60within 60 miles
244within 150 miles
5 miclosest spring
207°Fhottest in range
Public hot springs with a page
Places on public land with checked access facts, by straight-line distance from Boise. Road distance is longer, often much longer in the mountains.
- Kirkham Hot Springs47 mi northeast · USFS149°F
- Goldbug Hot Springs (Elk Bend Hot Springs)144 mi northeast · BLM · 2 mi trail113°F
Boise lies on the northern edge of the Snake River Plain, where the Boise Front rises toward the granite of the Idaho batholith. Nearly all of the thermal springs in the region are to the north and northeast, on the Boise National Forest and beyond it on the Sawtooth, Payette and Salmon-Challis national forests. State Highway 21 heads northeast up Mores Creek to Idaho City, then to Lowman on the South Fork of the Payette River and on to Stanley. State Highway 55 follows the Payette River north through Banks and Cascade toward McCall. The Middle Fork of the Boise River, reached by forest roads east of the city, holds another line of springs. To the south, the Bureau of Land Management manages most of the desert.
Winter closures shape these routes. The Idaho Transportation Department closes State Highway 21 between Grandjean and Banner Summit several times each winter because of avalanche risk; the 11-mile stretch crosses about sixty regular avalanche paths, and stopping there is prohibited in winter. Storms can also close the section between Idaho City and Lowman. When the highway is closed, the posted alternate route to Stanley runs east on Interstate 84 to Mountain Home, then on U.S. 20 and State Highway 75. Many forest roads are not plowed.
In the NOAA Thermal Springs List, the closest entry to Boise is Terteling Hot Springs, about 5 miles north, with a source temperature of 106°F. The hottest within 150 miles is Hot Springs at 207°F, 148 miles southwest. The springs in range are in Idaho and Oregon and Nevada. 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 244 springs within 150 miles
| Spring (NOAA name) | Distance | Direction | Source temp | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terteling Hot Springs | 5 mi | north | 106°F | ID |
| Mores Creek Hot Spring | 12 mi | east | n/a | ID |
| Highland Land Co Warm Spring | 18 mi | northwest | 73°F | ID |
| Warm Springs | 24 mi | northeast | 108°F | ID |
| Roystone Hot Springs | 25 mi | north | 151°F | ID |
| Sweet Warm Spring | 26 mi | north | 68°F | ID |
| Givens Hot Springs | 27 mi | southwest | 117°F | ID |
| Twin Springs | 27 mi | east | 151°F | ID |
| Rattlesnake Hot Spring | 28 mi | east | 133°F | ID |
| Sheep Creek Bridge Hot Spring | 29 mi | east | 142°F | ID |
| Thomas Flats Warm Spring | 31 mi | south | 75°F | ID |
| Smith Cabin Hot Spring | 32 mi | east | 138°F | ID |
| Loftus Hot Spring | 32 mi | east | 129°F | ID |
| Vaughn Hot Spring | 34 mi | east | 154°F | ID |
| Basset Hot Spring | 34 mi | east | n/a | ID |
| Ninemeyer Hot Springs | 35 mi | east | 169°F | ID |
| Deer Hot Springs | 35 mi | north | 176°F | ID |
| Pool Creek Hot Spring | 35 mi | east | 108°F | ID |
| Hot Spring Campground | 35 mi | northeast | 124°F | ID |
| Donlay Ranch Hot Spring | 36 mi | northeast | 131°F | ID |
