Visit Alaska’s Top Wilderness Hot Springs

The U.S. Geological Survey identifies 79 thermal springs in Alaska. Almost half of these hot springs occur along the volcanic Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian chain. The second greatest regional concentration of springs is in southeastern Alaska.

Hot springs are scattered throughout the Interior and western Alaska as far north as the Brooks Range and as far west as the Seward Peninsula.

Many of the remote springs are located deep in the forest or tundra, or along the shore overlooking the ocean, and require wilderness treks or charters to reach.

But once you solve the logistics and make the journey, you may find yourself relaxing in a geothermal paradise that has pioneer or Alaska Native heritage—sometimes totally alone, surrounded by lush greenery in summer or rising steam over glittering snow in winter.

Alaska features many natural hot springs, such as the accessible Chena Hot Springs Resort near Fairbanks and the remote Chief Shakes Hot Springs in the Tongass National Forest.

Other notable hot springs include Tolovana Hot Springs, accessible via a backcountry trail, and numerous springs in Southeast Alaska like White Sulphur and Goddard, which often require boat or plane access. Visitors can enjoy healing mineral waters, varying from accessible resort settings to wilderness experiences, with some offering unique features like aurora viewing or a historic ice bar.

Chena Hot Springs Resort

A popular and accessible resort near Fairbanks, known for its geothermal waters, outdoor soaking lake, indoor pool, and an ice museum.It offers opportunities for aurora viewing in winter.

Chena Hot Springs serves as the state’s marquee hot pool. Located at a privately run resort at the end of Chena Hot Springs Road about 60 miles northeast of Fairbanks, it has long been one of the most popular destinations—winter and summer—in the Interior.

The reservoir has been tapped to generate electricity for the resort and emerges from ground at a scalding 165 degrees Fahrenheit. After it cools a bit, the water fills both an inside concrete swimming pool and an outdoor pond rimmed by boulders and featuring a sandy bottom.

The resort's centerpiece is the Rock Lake, an outdoor, flow-through, natural stone-lined hot spring pool open to adults year-round. It is arguably the best place in the state to soak under the Northern Lights.

Visiting Chena can be done as a day trip from Fairbanks or as part of a longer stay at the resort. Visit on your own, or on a guided tour with Alaska Wildlife Guide.

The road cuts through Chena Rivers State Recreation Area, an exceptional area offering picnic sites, campgrounds and easy access to the Chena River's grayling fishery (catch-and-release only). There is also an airstrip at the lodge.

Discovered in 1905, the waters are renowned for their high concentration of sulfate, chloride, and sodium bicarbonate, offering therapeutic properties likened to the springs of the famous Karlovy Vary in the Czech Republic.

  • Water Quality: 4 stars - Description: Naturally sourced, sulfur-tinged mineral water, constantly replenished. The resort also offers an indoor pool and tubs using chlorinated geothermal water.

  • Ease of Access: 5 stars - Description: Located at the end of a paved, well-maintained road, about 60 miles from Fairbanks.

  • Ability to be Alone: 2 stars - Description: High visitor traffic; the Rock Lake is large and communal, but surrounding winter activities can dilute the crowds.

  • Water Temperature: 4 stars - Description: Rock Lake is consistently hot and comfortable (around 106°F/41°C). Other indoor pools and hot tubs offer varied temperatures.

  • Health Benefits: 5 stars - Description: High mineral content (sulfate, bicarbonate, chloride) documented for therapeutic properties, especially for chronic conditions.

  • Nearby Amenities: 5 stars - Description: Full-service resort with lodging, restaurant, Aurora Ice Museum, geothermal tours, and various recreational activities (dog sledding, flightseeing).

Circle Hot Springs

About 100 miles northeast of Fairbanks, the springs are 8 miles off Mile 127.8 Steese Highway. One of the oldest documented hot springs in Alaska, Circle Hot Springs was discovered in 1893. While the historic resort that once operated here has been closed for periods, the potential for a new iteration and the sheer history of the place make it a bucket-list destination. The hot spring pool area is accessible, though its current operational status for soaking can fluctuate.

Ketchum Creek BLM Campground is located at Mile 5.7 of the Circle Hot Springs Road, offering 12 campsites with toilets, tables and firepits. At the hot springs, year-round swimming, lodging, food, groceries, bakery, gas and camper parking are available.

