Skinnydipper Hot Springs is currently under a 10-year closure effective from June 21, 2016, to June 21, 2026. The 10-year closure involves proposed restoration efforts by the BLM, which include dismantling the improved pools and removal of the access trail. Since 2012, Skinnydipper Hot Springs has been closed at night. This page will be updated… Continue reading Skinnydipper Hot Springs
Tag: Public
A listing of natural hot springs in Idaho located on public land. Typically BLM or National Forest.
Marten Creek Hot Springs
Marten Creek Hot Springs is located within the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness. It’s known for its remote location and the challenging hike required to reach it. Not much is known of Marten Creek except that it bubbles out of the top of some rocks down into a very seasonal creek and lies at the end of a… Continue reading Marten Creek Hot Springs
Jerry Johnson Hot Springs
Jerry Johnson is one of Idaho’s most popular natural hot springs and consists of three hot springs sources, each with their own soaking opportunities. Featuring pools with rock walls, some with sandy clear bottoms and others with silt. The 1st of 3 sources, known as the waterfall pools, are submerged until late summer (end of… Continue reading Jerry Johnson Hot Springs
Boiling Springs Hot Springs
At the end of a forest road in the Boise National Forest, north of the town of Crouch lies the historic Boiling Springs Guard Station – which is available for rent by reservation only. The real treat is the nearby hot springs; featuring rock-walled pools with rock/sand bottoms that have minor amounts of silt/algae. Boiling… Continue reading Boiling Springs Hot Springs
Bonneville Hot Springs
At the end of a leisurely 0.25-mile stroll through the bountiful Boise National Forest on a well-used trail alongside Warm Springs Creek awaits the geothermal wonder known as Bonneville Hot Springs. The hot springs feature user-built rock-walled pools with sand/silt bottoms and a private soak shack that houses a cast iron bathtub complete with hot… Continue reading Bonneville Hot Springs
Fire Crew Hot Springs
Fire Crew Hot Springs features rock-walled user-built pools with gravel/rock bottoms and a fair to large amount of algae and silt. Decaying pieces of tarp appear randomly as the seasons turn and spring runoff dismantles the pools created during the summer. Fire Crew Hot Springs Pictures Seasonal Access The Forest Service Road that provides access… Continue reading Fire Crew Hot Springs
Kirkham Hot Springs
Kirkham Hot Springs is located near the official Boise National Forest campground of the same name and features somewhat shallow rock pools (unimproved) with sand/rock bottoms next to the river. The multiple hot waterfalls are quite the sight! Both the pools and hot waterfalls can be seen from a large pullout off Highway 21 on… Continue reading Kirkham Hot Springs
Rocky Canyon Hot Springs
North of Crouch, Idaho and on the far side of the Middle Fork Payette River next to Idaho’s busiest Forest Service Road lies a beautiful sight… Rocky Canyon Hot Springs. If you can stand all of the people, non-stop dirt road traffic and river ford you are in for a treat. Rocky Canyon Hot Springs… Continue reading Rocky Canyon Hot Springs
Pine Flats Hot Springs
Pine Flats Hot Springs features a variety of natural hot pools next to the South Fork of the Payette River. Located just a short hike from a campground trailhead which is only a few miles from Lowman, Idaho. The .25 to .75 mile trail (depending on which pool you fancy) begins in the campground of… Continue reading Pine Flats Hot Springs
Campground Hot Springs
Campground Hot Springs, located on the other side of the seasonally busy Banks-Lowman highway from the aptly named Hot Springs Campground, features one large soaking pool that sits in the base of an old structure. Hot water is piped into the pool from old pipes that remain from a historical bathhouse. Campground Hot Springs Pictures… Continue reading Campground Hot Springs