Baker 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.
Baker Hot Spring is a soaking-temperature spring in the Mt. Baker National Forest of Washington, open to the public on Forest Service land. The record names Agassiz as the nearest town and lists no county. The water comes out at a heat most people can sit in.
National Forest Development Road 1144 is the nearest road, a fifth of a mile away on foot. Low elevation for the Cascades. Weather is the main thing: over a hundred inches of rain a year and snow measured by the hundreds of inches, so the approach can stay buried for months. Park Creek Campground is under two miles away.
Winter scores best on the record, which is surprising given the snow, so check conditions on road 1144 before trusting that. Open access, no fee listed. Comfortable soaking heat, no scald risk at the temperature on file. No water chemistry has been sampled.
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 Baker Hot Spring.
- Setting
- Hillside
- The spring sits on a steep slope that climbs to the northwest.
- Highest ground nearby
- 320 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 76% 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.
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Overview Park Creek Campground sits along the banks of Park Creek in the stunning Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest. The unique setting offers many recreational activities and scenic views. Baker Lake is close by, and many hiking trails and climbing routes are within a short driving distance.Recreation In addition to being a great basecamp for hiking, boating and fishing in summer and early fall, Park Creek can be a starting point for snowshoeing in the winter months. Trails in the...
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