Blue Lake Spring
The orange dot marks the spring, in a frame about three quarters of a mile wide.
Blue Lake is a geothermal pond in Tooele County, south of Wendover, and this entry is the warm spring that feeds it. The water is warm, on the cool side for a soak. The record marks access as restricted and the land as a state conservation area under the Division of Wildlife Resources, while Wikipedia describes the lake itself as publicly reachable wetlands managed by the BLM inside an Air Force range.
From the nearest road it is a few hundred feet on foot. The surrounding country is flat desert a shade above four thousand feet, very dry at about seven inches of rain, with light winter snow. Wikipedia puts the lake on the Utah Test and Training Range. There is no campground on record.
Winter is the season listed. The record says restricted access while the Wikipedia article calls the wetlands public, so confirm current rules with the state wildlife office before driving out from Wendover. The chemistry sample dates from 1977. Fifteen miles is the distance from town on record.
Wikipedia describes Blue Lake as a large geothermal pond about 16 miles south of Wendover, roughly nine acres and sixty feet deep, lying within the Utah Test and Training Range controlled by the United States Air Force. The lake and the wetlands around it are described as publicly accessible and managed by the Bureau of Land Management.
USGS hasn't flown a detailed laser scan here yet, so this view comes from aerial photos and older elevation data.
- Setting
- Open ground
- Flat, open ground all around.
- Highest ground nearby
- 3 ft above the spring
- Within a quarter mile, to the west
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 8% 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.
The water at Blue Lake Spring is slightly alkaline (pH 7.5). It is notably rich in calcium (may support bone density and joint health), magnesium (known for muscle relaxation and stress relief), and sodium (supports circulation and skin hydration).
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