Spring
The orange dot marks the spring, in a frame about three quarters of a mile wide.
A warm spring on Laguna Pueblo land in Valencia County, listed on the record under the name Spring and nothing else. Los Chavez is under two miles away, so this is close to settled ground. The water runs a little below body heat. Because it lies on tribal land, access is listed as unknown, and that fact outweighs everything else about the place.
High desert at around 5,600 feet, dry most of the year with light winter snow. The nearest road is under a mile off, an easy walk in distance terms, yet the ground between is Pueblo land and the road goes unnamed on file. The record says nothing about the spring itself beyond its temperature and its position on the map.
Contact the Pueblo of Laguna before planning any visit. Do not assume tribal land is open; the record shows no permission. Winter is the season the record favors. There is no water chemistry, no fee, and no campground listed. The USGS tracks the site by number and nothing more.
USGS hasn't flown a detailed laser scan here yet, so this view comes from aerial photos and older elevation data.
- Setting
- Canyon floor
- Steep ground climbs away on both sides of the spring.
- Highest ground nearby
- 330 ft above the spring
- Within a quarter mile, to the northwest
A slice through the ground from northwest to southeast, 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 38% 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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Spring sits at 5,581 feet above sea level, way above the mile-high mark. You may not feel the altitude strongly, but hot water still dehydrates you faster at elevation. UV is about 22% stronger than at sea level, so bring sunscreen and drink more water than you normally would.
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Spring is road-accessible, so you can bring more gear.
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