Bingham 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.
Bingham Springs, in Umatilla County, Oregon, about fifteen miles from Milton-Freewater, measured 93 degrees, which is soaking warm. A 2018 sample found the water alkaline with a moderate mineral load. No owner is named and public access is not on file. This is one of the few springs in this stretch of the record with a recent chemistry reading.
Bingham Road passes within about two tenths of a mile, so reaching the springs is a short walk. The elevation is around twenty two hundred feet, low for the region. For eastern Oregon this is wet ground, more than six feet of snow in a winter and rain through the rest of the year. Woodward Campground is about seven miles away.
December through February rank highest. The water is at a comfortable soaking temperature. Ownership and access are blank, so confirm before visiting. Woodward Campground is the nearest camping 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 Bingham Springs.
- Setting
- Hillside
- The spring sits on a steep slope that climbs to the south.
- Highest ground nearby
- 875 ft above the spring
- Within a quarter mile, to the south
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 close to the US average of 65. It's higher than at 3% 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.
The water at Bingham Springs is alkaline (pH 8.6) with 482 mg/L total dissolved solids. It is notably rich in chloride (natural antiseptic with skin health benefits).
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