Warm 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.
OpenStreetMap calls this Devil's Faucet Hot Spring, which is a livelier name than the Warm Springs the federal survey gives it. Either way it is hot, measured at 112 degrees, on Bureau of Land Management ground in Humboldt County, close to eighty miles from Winnemucca. The Humboldt River Field Office administers the land and the record lists it as open.
Knott Creek Road passes within about seventy five yards. This is BLM land at around four and a half thousand feet, low for the region. Winter snow comes to a bit over two feet and the annual moisture is scant, so the road should be passable outside the worst of the cold months. No campground turns up within the record's search.
December through February rank highest for a visit. The water is hot enough to hurt. Test it before you get in and expect to wait for a cooler spot. Open access, no fee listed. Remember the long drive out from Winnemucca and the lack of any listed camping.
Two names attach to this spring. The USGS and the state record carry it as Warm Springs, one of many with that label in Nevada, while OpenStreetMap contributors have tagged it Devil's Faucet Hot Spring. The record does not say where the second name came from.
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 Warm Springs.
- Setting
- Open ground
- Flat, open ground all around.
- Highest ground nearby
- 55 ft above the spring
- Within a quarter mile, to the southeast
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 79% 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.
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Warm Springs is road-accessible, so you can bring more gear. The water runs hot, so extra hydration is key.
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