Bean Hot 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.
Bean Hot Spring, about thirteen miles from Lakeview in Lake County, Oregon, measured 69 degrees, which is barely warm, the name notwithstanding. No owner appears and public access is not addressed. There is nothing else on file about it beyond location and climate, so what the spring looks like and how it is used are open questions.
About a third of a mile of walking separates the spring from a road nobody named in the record, at somewhere near forty nine hundred feet. Snow stacks up over a tall man's head in winter, and the yearly moisture is middling. Aspen Cabin is the nearest place listed to sleep, about nine miles out on Fremont-Winema National Forest land.
December through February rank highest, which is a strange recommendation for water this cool, but that is what the record says. Sixty nine degrees is a cold bath in a snowy winter. Ownership and access are blank, so confirm permission before you walk in. Aspen Cabin is the camping fallback.
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 Bean Hot Spring.
- Setting
- Hillside
- The spring sits on a steep slope that climbs to the southwest.
- Highest ground nearby
- 495 ft above the spring
- Within a quarter mile, to the southwest
A slice through the ground from southwest to northeast, 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.
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Heat flow estimate: Stanford Thermal Earth Model (Aljubran & Horne, 2024), CC BY 4.0.
Overview Historic Aspen Cabin is nestled in a forest of fir, pine, and aspen, and provides an ideal setting for guests seeking relaxation and recreation in the Fremont-Winema National Forest. It was built in 1930 and originally used as an administrative cabin and fire guard station by U.S. Forest Service employees. It also served as a warming shelter for snowmobilers and cross-country skiers during the 1990s. Today, the cabin offers guests a secluded getaway in a landscape abundant with wil...
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