Washakie Mineral 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.
Washakie Mineral Hot Springs is a hot spring on the Wind River Reservation in Fremont County, a few miles from Fort Washakie. The water is hot, above soaking range at the source, with iron among the minerals sampled. This is tribal land and public access is recorded as unknown. The road passes close by.
Tribal land, Wind River Reservation, with the road about 140 feet away. Mid elevation, dry, moderate snow. Worthen Meadow Campground is the closest listed, some 22 miles away. Nothing on file describes the pool or any development.
Roadside and hot. Access unknown; check with the tribe before you go. Hot enough to scald skin on contact at the source, so go carefully. Winter months are listed best on file. Worthen Meadow Campground is the camping on record. Chemistry and temperature are from an October 1989 sample.
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 Washakie Mineral Hot Springs.
- Setting
- Open ground
- Flat, open ground all around.
- Highest ground nearby
- 6 ft above the spring
- Within a quarter mile, to the west
A slice through the ground from southwest to northeast, 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 49% 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.
The water at Washakie Mineral Hot Springs is neutral (pH 7.2). It is notably rich in calcium (may support bone density and joint health), magnesium (known for muscle relaxation and stress relief), and sulfate (traditionally used for skin conditions and inflammation).
Worthen Meadow Campground has 28 campsites on the shores of Worthen Meadow Resevoir. Trailheads at the campground accesses the Popo Agie Wilderness. No trailers over 24 feet. Amenities include potable water, three vault toilets, picnic tables, cook grates and boat ramp. Worthen Meadow Picnic Area is nearby.
Washakie Mineral Hot Springs sits at 5,480 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 22% stronger than at sea level, so bring sunscreen and drink more water than you normally would.
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