Woodhouse Spring
Woodhouse Spring is a second tepid BLM spring in the Beaver County high country outside Milford, around twelve miles from town. Like Willow Spring in the same Field Office, it comes up warm to the touch and no more. Access is open. The water carries a moderate mineral load and a photo is on file.
It takes a walk of a bit under a third of a mile from an unnamed road to reach it. Cedar City Field Office land, public, at an elevation where winter snow is real without being deep and the year as a whole stays dry. Hanging Rock Campground is the nearest camping on record, though it is better than twenty miles away.
Plan on December through February, the months the record rates highest. There is no fee on file. Temperature and chemistry both come from a single survey in September 1963, the only reading anyone has, so treat the warmth as unconfirmed until you put a hand in. Open public land with no facilities noted.
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 Woodhouse 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.
- Setting
- Hillside
- The spring sits on a steep slope that climbs to the east.
- Highest ground nearby
- 228 ft above the spring
- Within a quarter mile, to the east
A slice through the ground from southwest to northeast, 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 59% 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 Woodhouse Spring is slightly alkaline (pH 7.7) with 720 mg/L total dissolved solids. It is notably rich in magnesium (known for muscle relaxation and stress relief) and chloride (natural antiseptic with skin health benefits).
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Overview Hanging Rock Campground is located just off of Highway 21 between the towns of Beaver and Minerville, UT. The campground has six campsites all located alongside the scenic Beaver River. Along with the scenery that the river provides, it also offers what many consider to be the best fising in Beaver County. Recreation The Beaver River provides opportunity for year-round fishing. The Paiute ATV Trail and Beaver Bench Mountain Bike Trail System are located just down the road in Beaver,...
Woodhouse Spring sits at 6,160 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 25% stronger than at sea level, so bring sunscreen and drink more water than you normally would.
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Woodhouse Spring is road-accessible, so you can bring more gear.
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