Hunters Hot Springs
Hunters Hot Springs lies two miles outside Lakeview in Lake County. The water comes out scalding, nearly at a boil, which rules out any direct soaking at the source. The record includes a photo. The record leaves owner and access blank, and the nearest road is unnamed.
Under two hundred feet from the road, it counts as a roadside spring. Elevation is high desert at close to forty-eight hundred feet. Winters drop around five and a half feet of snow, and precipitation overall is moderate. The town is within easy reach for supplies, given the distance on file.
The record rates December through February highest. Aspen Cabin, a Fremont-Winema National Forest site, is the nearest camping listed, around ten miles off. At this temperature the water burns on contact; stay well off the vents and channels. Check access before walking in. No fee is on record.
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 Hunters 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.
- Setting
- Open ground
- Flat, open ground all around.
- Highest ground nearby
- 33 ft above the spring
- Within a quarter mile, to the east
A slice through the ground from west to east, about 0.6 miles end to end.
Elevation data: USGS 3D Elevation Program. Aerial imagery: USGS The National Map. Public domain.
That's about twice the US average of 65. It's higher than at 77% 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 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...
Hunters Hot Springs is road-accessible, so you can bring more gear. The water is dangerously hot, so bring water shoes and test pools carefully.
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