| Corder Hot Spring | 36 mi | northeast | 131°F | ID |
| Dan Hodges Hot Spring | 37 mi | northeast | 140°F | ID |
| Danskin Creek Hot Spring | 38 mi | northeast | 106°F | ID |
| Brown Creek Hot Spring | 39 mi | east | 122°F | ID |
| Warm Springs Creek Hot Springs | 40 mi | north | 167°F | ID |
| Straight Creek Hot Spring | 41 mi | east | 144°F | ID |
| Dutch Frank Hot Spring | 42 mi | east | 149°F | ID |
| Pine Flat Hot Springs | 42 mi | northeast | 138°F | ID |
| Granite Creek Hot Spring | 44 mi | east | 131°F | ID |
| Towne Creek Warm Spring | 47 mi | east | 75°F | ID |
| Hot Springs | 47 mi | southeast | 158°F | ID |
| Haven Lodge Hot Spring | 47 mi | northeast | 147°F | ID |
| Kirkham Hot Springs | 47 mi | northeast | 149°F | ID |
| Bridge Hot Springs | 47 mi | east | 138°F | ID |
| Mitchell Butte Hot Spring | 48 mi | west | 144°F | OR |
| Weatherby Hot Spring | 48 mi | east | 113°F | ID |
| Rocky Canyon Hot Springs | 48 mi | north | 120°F | ID |
| Paradise Hot Springs | 48 mi | east | 126°F | ID |
| Deer Butte Hot Spring | 48 mi | west | 115°F | OR |
| South Black Willow Spring | 49 mi | west | 71°F | OR |
| Cove Creek Hot Spring | 49 mi | northwest | 131°F | ID |
| Snively Hot Spring | 49 mi | west | 170°F | OR |
| Lower Birch Spring | 51 mi | south | 77°F | ID |
| Queens River Hot Spring | 54 mi | east | n/a | ID |
| Silver Creek Hot Spring | 55 mi | northeast | 102°F | ID |
| Unnamed spring | 55 mi | west | n/a | OR |
| Willow Creek Hot Spring | 55 mi | east | 131°F | ID |
| Crane Creek Hot Springs | 55 mi | northwest | 198°F | ID |
| Coyote Hot Spring | 55 mi | southeast | 135°F | ID |
| Boiling Springs | 56 mi | north | 185°F | ID |
| Vale Hot Springs | 57 mi | northwest | 163°F | OR |
| Latty Hot Spring | 57 mi | southeast | 144°F | ID |
| Cabarton Hot Spring | 57 mi | north | 160°F | ID |
| Dash Creek Hot Springs | 57 mi | north | 138°F | ID |
| Atlanta Hot Springs | 58 mi | east | 140°F | ID |
| Baumgartner Hot Spring | 58 mi | east | 111°F | ID |
| Ground Hog Hot Springs | 58 mi | north | 100°F | ID |
| Goat Hot Springs | 59 mi | north | n/a | ID |
| Bonneville Hot Springs | 60 mi | northeast | 185°F | ID |
| Canters Hot Spring | 60 mi | southwest | 120°F | OR |
| Bruneau Hot Spring | 61 mi | southeast | 106°F | ID |
| Belvidere Hot Spring | 61 mi | north | 111°F | ID |
| Leggit Creek Hot Spring | 61 mi | east | n/a | ID |
| Bat Hot Spring, Pence Hot Spring | 61 mi | southeast | 117°F | ID |
| Hot Spring | 61 mi | west | 106°F | OR |
| Bull Creek Hot Springs | 62 mi | north | n/a | ID |
| Wolf Hot Spring | 62 mi | east | 113°F | ID |
| Buckaroo Hot Spring | 62 mi | southeast | 109°F | ID |
| Lower Indian Bathtub Hot Springs | 63 mi | southeast | 108°F | ID |
| Indian Bathtub Hot Springs | 63 mi | southeast | 99°F | ID |
| Weiser Warm Springs | 63 mi | northwest | 72°F | ID |
| Lightfoot Hot Springs | 64 mi | east | 133°F | ID |
| Sacajawea Hot Springs | 65 mi | northeast | 153°F | ID |
| Grandjean Hot Spring | 66 mi | northeast | n/a | ID |
| Unnamed spring | 67 mi | west | 158°F | OR |
| Keithly Warm Spring | 67 mi | north | 86°F | ID |
| Wardrop Hot Spring | 67 mi | east | 147°F | ID |
