Rock Creek Hot Springs
The orange dot marks the spring, in a frame about three quarters of a mile wide.
Rock Creek Hot Springs is a thermal site near Stevenson in Skamania County, Washington, under three miles from town. No measured temperature is on file; the record carries only the label hot. No owner is listed, and access status is blank. The closest campground is Eagle Creek at five or six miles. USGS does list it as a site, which is most of what is known.
Close to a road, within fifty feet of a lane the record identifies only by the code CG-2031A1. Low elevation, a few hundred feet, in a wet climate, precipitation near eighty inches, snowfall mostly a winter affair. The ground's ownership is unrecorded.
No best months are recorded. Eagle Creek Campground is the nearest camping mentioned. Without a temperature on file, treat the water as unknown and test carefully. Ownership and permission are also unknown. Stevenson is close if you need to ask around.
The only formal record is a USGS thermal site number.
USGS hasn't flown a detailed laser scan here yet, so this view comes from aerial photos and older elevation data.
- Setting
- Hillside
- The spring sits on a steep slope that climbs to the northeast.
- Highest ground nearby
- 418 ft above the spring
- Within a quarter mile, to the northeast
A slice through the ground from west to east, about 0.6 miles end to end.
Elevation data: USGS 3D Elevation Program. Aerial imagery: USGS The National Map. Public domain.
That's close to the US average of 65. It's higher than at 2% 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.
Overview Eagle Creek campground is located above Interstate 84 among tall trees. It was the first developed campground in the Forest Service system. Campsites are well-spaced creating a feeling of privacy. It is, however, located on the bluff above Interstate 84 and railroad tracks so it can be noisy.Recreation This campground is part of the Eagle Creek Recreation Area featuring the classic and popular Eagle Creek trail and access to several other hiking and road biking trails. There are ou...
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