  • Water Quality: 3 stars - Description: Historically good mineral content. Water quality depends on the current operational status and maintenance of the pools.

  • Ease of Access: 3 stars - Description: Located 135 miles northeast of Fairbanks, 8 miles off the Steese Highway. The road requires driving on gravel sections and attention to conditions.

  • Ability to be Alone: 3 stars - Description: Historically a resort; crowd levels depend entirely on whether the facilities are currently operating and open to the public.

  • Water Temperature: 4 stars - Description: Known for having a consistent and comfortable temperature source, historically channeled into a large pool.

  • Health Benefits: 4 stars - Description: Waters were highly regarded by early prospectors for their restorative and therapeutic properties.

  • Nearby Amenities: 2 stars - Description: Amenities are limited to what the current facility (if any) provides; nearest substantial services are a long drive back to Fairbanks.

Manley Hot Springs

An oasis at the end of the Elliott Highway 156 miles from Fairbanks, offering a historic lodge and hot springs. Manley hot springs was once a thriving gold rush hub with a grand resort. Today, it offers a rustic, unique experience.

While the historic resort is closed, the mineral springs still feed a privately run greenhouse and bath facility. Soaking is available in concrete tubs located inside the working greenhouse, providing a surreal, warm, tropical-like escape in the frigid Alaskan Interior.

One spring runs 35 gallons a minute with a temperature of 136 degrees Farhenheit, another runs 110 gallons per minute at 135 degrees Fahrenheit, for a total of some 208,800 gallons every 24 hours. Manley Hot Springs Resort offers good, lodge, camping and swimming in a hot mineral spring-fed pool. The resort is open year-round.

  • Water Quality: 3 stars - Description: Naturally sourced water; the "pools" are concrete tubs in a greenhouse; water quality is clean but visually rustic.

  • Ease of Access: 3 stars - Description: Located at the end of the remote, partially unpaved Elliott Highway (152 miles from Fox). Requires a robust vehicle and checking road conditions.

  • Ability to be Alone: 4 stars - Description: Remote village with low population; the soak is semi-private within the greenhouse setting.

  • Water Temperature: 4 stars - Description: The tubs are fed by the hot springs, with temperature controlled by a cold water hose for a custom soak.

  • Health Benefits: 3 stars - Description: Known mineral presence; the unique setting inside the greenhouse provides a major sensory and mental wellness benefit.

  • Nearby Amenities: 2 stars - Description: The village has a historic roadhouse/lodge (call ahead for availability), a trading post, and basic village services.

Melozi Hot Springs

Located on Hot Springs Creek, 30 miles northeast of Ruby, Melozi Hot Springs is an extraordinarily remote location. While once a ghost town site with small bathhouses, it currently operates as a private, fly-in wilderness lodge.

Access is highly restricted and geared toward guests of the lodge, making it one of the most exclusive soaks in the state.

There is a group of 20 or so springs along the creek.

  • Water Quality: 4 stars - Description: Natural mineral water from a cluster of springs; reported to be clear and clean in a pristine wilderness environment.

  • Ease of Access: 1 star - Description: Only accessible by charter flight or a demanding, multi-day winter ski/snowmachine trek. Not accessible by public road or trail.

  • Ability to be Alone: 5 stars - Description: Given its current status as a private, fly-in lodge, solitude is guaranteed, limited only to lodge guests.

  • Water Temperature: 4 stars - Description: The springs flow warm and comfortable, with temperatures suitable for soaking, often channeled into a private tub or pool.

  • Health Benefits: 4 stars - Description: Historically utilized for its waters; the profound relaxation gained from its extreme isolation adds significant wellness value.

  • Nearby Amenities: 1 star - Description: None outside of the services and lodging provided by the private wilderness lodge. Guests must rely completely on the host/lodge.

Trocadero Soda Springs

This seldom-visited carbonated "soda" springs is located on the west coast of Prince of Wales Island about 12 miles southeast of Craig. Trocadero is a geological spectacle more than a traditional soaking pool. Located near Craig on Prince of Wales Island, this area features unique, highly carbonated mineral springs that bubble up from the earth. The area is notable for its banks of yellow tufa (a type of limestone deposited by mineral springs) and a distinct "soda water" taste.

Access is by boat. Rubber boots are advised for this hike.

This is bear country; exercise caution, particularly when salmon are spawning.

