Hot Springs
Hot Springs is a warm thermal site inside Big Bend National Park in Texas, a half mile walk from Hot Springs Road and open to the public. The recorded temperature is just over a hundred, comfortable for sitting in. Sanderson, the nearest town on record, is about 75 miles away. Rio Grande Village, with its campground, is about two miles off.
Half a mile from the end of Hot Springs Road, classed as a short walk. Low, under two thousand feet, with about seven inches of precipitation in a year and a trace of snow. National Park Service land in the park. The Rio Grande Village campground is the closest camping listed.
Winter is the season here. Best time on record is December through February, because the desert cooks the rest of the year. Access is open under national park rules, and Rio Grande Village is the place to camp. At the recorded temperature you get bath-warm water with no burn risk, and nothing hotter. No water chemistry has been recorded.
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 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
- Valley floor
- Gentle slopes rise on both sides.
- Highest ground nearby
- 183 ft above the spring
- Within a quarter mile, to the north
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 close to the US average of 65. It's higher than at 6% 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 The Rio Grande Village Campground sits near the banks of the Rio Grande, the International Boundary between the United States and Mexico. It is one of the most popular campgrounds in Big Bend National Park, especially for those traveling in large recreational vehicles. It is located close to Boquillas Canyon and Hot Springs, and serves as a launch point for visitors accessing the river or the endless miles of backcountry roads. Rio Grande Village has an outstanding view of the Sier...
Hot Springs is road-accessible, so you can bring more gear. Bring sun protection for exposed soaking.
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