Public hot springs with a page
Places on public land with checked access facts, by straight-line distance from Albuquerque. Road distance is longer, often much longer in the mountains.
- San Antonio Hot Springs58 mi north · USFS · 0.35 mi trail129°F
- Rainbow Hot Springs167 mi north · USFS · 5 mi trail104°F
Albuquerque lies in the Rio Grande valley, inside one of the basins of the Rio Grande Rift, with the Sandia Mountains and the Cibola National Forest to the east. The thermal springs within reach follow the rift north and the volcanic highlands to the northwest and southwest. U.S. 550 runs northwest to San Ysidro, where New Mexico 4 turns north up the Jemez River canyon to Jemez Springs and into the Santa Fe National Forest around the Valles Caldera National Preserve. Interstate 25 runs north to Santa Fe and south along the river toward Truth or Consequences and Las Cruces. From Silver City, New Mexico 15 leads north into the Gila National Forest to Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument.
Winter and road design both limit access. The Forest Service closes Forest Road 376 to San Antonio Hot Springs when snow makes it impassable, usually in December, and reopens it on July 1. On the way to the Gila, the National Park Service does not recommend the first 25 miles of New Mexico 15 for vehicles over 20 feet or anything being towed, because of steep sections and tight turns, and directs them to New Mexico 35. The park also notes that New Mexico 152 has three narrow bridges with a 12-foot height limit.
In the NOAA Thermal Springs List, the closest entry to Albuquerque is Clear Water Spring, about 13 miles southeast, with a source temperature of 69°F. The hottest within 150 miles is Sulphur Springs at 189°F, 56 miles north. The springs in range are in New Mexico and Colorado. Most entries in the list are undeveloped or on private land, so a name in the table below is not an invitation to visit.
All 46 springs within 150 miles
| Spring (NOAA name) | Distance | Direction | Source temp | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clear Water Spring | 13 mi | southeast | 69°F | NM |
| Unnamed spring | 17 mi | northeast | 68°F | NM |
| Alamos Spring | 28 mi | west | 72°F | NM |
| El Ojo Escondido | 28 mi | southwest | 73°F | NM |
| Unnamed spring | 29 mi | southwest | 73°F | NM |
| Laguna Pueblo Springs | 30 mi | southwest | 80°F | NM |
| Spring (Salt) | 31 mi | southwest | 76°F | NM |
| Unnamed spring | 31 mi | southwest | 68°F | NM |
| Laguna Pueblo Seeps | 31 mi | southwest | 82°F | NM |
| San Ysidro Hot Springs | 32 mi | north | 85°F | NM |
| San Ysidro Warm Springs | 32 mi | north | 68°F | NM |
| Spring (Salt) | 32 mi | southwest | 86°F | NM |
| Unnamed spring | 33 mi | southwest | 80°F | NM |
| Spring (Salt) | 34 mi | southwest | 78°F | NM |
| Indian Springs | 34 mi | north | 123°F | NM |
| Phillips Springs | 36 mi | north | 70°F | NM |
| Spring | 39 mi | southwest | 71°F | NM |
| Warm Springs | 40 mi | north | 129°F | NM |
| Jemez Springs | 46 mi | north | 169°F | NM |
| Unnamed spring | 47 mi | southwest | 68°F | NM |
| Soda Dam Hot Springs | 48 mi | north | 117°F | NM |
| McCauley Hot Springs | 49 mi | north | 99°F | NM |
| Spence Hot Springs | 51 mi | north | 100°F | NM |
| Sulphur Springs | 56 mi | north | 189°F | NM |
| San Antonio Hot Spring | 58 mi | north | 129°F | NM |
| Unnamed spring | 60 mi | southwest | 72°F | NM |
| Unnamed spring | 60 mi | south | 70°F | NM |
| San Antonio Warm Spring | 60 mi | north | 101°F | NM |
| Ojitos Springs | 71 mi | south | 68°F | NM |
| Ojo De Las Canas | 74 mi | south | 79°F | NM |
| Cook Spring | 75 mi | south | 70°F | NM |
| Socorro Spring, Sedillo Spring | 76 mi | south | 93°F | NM |
| Montezuma Hot Springs | 85 mi | northeast | 138°F | NM |
| Ojo Caliente (Arsenic Spring) | 89 mi | north | 111°F | NM |
| Unnamed spring | 91 mi | south | 70°F | NM |
| Statue Spring | 93 mi | north | 83°F | NM |
| Ponce De Leon Springs | 102 mi | northeast | 93°F | NM |
| Manby Hot Springs | 110 mi | northeast | 100°F | NM |
| Unnamed spring | 111 mi | northeast | 106°F | NM |
| Unnamed spring | 115 mi | southwest | 72°F | NM |
| Ojo Caliente | 119 mi | southwest | 83°F | NM |
| Rainbow Spring | 131 mi | west | 71°F | NM |
| Stinking Springs | 134 mi | north | 81°F | CO |
| Aragon Springs | 135 mi | southwest | 70°F | NM |
| Warm Springs | 137 mi | southwest | 87°F | NM |
| Truth Or Consequences | 140 mi | south | 113°F | NM |
Hub pages: New Mexico hot springs, Colorado hot springs.
Other city pages within 250 miles: hot springs near Santa Fe, hot springs near Taos.
Sources: NOAA NCEI, Thermal Springs List for the United States (about 1980, CC0); city center from the U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer; access facts from the agencies on each place page. Distances are straight-line, computed by outdoorstime. Roads and setting: geoinfo.nmt.edu, abqjournal.com, nps.gov.
Data guide for trip planning. Roads, closures and rules change; check with the managing agency before you go.