The springs are reached by walking up a nameless creek that has its outlet in a small inlet on the south shore of the bay. The springs flow into the creek about a mile upstream. The first sign of the springs are 2 giant golden steps. These are banks of yellow tufa formed by the constant runoff from the springs.

Tufa is a geological term referring to a concretionary sediment of silica or calcium carbonate deposited near the mouth of a mineral spring or geyser. The 4- to 5acre area around the bubbling, hissing springs features lunar like mounds and craters, splashed with colors ranging from subtle yellow to iron red.

The highly carbonated water is described as having "a sharp, pleasant taste" and has no unpleasant odors. Although water from other carbonated springs in Southeast has been bottled and sold in the past, Trocadero water has never been commercially marketed.

  • Water Quality: 3 stars - Description: The water is highly mineralized (calcium carbonate type), giving it a unique character and carbonation. It is clear but not typically used for bathing due to the rugged nature of the vents.

  • Ease of Access: 1 star - Description: Accessible only by boat to a small inlet on the west coast of Prince of Wales Island, followed by a one-mile walk up a nameless creek. Rubber boots and navigation skills are essential.

  • Ability to be Alone: 5 stars - Description: Seldom-visited and extremely remote, ensuring absolute solitude.

  • Water Temperature: 2 stars - Description: These are cool or lukewarm "soda" springs, not hot soaking pools. The focus is on the unique geological features and drinking the highly carbonated water.

  • Health Benefits: 4 stars - Description: High mineral content (calcium carbonate) is notable. Historically, highly mineralized "soda" springs were sought for internal consumption benefits.

  • Nearby Amenities: 1 star - Description: None. Completely undeveloped wilderness site.

Chief Shakes Hot Springs

Located in the Tongass National Forest, accessible only by boat and favored by locals for its two redwood tubs. Located off Ketili River, a slough of the Stikine River, approximately 12 miles upriver. The Hot Springs Slough Route is one of several established Canoe/Kayak Routes along the Stikine.

Two hot tubs, 1 enclosed in a screened structure, provide a good place to soak. The open-air tub has a wooden deck around it, and both tubs have changing area. There is also a picnic table, fire ring, and an outdoor privy. The area is used heavily in the evenings and weekends, according to the Forest Service.

Paddlers should also be aware that use of the Stikine and the slough by powerboats is especially high during evenings and weekends. The Forest Service maintains 2 cabins just upriver.

Located in the Stikine-LeConte Wilderness area of the Tongass National Forest, Chief Shakes Hot Springs (also known as Gold Hill Hot Springs) is a popular day-use facility. It honors the lineage of a Tlingit leader and is maintained by the U.S. Forest Service, providing both an enclosed and an open-air redwood hot tub fed by the springs.

  • Water Quality: 4 stars - Description: Clean, constantly flowing mineral water, piped into redwood tubs for a pleasant soak.

  • Ease of Access: 2 stars - Description: Accessible by boat or paddle craft (kayak/canoe) via the Hot Springs Slough route of the Stikine River, about 28 miles upstream from Wrangell. Requires local knowledge and a short hike from the landing.

  • Ability to be Alone: 3 stars - Description: A known and popular public facility, especially with local boaters and paddlers on weekends and holidays, making total solitude unlikely during peak times.

  • Water Temperature: 4 stars - Description: Well-regulated, comfortable soaking temperature in the managed tubs.

  • Health Benefits: 4 stars - Description: Valued by the Tlingit and early visitors for its therapeutic properties, combined with the restorative effect of the rainforest setting.

  • Nearby Amenities: 2 stars - Description: Public day-use amenities include an enclosed tub, an open tub, dressing rooms, benches, and an outhouse. No overnight accommodations or commercial services.

Tolovana Hot Springs

A more challenging destination reached by a 10-mile trail, requiring advanced reservations and offering a wilderness experience. Tolovana offers a true backcountry experience.

Located 45 air miles northwest of Fairbanks, this spring requires significant effort to reach, rewarding visitors with a handful of rustic, cedar-plank soaking tubs in a deeply quiet wilderness setting. There is a public airstrip one (1) mile south of the hot springs connected by a well-established trail. The springs are famous for having a minimal sulfur smell.

Primary access is by the 10.1-mile year-round trail suitable for hiking, skiing, snowshoeing, skijoring, and snow machining. The trail is characterized by long moderate slopes with some steep sections. Dog-mushers and skiers must be skilled and exercise care on the steep hills. A 3 mile stretch of low-lying terrain is boggy in the summer. Use of 4 wheelers has caused serious damage to this stretch and to some upland areas.

