Jackson Lake 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.
Jackson Lake Hot Springs is a scalding spring in the backcountry of Grand Teton National Park, Teton County, Wyoming. The water on record is 162 degrees, far too hot to enter, and the spring is a hike of a bit over two miles from the nearest road access, which the record gives as the Lakeview Picnic Area. Park Service land, open to the public on foot.
Snow is the defining fact: about fourteen feet a winter, with total precipitation near three feet, so this is wet, high ground at roughly 6,700 feet. The approach begins at Lakeview Picnic Area, per the record. Lizard Creek Campground is three miles away, the closest listed.
The heat is well past scalding, so keep skin out of it. Winter tops the record's season list; in winter the hike in is on snow. Lizard Creek Campground is close. No fee is on file, and there is no water chemistry in the record. Grand Teton's backcountry rules apply.
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 Jackson Lake Hot Springs.
- Setting
- Gentle slope
- The ground tilts gently up to the northwest.
- Highest ground nearby
- 214 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 close to the US average of 65. It's higher than at 15% 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 The Lizard Creek Campground is located in the northern portion of Grand Teton National Park (GTNP) and provides a convenient basecamp for campers taking day trips to both Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks. This 60-site campground sits on the northern shore of Jackson Lake and offers access to the lake waters and views of the northern Teton Mountain Range. The area is frequented by various park wildlife, large and small as well as a variety of bird species. This Campground i...
Jackson Lake Hot Springs sits at 6,748 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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