Horse Creek Springs
Horse Creek Springs sits in Natrona County, Wyoming, nearly forty miles out from Mills, the closest town on record. Mid seventies water, which is tepid. Who owns it is anyone's guess, and access has never been sorted out.
Dry high country near 6,900 feet, about a foot of precipitation a year and four and a half feet of snow. The nearest road is a tenth of a mile off and unnamed. No land unit is listed. The closest camping on record, Pete's Draw Campground, is twenty-three miles away.
There is nothing on file to say this spring is open to anyone, so confirm ownership first. Winter ranks as best in the climate data. The water is too cool to be a hazard. No fee, no chemistry, no sample date. Services are far by the record's distances.
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 Horse Creek 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
- Hillside
- The spring sits on a steep slope that climbs to the north.
- Highest ground nearby
- 149 ft above the spring
- Within a quarter mile, to the north
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 close to the US average of 65. It's higher than at 4% 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.
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Heat flow estimate: Stanford Thermal Earth Model (Aljubran & Horne, 2024), CC BY 4.0.
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Pete's Draw has both a day-use and overnight camping area to enjoy hiking, wildlife viewing, picnicking, fishing, boating and camping. There's a parking area, vault toilet, seven overnight campsites with picnic tables, fire rings, shelters, tent pads, and RV parking, trash receptacle, and a hardened pedestrian trail. No water is available at this campground. Campsites are first come, first served. No overnight parking is allowed in the day use area. This campground receives heavy visitatio...
Horse Creek Springs sits at 6,873 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 27% stronger than at sea level, so bring sunscreen and drink more water than you normally would.
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Horse Creek Springs is road-accessible, so you can bring more gear. Cold air temperatures make a changing robe or warm layers essential.
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