Tolovana Hot Springs are 1400 feet below the peak of Tolovana Hot Springs Dome and 600 feet above the floor of the Tolovana River valley. The hot springs have a temperature of 125-145 degrees Fahrenheit (62 degrees Celsius) and a pH of 7.4. The water is low in sulphates (no sulfur odor) and slightly saline (about 4% as salty as seawater).

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If you like wildlife, there’s no lack of species to be aware of. Wildlife seen in the immediate vicinity of Tolovana Hot Springs includes moose, black bear, fox, marten, porcupine, grouse, goshawk and, on summer evenings, bats. The valley below is also home to wolves, eagles, swans, loons, and many other waterfowl. Grizzly (brown) bear have been sighted on top of Tolovana Hot Springs Dome.

  • Water Quality: 4 stars - Description: Low-sulfur, clean mineral water piped into private cedar tubs, constantly flowing.

  • Ease of Access: 2 stars - Description: Not road-accessible. Requires a demanding 10-mile winter trail (snow machine, ski, or snowshoe) or a swampy summer hike from the Elliott Highway, or a small plane charter.

  • Ability to be Alone: 5 stars - Description: Very remote, limited to guests who rent the rustic cabins, ensuring high privacy in the soaking tubs.

  • Water Temperature: 4 stars - Description: Tubs are placed near the natural flow, allowing users to moderate the temperature by adjusting the amount of cold water intake.

  • Health Benefits: 4 stars - Description: Good mineral content, though specific documentation is less publicized than Chena; primary benefit is deep wilderness stress relief.

  • Nearby Amenities: 1 star - Description: Extremely remote. Cabins are rustic and guests must bring all their own food, supplies, and sleeping gear.

White Sulphur Springs

In Southeast Alaska, visit White Sulphur Springs on the coast of Chichagof Island, just a short boat ride from the fishing outpost of Pelican (about 60 miles west of Juneau.)

A U.S. Forest Service cabin and hot springs on Chichagof Island, a short boat ride from the fishing outpost of Pelican. 

Many visitors fly in to a small lake nearby and hike to the cabin or boat to Mirror Harbor and walk the easy, year-round 0.8mile trail to the hot springs. Various log bathhouses have been built over the principal springs and in earlier years occasional hunters and trappers camped here.

In 1916 the U.S. Forest Service built its first cabin and bathhouse here. This cabin has been modernized in recent years so bathers can pull back a translucent fiberglass screen and admire the view of the often turbulent Pacific Ocean while soaking in the hot water. This is a popular bathing spot for commercial fishing and charter boat guests, and a destination for kayakers (primarily paddling from Pelican).

The natural warm springs pool is free for all visitors, even those not renting the cabin.

  • Water Quality: 4 stars - Description: Natural warm springs pool and a bathhouse tub fed by the clean mineral source; the raw, exposed ocean location keeps the air fresh.

  • Ease of Access: 1 star - Description: Only accessible by boat (anchoring in Mirror Harbor and taking a 0.9-mile trail) or floatplane. Located 65 miles northwest of Sitka. A true wilderness trip requiring self-sufficiency.

  • Ability to be Alone: 4 stars - Description: While remote, it's a popular stop for fishermen and boaters. However, the wilderness setting provides much more seclusion than developed resorts.

  • Water Temperature: 4 stars - Description: The warm spring pool offers a comfortable, natural soaking temperature (103∘F−106∘F).

  • Health Benefits: 4 stars - Description: The sulfur content is noted for potential skin benefits, and the dramatic, serene Pacific coast location offers exceptional mental wellness.

  • Nearby Amenities: 1 star - Description: A USFS public-use cabin (reservable), a wood stove, and an outhouse. No running water, food, or commercial services. Visitors must bring everything.

Goddard Hot Springs

Located on Baranof Island, Goddard Hot Springs has a history dating back to the late 19th century as one of the first resorts in Alaska. Today, the springs are maintained by the City of Sitka, offering two small, free public bathhouses with concrete tubs fed by the mineral-rich flow. You can take a water taxi to get there.

There are open shelters over the hot tubs, which feature natural hot springs water and cold water. The springs are very popular with area residents. The area has outhouses. Boardwalks provide easy walking. Boaters can anchor in the bay and go ashore in skiffs.

