Midway Hot Springs
Half a mile or so outside Midway in Wasatch County, this Midway Hot Springs point comes up at a true soaking temperature, right around the heat of a hot tub. Mountain Spa Lane is the nearest road on record. Public or private, the record does not say. USGS sampled the water in the 1960s.
The spring is a few hundred feet from Mountain Spa Lane at around 5,600 feet in a mountain valley. Snowfall here is heavy, the record shows over a hundred inches a year, and the climate is wet for Utah, with a cool annual average. Land ownership and unit are blank.
December, January, February: the months on record. Albion Basin is the nearest campground listed, eight miles distant. The chemistry on file, with a middling mineral load, comes from 1966 and has not been re-measured. There is no fee noted and no access status recorded, so ask before you go.
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 Midway 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
- Gentle slope
- The ground tilts gently up to the northwest.
- Highest ground nearby
- 14 ft above the spring
- Within a quarter mile, to the northwest
A slice through the ground from northwest to southeast, about 0.6 miles end to end.
Elevation data: USGS 3D Elevation Program. Aerial imagery: USGS The National Map. Public domain.
That's about 1½ times the US average of 65. It's higher than at 45% 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.
The water at Midway Hot Springs is slightly alkaline (pH 7.3) with 1730 mg/L total dissolved solids. It is notably rich in calcium (may support bone density and joint health), magnesium (known for muscle relaxation and stress relief), and sulfate (traditionally used for skin conditions and inflammation).
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Overview Albion Basin Campground, just 15 miles from Sandy, Utah, is set among shady white pines and aspens in its beautiful namesake basin in Little Cottonwood Canyon at an elevation of 9,500 feet. Recreation Hiking and mountain biking are very popular activities. Hikers enjoy the path to Cecret Lake, which begins at the campground, as well as the Catherine Pass/Sunset Peak Trail just down the road. Mountain bikers often ride the Albion Basin Road and the trail to Germania Pass. Other trail...
Midway Hot Springs sits at 5,650 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 23% stronger than at sea level, so bring sunscreen and drink more water than you normally would.
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