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This is a dynamic list of hot springs in the United States. This list is not for commercial establishments such as resort hotels, spas, bathhouses, bed-and-breakfasts, new age retreats, "wellness" centers or geothermal energy companies.

Hot springs (also known as thermal springs, geothermal springs, and hydrothermal springs) exist in many areas throughout the United States. The water in these springs are heated by geothermal processess within the Earth. The water in hot springs located in volcanic zones is heated by rocks that are in contact with molten magma. Hot springs exist in non-volcanic zones can be heated as well, if it percolates up from deep areas in the Earth's crust; this increase in temperature is called the Geothermal Gradient. The Western states in particular are known for their thermal springs: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming; but there are interesting hot springs in other states throughout the country. Indigenous peoples' use of thermal springs can be traced back 10,000 years, per archaeological evidence of human use and settlement by Paleo-Indians. These geothermal resources provided warmth, healing mineral water, and cleansing.

Many hot springs are natural rock soaking pools that are only accessible on foot or horseback, while others are developed into resort spas. The purpose of this list is to focus on the thermal springs themselves: their history, geography, geology and water profile. This list primarily covers the more undeveloped and/or historical hot springs.

A helpful guide to 1664 hot springs can be found on the NOAA Thermal Springs List for the United States, or in book and map form. The same list with added notes and links can be found on the USA Hotsprings Database.

Alaska

Kanuti Hot Springs Area of Critical Environmental Concern, Alaska (15050132904)
Kanuti Hot Springs Area of Critical Environmental Concern, Alaska

Arizona

Pumpkin Spring, Grand Canyon (42648560545)
Pumpkin Spring, Grand Canyon (42648560545)

Arkansas

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Arkansas hot springs, steam from spring

California

Mammoth Hot Creek Pools
Mammoth Hot Creek Pools
Geothermal areas in Lassen area
Geothermal areas in Lassen area
Aquamarine water pool at Bumpass Hell-8882
Aquamarine water pool at Bumpass Hell

Colorado

The Mother Spring - Pagosa Hot Springs, Colorado
The Mother Spring, Pagosa Hot Springs, Colorado
Pagosa Hot Spring
Pagosa Hot Spring, Colorado

Florida

Georgia

  • Radium Hot Springs, Georgia
  • Warm Springs, Georgia

Hawaii

  • Isaac Hale Park Spring

Idaho

Hotspring near Garden Valley Idaho
Hotspring near Garden Valley Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

West Baden Springs Indiana 1906
West Baden Springs Indiana 1906

Massachusetts

  • Sand Spring (75 °F / 24 °C)

Montana

  • Chico Hot Springs (104 °F / 40 °C)
  • Fairmont Hot Springs, Montana
  • Hot Springs
  • Hunters Hot Springs
  • Lolo Hot Springs Montana
  • Sleeping Buffalo Hot Springs
  • Sleeping Child Hot Springs

Nevada

Hot spring in Gerlach, Nevada
Hot spring in Gerlach, Nevada
Dianas Punchbowl - panoramio
Dianas Punchbowl
2014-06-04 12 18 32 View across the Elko Hot Hole
View across the Elko Hot Hole
Fly geyser
Fly geyser
  • Ash Springs, N 37 27.810 W 115 11.547 (95 °F)
  • Bartine Hot Springs, (105 °F)
  • Bathtub Spring, (Soldier Meadows)
  • Bog Hot Springs, (105 °F)
  • Bowers Mansion Hot Springs, ((116 °F)
  • Carson Hot Springs, (95°–110 °F)
  • Chukar Gulch (Soldier Meadows), (104 °F)
  • Crescent View Hot Springs (185 °F)
  • Crystal Springs hot springs, Crystal Springs, Nevada ghost town, (81°F-90°F)
  • Diana's Punchbowl (183°)
  • Dry Suzie (Hot Sulphur) Hot Springs, (145 °F)
  • Duckwater Pond, (90 °F)
  • Dyke Hot Spring, (150 °F)
  • Elko Hot Hole
  • Fish Lake Hot Well, (120 °F)
  • Fly Geyser
  • Hot Creek Springs and Marsh Area, (85 °F)
  • Hyder Hot Springs, (95°–150 °F)
  • Jersey Valley Hot Springs, (120 °F)
  • McFarlane Hot Springs, (140°–170 °F)
  • New Wagner Warm Spring, (87 °F)
  • Panaca Warm Springs]], (78°–86 °F)
  • Paradise Valley Hot Springs
  • Pott's Ranch Hot Spring, (113 °F)
  • Pinto Hot Springs (East), (109°F)
  • Reese River Hot Springs (Valley of the Moon), (105 °F)
  • Rogers Warm Spring
  • Ruby Valley, (106°–122 °F)
  • Smith Creek (Rainbow) Hot Springs, (197°)
  • Soldier Meadows hot spring system
  • Soldier Meadows Hot Creek, (106°–112 °F)
  • Soldier Meadows Warm Pond, (85 °F)
  • Spencer Hot Springs, (101°)
  • Steamboat Hot Well, (204 °F)
  • Trego Hot Ditch, (185 °F)
  • Twelve Mile Hot Springs
  • Virgin Valley Hot Springs
  • Walker Warm Springs, (110°–120°)

New Mexico

Spence hot spring
Spence hot spring
McCauley Hot Springs, Jemez Springs, NM, USA
McCauley Hot Springs, Jemez Springs, NM, USA

New York

Orenda Spring Tufa Deposits - Saratoga Springs, New York 11
Orenda Spring Tufa Deposits - Saratoga Springs, New York

North Carolina

Oregon

Alvord Hot Springs
Alvord Hot Springs
Hot springs structure on Hart Mountain
Hot springs structure on Hart Mountain
Bath House on Mansfield property
Bath House on Mansfield property

South Dakota

Texas

Utah

5th Water Hotsprings dyeclan.com - panoramio
Fifth Water Hot Springs

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wyoming

Grand Prismatic Spring 2013
Grand Prismatic Spring 2013, Yellowstone National Park
Black Sand Basin (2817356204)
Black Sand Basin
Orange Spring Mound at Mammoth Hot Springs
Orange Spring Mound at Mammoth Hot Springs
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