There are protected routes to Sitka and a fascinating series of coves and channels just north of the hot springs. At the springs there are campsites in a grassy meadowlike area and on higher ground.

Note: Biting black flies (whitesox) are plentiful in the summer months.

  • Water Quality: 5 stars - Description: Clean, naturally filtered water, generally clear and high quality.

  • Ease of Access: 1 star - Description: Accessible only by boat or floatplane from Sitka. The area is on the ocean shore.

  • Ability to be Alone: 4 stars - Description: Remote location keeps crowds minimal; the two separate bathhouses offer privacy, though you may share a tub with another party.

  • Water Temperature: 4 stars - Description: The source is very hot; water is cooled to a comfortable soaking temperature in the bathhouse tubs.

  • Health Benefits: 4 stars - Description: Known mineral presence; historically a site for an "invalid retreat," suggesting documented benefits.

  • Nearby Amenities: 1 star - Description: None directly at the site. Basic facilities (shelter, toilet) are sometimes available, but all provisions must be brought from Sitka.

Pilgrim Hot Springs

Located on the left hank of the Pilgrim River, 13 miles northeast of Salmon Lake. This site of a gold rush resort and later a Catholic mission is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In the days of gold mining on the Seward Peninsula about 1900, the property was known as Kruszgamepa Hot Springs arid was recreation center for miners attracted by its spa baths, saloon, dance hall and roadhouse.

Known as the "Shangri-la of the North," Pilgrim Hot Springs was once a mining boom town and later a Catholic mission and orphanage. While the old mission buildings are largely remnants, the hot springs flow continuously. There are developed pools and a historic bathhouse area.

The roadhouse and saloon burned in 1908. The property was given to Father Bellarmine Lafortune, who turned the ranch into a mission and orphanage in 1917-18 and operated it until 1941, housing up to 120 children.

Access is by charter air service from Nome to a small airfield at Pilgrim Hot Springs, or by car on an 8-mile gravel road that joins the Nome-Taylor Road at Cottonwood.

  • Water Quality: 3 stars - Description: Historically used hot springs with some development; the water is very hot at the source.

  • Ease of Access: 2 stars - Description: Located about 60 miles north of Nome via the Kougarok Road, with an 8-mile rough gravel road turnoff. Requires a good vehicle and cautious driving.

  • Ability to be Alone: 3 stars - Description: Remote, but the area is known and visited by locals and tourists from Nome. The large property allows for some space.

  • Water Temperature: 4 stars - Description: Source temperature is very high; developed pools are usually comfortable for soaking.

  • Health Benefits: 3 stars - Description: Used historically for therapeutic bathing; the site is primarily a unique cultural and sensory experience.

  • Nearby Amenities: 2 stars - Description: Historically had lodging and a restaurant; current operational status for visitor services can vary greatly—always check ahead.

Serpentine Hot Springs

Located within Bering Land Bridge National Preserve. The waters of Serpentine Hot Springs have long been sought for their healthful properties. Eskimo shamans gathered here in earlier times. 

Serpentine Hot Springs is one of the most remote and culturally significant thermal areas in Alaska, utilized by the Inupiaq for millennia. It features a bathhouse fed by the springs and is famous for the stunning granite tors (rock spires) that frame the landscape.

When the influence of the shamans had passed, Native healers still relied on these waters to help their followers. Likely the most visited area of Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, Serpentine still offers a soothing break from the harsh surrounding climate, and the nearby granite tors create a dramatic landscape that lures hikers to explore.

A public-use cabin is located at the springs. Winter trails from Shishmaref and other traditional villages lead to Hot Springs Creek near the tractor trail. Traverse by snow machine and dogsled in winter reaches the springs from the end of the Nome-Taylor (Kougarok) Road. A 1,100-foot airstrip at the hot springs allows wheeled plane access.

  • Water Quality: 4 stars - Description: Mineral-rich water piped into an enclosed bathhouse; relatively high temperature.

  • Ease of Access: 1 star - Description: Extremely remote. Accessible only by small charter aircraft landing on the adjacent gravel airstrip. It’s a true wilderness expedition.

  • Ability to be Alone: 5 stars - Description: The isolation ensures minimal visitors; you will be alone with the vast tundra and the occasional park visitor.

  • Water Temperature: 4 stars - Description: The source is very hot (170∘F); the bathhouse pools are cooled for comfortable soaking.

