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.
Warm Springs, Sierra County: BLM land 19 miles out of Truth or Consequences, and here the name fits. The water is warm, upper eighties, a little under body temperature. Access is open; it is a roadside stop, under two hundred feet from the road. The land falls under the Las Cruces District Office.
Just under 6,000 feet, dry, light snow and moderate rain. The road is unnamed on file yet passes within a few steps. No campground is listed nearby. Public ground under the Bureau of Land Management, Las Cruces District. Nothing on file describes the outlet or any pool.
Winter rates best. The sample on file is from April 1940, showing moderate dissolved solids. Eighty-plus years is a long time, so treat both chemistry and temperature as historic. Free, open, roadside. Nothing says there is a pool. Truth or Consequences is the closest town on file.
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
- Canyon floor
- Steep ground climbs away on both sides of the spring.
- Highest ground nearby
- 422 ft above the spring
- Within a quarter mile, to the west
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 61% 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 Warm Springs contains 1430 mg/L total dissolved solids. It is notably rich in calcium (may support bone density and joint health), chloride (natural antiseptic with skin health benefits), and total dissolved solids (higher mineral concentration for therapeutic soaking).
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Warm Springs sits at 5,980 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 24% stronger than at sea level, so bring sunscreen and drink more water than you normally would.
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