| Old Homestead Warm Spring | 67 mi | northwest | n/a | ID |
| Bully Creek Spring | 68 mi | northwest | 99°F | OR |
| Neal Hot Springs | 68 mi | northwest | 189°F | OR |
| Cascade Reservoir Hot Spring | 68 mi | north | n/a | ID |
| Unnamed spring | 69 mi | west | n/a | OR |
| Fairchild Hot Spring | 69 mi | north | 126°F | ID |
| Barrons Hot Spring | 70 mi | east | 167°F | ID |
| Preis Hot Spring | 70 mi | east | 106°F | ID |
| Skillern Hot Springs | 71 mi | east | 140°F | ID |
| Lakey Hot Spring | 71 mi | north | 158°F | ID |
| Springs | 71 mi | west | n/a | OR |
| Badley Warm Spring | 72 mi | north | 100°F | ID |
| Worswick Hot Springs | 72 mi | east | 180°F | ID |
| Vulcan Hot Springs | 72 mi | north | 190°F | ID |
| Arling Hot Spring | 72 mi | north | 90°F | ID |
| Tschanne Hot Spring | 73 mi | southeast | 109°F | ID |
| Council Mtn Hot Springs | 74 mi | north | 154°F | ID |
| Jamieson Hot Springs | 74 mi | northwest | n/a | OR |
| Mormon Reservoir Warm Spring | 74 mi | east | n/a | ID |
| White Licks Hot Spring | 75 mi | north | 140°F | ID |
| White Arrow Hot Spring | 75 mi | southeast | 145°F | ID |
| Trail Creek Hot Spring | 75 mi | north | 122°F | ID |
| Big Smokey Hot Spring | 75 mi | east | n/a | ID |
| Hot Sulphur Lake | 76 mi | southeast | 81°F | ID |
| Gold Fork Hot Spring | 76 mi | north | 127°F | ID |
| South Fork Plunge | 76 mi | north | 129°F | ID |
| Pierson Hot Springs | 76 mi | east | 109°F | ID |
| Rosalys Warm Spring | 76 mi | northeast | 106°F | ID |
| Bear Valley Hot Spring | 76 mi | northeast | n/a | ID |
| Mollys Hot Spring | 77 mi | north | 138°F | ID |
| Warm Lake Springs | 77 mi | north | n/a | ID |
| Cape Horn Warm Springs | 77 mi | northeast | 95°F | ID |
| Stanley Hot Spring | 78 mi | northeast | 106°F | ID |
| Dagger Creek Hot Spring | 79 mi | northeast | 110°F | ID |
| Elkhorn Hot Spring | 80 mi | northeast | 136°F | ID |
| Sulphur Creek Hot Spring | 80 mi | northeast | n/a | ID |
| Elk Creek Hot Spring | 81 mi | east | 126°F | ID |
| Dollar Creek Warm Spring | 82 mi | north | 68°F | ID |
| Unnamed spring | 82 mi | southwest | n/a | OR |
| Mormon Bend Hot Spring | 83 mi | northeast | 100°F | ID |
| Russian John Hot Spring | 83 mi | east | 100°F | ID |
| Basin Creek Hot Spring | 84 mi | northeast | 133°F | ID |
| Easley Hot Springs | 85 mi | east | 100°F | ID |
| Billy Hot Spring | 86 mi | north | n/a | ID |
| Sunbeam Hot Springs | 87 mi | northeast | 169°F | ID |
| Warfield Hot Spring | 87 mi | east | 124°F | ID |
| Starkey Hot Springs | 87 mi | north | 131°F | ID |
| Jonesboro Warm Spring | 87 mi | west | 112°F | OR |
| Sheepeater Hot Springs | 88 mi | northeast | n/a | ID |
| Nelson Spring | 88 mi | northwest | 80°F | OR |
| Unnamed spring | 88 mi | southwest | 95°F | OR |
| Scott Spring | 88 mi | southwest | 68°F | OR |
| Sulphur Creek Hot Spring | 89 mi | northeast | n/a | ID |
| Slate Creek Hot Spring | 89 mi | northeast | 122°F | ID |
| Robinson Bar Hot Springs | 89 mi | northeast | 131°F | ID |
| Lower Bowery Hot Spring | 90 mi | east | 129°F | ID |
| Holdover Hot Spring | 90 mi | north | 117°F | ID |
| Clarendon Hot Springs | 91 mi | east | 126°F | ID |
| West Pass Hot Spring | 91 mi | east | 124°F | ID |
