Jakeys Fork Spring
Drag the handle to compare the two views. The orange dot marks the spring, in a frame about three quarters of a mile wide.
Jakeys Fork Spring is a barely warm spring in Sublette County, Wyoming, forty-five miles from Pinedale. The water on record is in the high sixties, which is cold to sit in. No owner and no access status are on file, and there is no road name, so this is a thermal point on a map.
A tenth of a mile from an unnamed road at around 7,200 feet. Snow comes to nearly seven feet through the winter and precipitation to about a foot and a half. No land unit is listed. The nearest camping on record is Green River Lake Lodge, close to eighteen miles off.
Check ownership before you go; nothing on file says it is public. The record's best months are December through February. Cold water, no hazard. No fee, no chemistry, no image on file.
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 Jakeys Fork Spring.
- Setting
- Hillside
- The spring sits on a steep slope that climbs to the south.
- Highest ground nearby
- 509 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 48% 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.
Overview The Green River Lakes Lodge is located 50 miles north of Pinedale, Wyoming. The lodge is available as a rental for day use events such as weddings, family reunions, or meetings for up to 50 guests, or as an overnight rental for smaller groups of up to 12 guests. Recreation During the summer months, hiking and horseback riding into the Bridger Wilderness and Wind River Range are popular activities enjoyed by visitors to the area. The lake is open to small watercraft only, making it...
Jakeys Fork Spring sits at 7,176 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 29% stronger than at sea level, so bring sunscreen and drink more water than you normally would.
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