Ogden Hot 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.
Ogden Hot Spring is a hot spring in Weber County, a couple of miles from Ogden. The water is hot, near the top of the hot range and well past comfortable. Ownership and access are not on file. Dissolved minerals are heavy. No photo yet.
Roadside, about ninety feet from Ogden Canyon Road, at about 4,500 feet. Winters are snowy, close to five feet, and precipitation is on the wet side for Utah. The record names no land unit.
Winter on file as the best time. Do not get in at source temperature; let it cool or mix first, and test with a hand before anything else. Port Ramp Marina is about six miles off for camping. Access is unrecorded. The temperature dates to 1967.
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 Ogden Hot Spring.
- Setting
- Canyon floor
- Steep ground climbs away on both sides of the spring.
- Highest ground nearby
- 842 ft above the spring
- Within a quarter mile, to the southeast
A slice through the ground from south to north, 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 91% 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 Ogden Hot Spring is slightly alkaline (pH 7.7) with 8400 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 sodium (supports circulation and skin hydration).
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