Cook Creek Hot Spring
Cook Creek Hot Spring is a backcountry warm spring on the Wallowa National Forest, reached on foot. The record assigns it to Asotin County with the town of Asotin nearest. Water temperature is a shade under body heat, which makes for a comfortable soak, and the Forest Service lists access as open. Getting there is the whole story here: the nearest road is three and a half miles off.
The hike starts from Cold Springs Road. There is no elevation in the file. The climate is on the dry side, around two feet of precipitation, with a moderate amount of winter snow. Coyote Campground is the closest listed, roughly twelve miles from the spring.
Winter months are marked as best in the record, which for a hike of this length with snow on the ground is a decision to make with a forecast in hand. The water is pleasant to sit in. Nothing is charged as far as anyone has written down. The nearest campground, Coyote, is a dozen miles off, so do not count on camping close by.
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 Cook Creek 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.
- Setting
- Canyon floor
- Steep ground climbs away on both sides of the spring.
- Highest ground nearby
- 991 ft above the spring
- Within a quarter mile, to the southeast
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 close to the US average of 65. It's higher than at 14% 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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Coyote Campground is situated in an open pine forest and grassland. The site offers 6 tent/trailer sites. Primary activities include; camping (summer and during fall hunting season) and picnicking.
Cook Creek Hot Spring is road-accessible, so you can bring more gear.
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