it cool. Goldfield is the nearest town, around twenty-two miles. Access is open. There is a photo on file. No water chemistry has been recorded and no elevation either, which leaves the fact table thinner than usual.
A road comes within about ninety yards of the spring. Roadside, in other words. This is dry country, six inches of precipitation a year and a token amount of snow, so the drive in should be clear for most months. Public land, no special designation. No road name and no campground are given, which is normal for this corner of Nevada.
Winter gets the nod on file. With almost no snow, the appeal of the cold months is hot water in cold air, and the roads should stay open. Water at this heat hurts, so check it with a hand before anything more. Open access on public land. Nothing is listed for camping nearby, so Goldfield is your base.
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 Silverpeak 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
- Gentle slope
- The ground tilts gently up to the northwest.
- Highest ground nearby
- 125 ft above the spring
- Within a quarter mile, to the northwest
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 43% 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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Silverpeak Hot Spring is road-accessible, so you can bring more gear. The water runs hot, so extra hydration is key.
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