Sulphur Creek 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.
Sulphur Creek Hot Springs runs at roughly body temperature, in Snohomish County's Mt. Baker National Forest, twenty miles or so out of Darrington. Open access on record. A little over a mile on foot from Suiattle River Road, with a campground sharing its name about as close. Warm enough to soak, with no scald risk.
Close to three thousand feet, with precipitation around a hundred inches and a snowfall figure above four hundred. Forest Service land; the record shows no fee. The walk is a little over a mile on the record, and snow will be a factor for much of the year.
Sulphur Creek Campground, a mile or so away, is the obvious base. The record favors winter, but Suiattle River Road and the approach carry heavy snow, so ask the Forest Service about conditions. The water is a safe, comfortable warmth. No pool and no fee show up in the record.
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 Sulphur Creek Hot Springs.
- Setting
- Hillside
- The spring sits on a steep slope that climbs to the south.
- Highest ground nearby
- 868 ft above the spring
- Within a quarter mile, to the south
A slice through the ground from south to north, 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 54% 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 Sulphur Creek Campground is a primitive site in a beautiful forest along the banks of the scenic Suiattle River and Sulpher Creek. It is a remote haven set amongst towering old growth Douglas fir trees in the Mt. Baker-Snoquamie National Forest. Hikers frequently camp here to explore the many trails surrounding the facility. It has moderate, enjoyable summer temperatures throughout the camping season.Recreation The biggest draw to Sulphur Creek Campground is hiking. The well-known...
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