chuck allied ([info]chuckallied) wrote,
@ 2006-11-30 00:37:00
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It's the Hot Springs of Oregon Extravaganza!
Ok, so it was high time that I made some updates to the hot spring site, and wouldn't ya know it, I did! I'll get jiggy with a detailed break down over the course of days and you'll probably all get bored with it, but... uh... deal?

Here's the full list of springs and changes in brief:

  • Alvord Hot Spring - Located on the western edge of the Alvord Desert.

  • Austin Hot Spring - A steamy that needs to be mixed with river water in order to be comfortable.

  • Bagby Hot Spring - Probably one of Oregon's most famous 'free' hot springs. Very well maintained.

  • Barry Ranch Hot Spring - A remote and nominal spring as it's a test well.

  • Foley or Belknap Hot Spring - Campground, RV spots, and lodge, Belknap is equipped to handle conference center type needs or it can provide a bed & breakfast setting.

  • Bigelow Hot Spring - This is a little pool accessible when the McKenzie River isn't too high.

  • Blue Mountain Hot Spring - An historical turn of the century wellness destination, still in operation.

  • Cougar or Terwilliger Hot Springs - A series of pools cascading down a forested hill from one upper spring.

  • Crane Hot Spring - A rustic commercial venture located south east of Burns, Crane offers RV, cabin and campsites.

  • Crump Hot Spring - A defunct geyser that was once the largest continuously erupting one in the U.S. Nearby Fisher Hot Spring offers a suitable soak.

  • East Lake Hot Spring - These are lakeside springs that need to be mixed with East Lake to create the right temperature.

  • Fisher Hot Spring - A hot spring in the remote high desert that's often collected in a solitary claw foot bathtub.

  • Hart Mountain Hot Spring - A well preserved spring on Hart Mountain's antelope refuge.

  • Hot Lake Springs - This place is neat. It's recently been reopened after restoration (ongoing)

  • Hunter's Hot Springs Resort - A hotel, ballroom, and dining facility with the Pacific Northwest's only continuously spouting geyser.

  • Jonesboro Hot Spring - This spring is actually on private property. Sorry! (I got an aerial photo of it though).

  • Juntura Hot Spring - An island spring that is rather scenic and remote. Still, worth the trip.

  • Kitson Hot Spring - Once a hot spring / bathhouse, it no has become a bat sanctuary. Strange but true.

  • Kropp Hot Spring - This fellow is still a bit of a mystery spring to me. It may be unusable.

  • Lehman Hot Spring - Another of the old resorts, this one is likewise fully functional and offers numerous geothermal swimming pools.

  • Luce Hot Spring - Another remote spring, from the aerial photos it looks like it's setup to form dehydration pools for mineral collection.

  • McCredie Hot Spring - A river spring and popular spot just off Highway 58 en route to Eugene.

  • Mt. Vernon Hot Spring - Once a holistic 19th Century resort, the main structure was lost in a fire and is now private property.

  • Olene Gap Hot Spring - A nominal spring. Mostly unusable.

  • Paulina Lake Hot Springs - Just West of East Lake, Paulina Lake has its own series of springs on the north east rim.

  • Radium Hot Spring - Radium is now on private property and like Mt. Vernon, was a resort destination that fell victim to fire.

  • Snively Hot Spring - Another hot spring / creek combo, a little fiddling may be required in order to get soakable temps.

  • Summer Lake Hot Springs - A throw back to the 1920s western days, Summer Lake Hot Springs original pool and structure now offer cabins, RV, and campsites.

  • Umpqua Hot Spring - An impressively scenic, cliff side spring that over looks the North Umpqua River.

  • Wall Creek Hot Spring also called Meditation Pool - Named such for its old growth setting and softly burbling creek nearby.

  • Weberg Hot Spring - The minerals produced via evaporation from this spring are used in kitty litter.

Didn't really end it on a high note there, but you know... whatevs.



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[info]krypton_35
2006-12-01 09:42 pm UTC (link)
wow....a complete Hot Springs guide at the end of my fingertips...what are the normal charges to use the Hot Springs?

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[info]chuckallied
2006-12-02 01:27 am UTC (link)
Well all these hot springs are in Oregon, so there's the travel expense of that, but from there prices vary quite a bit. Several of the springs are free or require a $5 parking / forest park permit. The money from the permit sale is used for up keep in the forest. Of the springs listed above, these are all free: Alvord, Austin, Bagby, Bigelow, Cougar, East Lake and Paulina Lake, Fisher, Hart Mountain, Juntura, McCredie, Snively, Umpqua, and Wall Creek's Meditation Pool.

Of these, they basically break out into two categories, forest and desert setting springs.

The forest hot springs are something like this:
umpqua hot springs

bagby hot springs

bigelow hot springs


And desert springs like so:

alvord desert hot springs

hart mountain hot springs

fisher hot springs

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