Collins Hot Springs
Collins Hot Springs is a hot spring in Skamania County, Washington, about five miles from Carson. The water is hot, well above body temperature, hot enough that you would not sit in it without cooling. No owner is listed and access is not on file. There is no chemistry for it either, and no USGS site. A photograph is attached.
From the Lewis and Clark Trail Highway it is a short walk, somewhere over four hundred feet. The elevation is about a hundred and thirty feet, low ground. The climate is wet, sixty-five inches of rain and snow a year, with heavy snow for that elevation, nearly eight feet. Wyeth Campground is about two miles away. Land unit and designation are blank.
Winter months are rated best. A short walk from the highway. Wyeth Campground is close, about two miles. The water is hot enough to burn, so test it before you step in. Access is not recorded, so check before you go.
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 Collins Hot 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
- Valley floor
- Gentle slopes rise on both sides.
- Highest ground nearby
- 157 ft above the spring
- Within a quarter mile, to the northwest
A slice through the ground from north to south, 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 30% 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 Wyeth Campground is just off of Interstate 84 in a forested setting with grassy fields. There are 13 individual sites, three group sites, and a camp host. In the past this site was a Seed Kiln, Guard Station, Church camp, Civilian Conservation Corps camp and Conscientious Objector Camp during World War II.Recreation The Wyeth trail and the Gorge 400 trail access wilderness, waterfalls, the Pacific Crest Trail and dispersed camping opportunities. Fishing, sea kayaking, kiteboarding...
Collins Hot Springs is road-accessible, so you can bring more gear. The water runs hot, so extra hydration is key.
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