  • Health Benefits: 5 stars - Description: High mineral content and deep cultural/spiritual significance for healing. The isolation provides profound mental restoration.

  • Nearby Amenities: 1 star - Description: Operated by the National Park Service; features a bunkhouse and a vault toilet. No food, services, or communication.

Tenakee Springs

Found on Chichagof Island, this hot spring is in a historic fishing town and is a stop on the Alaska Marine Highway. The heart of the tiny, charming, no-car village of Tenakee Springs is its communal bathhouse.

The mineral-rich hot springs have drawn people, including the Tlingit, to this site for centuries. The bathhouse operates on a strictly followed schedule with separate times for men and women, requiring bathing in the nude—a true community staple.

  • Water Quality: 4 stars - Description: Natural mineral water, notably sulfur-rich, flowing constantly into a clean, well-maintained public tub.

  • Ease of Access: 1 star - Description: Only accessible by boat (Alaska Marine Highway ferry or private charter) or seaplane.

  • Ability to be Alone: 3 stars - Description: A communal bathhouse; solitude is found through the peaceful atmosphere and the ritual of soaking, not physical separation.

  • Water Temperature: 4 stars - Description: Consistently warm at around 105∘F to 107∘F, ideal for a long soak.

  • Health Benefits: 4 stars - Description: Sulfur content is beneficial for skin conditions; cultural and communal aspect adds to mental well-being.

  • Nearby Amenities: 3 stars - Description: Very limited. A small store, a bakery, and lodging options are available within the tiny village center.

Shelokum Hot Springs

Located in the Tongass National Forest, north of Ketchikan, known for its undisturbed natural pools. Located approximately, 90 miles north of Ketchikan in the Tongass National Forest on the Cleveland Peninsula. A 2.2-mile trail begins at Bailey Bay just south of Shelokum Creek and leads to Lake Shelokum.

At the inlet to the lake is a 3-sided shelter. The hot springs are completely undisturbed and support a healthy population of unique algal plant life.

A truly wild and undeveloped experience in the Tongass National Forest. Shelokum (or Sholokum) features a natural pool right in the wilderness, surrounded by temperate rainforest. It is an unmaintained, clothing optional soak favored by those seeking solitude and raw nature.

  • Water Quality: 3 stars - Description: Raw, undeveloped spring pools. Potential for algae or sediment, but the setting is pristine.

  • Ease of Access: 2 stars - Description: Accessible only by boat or floatplane to nearby Bailey Bay. Requires a 2.2-mile hike on a sometimes-challenging, minimally maintained trail.

  • Ability to be Alone: 5 stars - Description: Very remote and lightly visited; offers a high degree of privacy and solitude.

  • Water Temperature: 4 stars - Description: Temperatures can vary, but generally comfortable soaking in the pools formed by the hot flow.

  • Health Benefits: 4 stars - Description: The combination of mineral water and deep immersion in the vast, ancient Tongass rainforest offers profound restorative benefits.

  • Nearby Amenities: 1 star - Description: None. There is a three-sided, rustic shelter cabin for temporary use. You must be completely self-sufficient.

Baranof Warm Springs

A spectacular, highly scenic thermal area in Southeast Alaska, Baranof Warm Springs features a flow of hot water that plunges into the bay via a waterfall. There are nine natural soaking pools near the shore and a public cabin with a bathhouse maintained by the U.S. Forest Service.

Accessible by boat or floatplane. A Forest Service trail extends a half mile from the hot springs to Baranof Lake where a cabin is located. Cabin access is by floatpIane.

  • Water Quality: 4 stars - Description: Raw, natural pools with potential for sediment; the high flow ensures excellent water turnover.

  • Ease of Access: 1 star - Description: Only accessible by boat or floatplane. A short, beautiful walk from the dock to the springs. The Cross-Island Trail is a challenging multi-day hike.

  • Ability to be Alone: 4 stars - Description: Multiple pools spread out along the river and shore allow for finding a secluded spot.

  • Water Temperature: 5 stars - Description: The source is scalding, but the natural pools allow for a wide range of temperatures based on mixing with the river water.

  • Health Benefits: 4 stars - Description: Geothermal waters in a pristine rainforest setting; strong therapeutic benefits from nature and mineral content.

  • Nearby Amenities: 2 stars - Description: A small, picturesque community and a public-use cabin provide basic shelter; limited services, primarily catering to boaters.

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