Hidaway 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.
Hidaway Springs sits beside Hidaway Springs Road in Umatilla County, Oregon, about twenty-six miles from Pilot Rock. The water comes out at soaking temperature, body-warm and comfortable. Whose land it is on and whether it is open to the public are both missing from the record, and there is no USGS site number for it either.
Less than a hundred yards from the road. Mid elevation, with a real winter snowpack and a couple of feet of precipitation. Camping is distant; Olive Lake Campground is about twenty-five miles away, far enough that it is not a practical base for a visit.
The file picks winter as best, and the snowfall is enough that the road condition matters then. The temperature would suit a bath, though the record says nothing about whether a pool exists. Find out who owns it before you use it. No fee listed, no chemistry on file, no second name from any other source.
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 Hidaway Springs.
- Setting
- Hillside
- The spring sits on a steep slope that climbs to the west.
- Highest ground nearby
- 445 ft above the spring
- Within a quarter mile, to the west
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 19% 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.
Overview Nestled on the edge of a lake, high in the Blue Mountains of Eastern Oregon, this popular campground is only 8 miles west of the historic Fremont Powerhouse and 12 miles west of the old mining town of Granite. The campground features 28 campsites and 7 accessible toilet facilities. Other features include a 2-mile hiking trail around the lake with nearby access to wilderness and scenic area trails, a boat ramp and 2 docks. Besides beautiful scenery, the lake offers many opportuni...
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