Diamond Fork Warm 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.
Diamond Fork Warm Springs sits in the Uinta National Forest, about twelve miles out of Mapleton, on Forest Service land where access is listed as open. Warm is generous; the recorded temperature is in the high sixties, cool for soaking. It is right off Diamond Fork Road in Utah County.
Nearly six thousand feet up, with winters that dump close to eight feet of snow and over twenty inches of precipitation. The spring is barely a hundred feet from Diamond Fork Road, so the drive is the whole approach. Diamond campground, the nearest on file, is six miles or so down the way. National Forest rules cover the area.
The months on record as best run December through February, which is odd for a forest road at this elevation under that much snow, so confirm the road is open before you drive up. No fee on record. Nobody has sampled the water. One survey reading supplies the temperature. The Forest Service is who to ask.
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 Diamond Fork Warm Springs.
- Setting
- Canyon floor
- Steep ground climbs away on both sides of the spring.
- Highest ground nearby
- 509 ft above the spring
- Within a quarter mile, to the southeast
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 90% 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.
Overview Diamond Campground is located among shady cottonwoods and willow at an elevation of 5,200 feet. The family sites are located just 15 miles from Spanish Fork and the group sites are 2-3 miles further. Visitors enjoy exploring local trails and relaxing along the stream.Recreation The stream and creek offer fishing for brown and cutthroat trout. An interpretive nature trail winds through the campground along the stream. Hiking, biking and off-road vehicle trails are abundant in the area...
Diamond Fork Warm Springs sits at 5,993 feet above sea level, way above the mile-high mark. You may not feel the altitude strongly, but hot water still dehydrates you faster at elevation. UV is about 24% stronger than at sea level, so bring sunscreen and drink more water than you normally would.
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