Spring
An unnamed thermal point fifteen miles from Boulder City in Clark County, very low, under seven hundred feet. The source runs scalding. The record links it to the Wikipedia entry for Gold Strike Hot Springs, the group near Hoover Dam in the Lake Mead recreation area, though the record itself is silent on ownership and access.
The closest road has no name on file and stops about a fifth of a mile short, leaving a brief walk. Desert floor at the low end of the state. Snow is zero. Rain comes to five inches annually. Summer heat here is dangerous, and the listed best months are the cold ones.
Cold months only. Scalding source water, so any soak depends on mixing the record does not describe. Water sampled in 2008 was neutral with a heavy mineral load. Access not on record. Fee and camping were never logged.
The Wikipedia article attached to this record describes Gold Strike Hot Springs, also called Goldstrike or Gold Strike Canyon Hot Springs, a group of springs near Hoover Dam on the Arizona line near Boulder City, inside Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
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 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
- Canyon floor
- Steep ground climbs away on both sides of the spring.
- Highest ground nearby
- 623 ft above the spring
- Within a quarter mile, to the southwest
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 56% 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 Spring is neutral (pH 7.1) with 2220 mg/L total dissolved solids. It is notably rich in calcium (may support bone density and joint health), sodium (supports circulation and skin hydration), and sulfate (traditionally used for skin conditions and inflammation).
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Spring is road-accessible, so you can bring more gear. The water is dangerously hot, so bring water shoes and test pools carefully. Bring sun protection for exposed soaking.
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