Warm Springs
Warm Springs in Utah County is a tepid spring on state land at Utah Lake, about eight miles from Saratoga Springs, with a photograph on file. It appears in the USGS inventory with chemistry from a 1958 sample, the oldest reading in this group. Public access is listed as unknown.
A short walk of a couple hundred yards from an unnamed road brings you to the spring, which lies on the Utah Lake unit under the state agency coded SDNR, designation SOTH. The elevation is lake-level valley, around forty-five hundred feet, and winters drop about four feet of snow with a moderately wet year. Hope Campground is fourteen miles or so away.
The record lists winter. Snow will be a factor on the walk in. Hope Campground is the nearest on file. The 1958 sample is old enough that the temperature and minerals should be treated as history, and with access unknown the state agency that holds the lake is the one 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 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.
- Setting
- Gentle slope
- The ground tilts gently up to the northwest.
- Highest ground nearby
- 167 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 40% 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 Warm Springs is slightly alkaline (pH 7.5). It is notably rich in magnesium (known for muscle relaxation and stress relief), sulfate (traditionally used for skin conditions and inflammation), and chloride (natural antiseptic with skin health benefits).
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Overview Hope Campground is located near Provo Canyon along Squaw Peak Road at an elevation of 6,500 feet. This primitive site is popular for its close proximity to Orem and Provo, Utah. Countless recreational activities are available in the surrounding area.Recreation Hiking and biking are popular activities near Hope. The Rock Canyon Trail and Squaw Peak Trail both begin nearby. Squaw Peak Road is open to mountain biking as well.Facilities The campground offers several family campsites with...
Warm Springs is road-accessible, so you can bring more gear.
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