Springs
Inside Lake Mead National Recreation Area, eleven miles from Moapa Valley, a group of springs that the record calls Springs and nothing else comes up tepid, cooler than body heat. The National Park Service manages the ground and the public may visit. Think of it as a warm water source on park land. The listing carries no USGS number, no chemistry was run, and nobody has added a photograph.
Fishermans Cove Road gets you within a fifth of a mile, and the rest is on foot. This is hot low desert. The yearly average temperature sits in the low seventies and snow is almost unheard of. Rain is scant. Elevation is not on record. The land designation is National Recreation Area.
December through February rank best, which makes sense where the annual average runs that high. Echo Bay Campground is the closest camping on file, roughly fourteen miles away. Short walk access, open to the public, no fee recorded. This is National Park Service ground, so expect park regulations. The tepid reading carries no date.
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 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
- Hillside
- The spring sits on a steep slope that climbs to the north.
- Highest ground nearby
- 267 ft above the spring
- Within a quarter mile, to the north
A slice through the ground from south to north, 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 49% 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 Echo Bay Campground is located in the northern end of the park along the Overton Arm of Lake Mead. It’s open year-round and features paved sites that can accommodate tents or RVs, along with tables, fire pits and/or grills. Restrooms and water spigots are located throughout the campsite. Temperatures usually surpass 100F (37C) degrees June-August. In May and September, daytime highs are around 90F (32C). October-April, temperatures are much cooler. Lows can dip to freezing temps Dece...
Springs is road-accessible, so you can bring more gear. Bring sun protection for exposed soaking.
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