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:
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.