Blue Mountain Hot 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.
In Grant County, Oregon, around nineteen miles from Canyon City, Blue Mountain Hot Springs emerges hot, above comfortable soaking temperature though short of scalding. Neither a land owner nor a public access status appears on file, so whether you can legally reach it is not something this page can tell you. What is here is a hot source and a name.
Summit Prairie Road passes about two hundred yards from the spring. The ground is mid elevation, drier eastern Oregon country, with a moderate snowpack and modest rainfall. A guard station at Short Creek is the nearest camping on record, roughly eleven miles away.
Winter is flagged as the best season on file. Let the water cool before soaking; at source it will sting. Owner and access status are both blank here, so ask locally. Camping is at the Short Creek Guard Station, eleven miles off, and there is no fee noted. No water chemistry has been recorded for this spring.
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 Blue Mountain Hot Springs.
- Setting
- Hillside
- The spring sits on a steep slope that climbs to the southeast.
- Highest ground nearby
- 439 ft above the spring
- Within a quarter mile, to the southeast
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 52% 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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Overview Short Creek Guard Station is a great place to stay to enjoy the nearby Monument Rock and Strawberry Mountain wilderness areas, as well as the North Fork of the Malheur Scenic River. The cabin offers access to a variety of recreational activities, including hiking, hunting, fishing and viewing wildlife. The cabin provides all the comforts of a home, including drinking water during the summer months. Guests are responsible for their own travel arrangements and safety, and must bring...
Blue Mountain Hot Springs is road-accessible, so you can bring more gear. The water runs hot, so extra hydration is key.
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