Leithead Hot Spring
Leithead Hot Spring is two miles from Lakeview in Lake County and comes out scalding, far beyond sitting-in temperature. A photo is attached to the record. Access terms and ownership are unknown here. Nothing on record mentions cooler water downstream.
A short walk of under five hundred feet from an unnamed road. It sits high, a hair under forty-eight hundred feet. Snow totals near five and a half feet most winters, with moderate rain otherwise. No land unit is on record. Lakeview is close for supplies.
Midwinter is what the record recommends. The Fremont-Winema's Aspen Cabin is about twelve miles out, the only camping on record. The water will scald; stay clear of the source. Access is unknown, so look for posting. With the town this near, the spring is easy to reach and easy to get hurt at, which is the whole story in two lines.
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 Leithead 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
- Hillside
- The spring sits on a steep slope that climbs to the east.
- Highest ground nearby
- 381 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 78% 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.
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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...
Leithead Hot Spring 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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