Russells 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.
Russells Warm Springs is a warm spring about twelve miles from Tooele in Tooele County, Utah. Lukewarm water, a little over room temperature. USGS recorded it and took a sample in the summer of 1967. Nothing on file says who owns it or if the public may visit.
A tenth of a mile from the nearest road, unnamed on the record, puts this in the short-walk category. Elevation is five thousand feet on the nose, with a winter that brings a bit over three feet of snow and a moderate amount of precipitation. No land unit or designation is listed, and no fee.
December through February is the window on record. The Boy Scout campground appears as the nearest camping, about eleven miles away. The temperature was measured once, nearly sixty years back. Land status is unrecorded; treat it as private until you learn otherwise.
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 Russells Warm Springs.
- Setting
- Open ground
- Flat, open ground all around.
- Highest ground nearby
- 15 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 twice the US average of 65. It's higher than at 83% 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 Russells Warm Springs is slightly alkaline (pH 7.5) with 445 mg/L total dissolved solids. It is notably rich in chloride (natural antiseptic with skin health benefits).
Overview Boy Scout Campground is located southwest of Grantsville, Utah, in South Willow Canyon at an elevation of 6,320 feet. Visitors enjoy exploring local trails.Recreation The multi-use Stansbury Front Trail and Medina Flat Trail begin across the road from the entrance, offering access to the rugged Deseret Peak Wilderness. Willow Creek offers rainbow and brown trout fishing.Facilities This primitive campground contains one group site that can accommodate up to 35 people, 5 single family...
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