Coyote Spring
This Coyote Spring sits right at Malad City and is recorded under Oneida County. The water is hot, at the upper end of soaking temperature, and the spring is on Bureau of Land Management land with access marked open. Sixty feet from the pavement makes it a true roadside spring. A photo exists.
The BLM's Salt Lake Field Office administers the ground. Elevation is modest for the region, valley floor and nothing like mountain country. The mineral content is high. Snow is lighter here than along the Wasatch Front, around two feet in a typical winter, and the area is fairly dry.
December through February are the listed months. Open public land and a roadside pull-off make this among the easier springs in the Utah records to reach. Clear Creek Campground is about seventeen miles away. No fee is on file. The temperature comes from a 1968 reading, so test the water before getting in.
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 Coyote 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
- Open ground
- Flat, open ground all around.
- Highest ground nearby
- 6 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 about twice the US average of 65. It's higher than at 75% 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 Coyote Spring is slightly alkaline (pH 7.6) with 3240 mg/L total dissolved solids. It is notably rich in sodium (supports circulation and skin hydration), chloride (natural antiseptic with skin health benefits), and total dissolved solids (higher mineral concentration for therapeutic soaking).
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Clear Creek Campground is a non-fee campground and picnic area composed of 12 individual units and reservations are not required. This area is accessible for a season that varies usually between June through October. Campground amenities include toilets and the campground is well suited for tent and RV camping. Sites are handicapped accessible. Bull Flat (#001) and Lake Fork (#004) trails are popular with horseback riders, and hikers.
Coyote Spring is road-accessible, so you can bring more gear.
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