| Guyer Hot Springs | 91 mi | east | 158°F | ID |
| Warm Spring | 92 mi | west | n/a | OR |
| Indian Hot Springs | 92 mi | south | 160°F | ID |
| Juntura Warm Spring 1 | 92 mi | west | 77°F | OR |
| Pistol Creek Hot Springs | 93 mi | northeast | 115°F | ID |
| Salmon Falls Hot Spring | 93 mi | southeast | 153°F | ID |
| Hot Sulphur (Miracle Hot) Springs | 93 mi | southeast | 131°F | ID |
| Juntura Warm Spring 2 | 94 mi | west | 95°F | OR |
| Magic Hot Springs | 94 mi | east | 163°F | ID |
| Hailey Hot Springs | 94 mi | east | 131°F | ID |
| Teapot Hot Spring | 94 mi | north | 142°F | ID |
| Banbury Hot Spring | 95 mi | southeast | 138°F | ID |
| Poison Springs | 95 mi | southeast | n/a | ID |
| Krigbaum Hot Springs | 95 mi | north | 109°F | ID |
| Hot Creek Warm Spring | 97 mi | north | 97°F | ID |
| Beulah Hot Springs | 98 mi | west | 140°F | OR |
| Thomas Creek Ranch Hot Spring | 98 mi | northeast | 138°F | ID |
| Sunflower Flat Hot Spring | 99 mi | northeast | 109°F | ID |
| Kwiskwis Hot Spring | 99 mi | northeast | 156°F | ID |
| Luce Hot Springs | 99 mi | west | 145°F | OR |
| Indian Creek Hot Spring | 99 mi | northeast | 190°F | ID |
| Sunflower Hot Springs | 99 mi | northeast | 149°F | ID |
| Zims Resort Hot Springs | 100 mi | north | 144°F | ID |
| Sullivan Hot Springs | 100 mi | northeast | 106°F | ID |
| Middle Fork Indian Creek Hot Spring | 100 mi | northeast | 162°F | ID |
| Unnamed spring | 101 mi | west | 144°F | OR |
| Upper Loon Creek Hot Springs | 103 mi | northeast | 145°F | ID |
| Lick Creek Warm Spring | 104 mi | north | 91°F | ID |
| Owen Cabin Hot Spring | 104 mi | northeast | 133°F | ID |
| Altnow Hot Spring | 104 mi | west | n/a | OR |
| Sheep Creek Hot Spring | 105 mi | north | 136°F | ID |
| Springs (Hot) | 105 mi | west | 106°F | OR |
| Tudors Spring | 105 mi | southwest | 68°F | OR |
| Cox Hot Springs | 107 mi | northeast | 131°F | ID |
| Foster Ranch Hot Springs | 107 mi | northeast | 135°F | ID |
| Stinky Warm Spring | 107 mi | north | 88°F | ID |
| Shower Bath Springs | 108 mi | northeast | 122°F | ID |
| Lower Loon Creek Hot Spring | 109 mi | northeast | 120°F | ID |
| Secesh Hot Spring | 111 mi | north | n/a | ID |
| Boulder Creek Spring | 111 mi | north | 82°F | ID |
| Hospital Hot Spring | 111 mi | northeast | 115°F | ID |
| Sitz Warm Spring | 113 mi | west | n/a | OR |
| Sam O Spring | 113 mi | northwest | 80°F | OR |
| Spring (Hot) | 113 mi | northwest | n/a | OR |
| Murphy Hot Springs | 117 mi | south | 126°F | ID |
| Unnamed spring | 117 mi | west | 165°F | OR |
| Burgdorf Hot Springs | 117 mi | north | 113°F | ID |
| Condie Hot Springs | 117 mi | east | 124°F | ID |
| Rush Warm Spring | 119 mi | east | 72°F | ID |
| Little Antelope Flat Warm Spring | 119 mi | northeast | 93°F | ID |
| Medical Hot Springs | 120 mi | northwest | 140°F | OR |
| Mormon Ranch Warm Spring | 120 mi | northeast | n/a | ID |
| Beardsley Hot Springs | 120 mi | northeast | 109°F | ID |
| Crane Hot Springs | 121 mi | west | 172°F | OR |
| Forge Creek Hot Springs | 122 mi | northeast | n/a | ID |
| Rowland Hot Springs | 123 mi | south | 104°F | NV |
| Nat-Soo-Pah Warm Spring | 123 mi | southeast | 97°F | ID |
| Milford Sweat Hot Spring | 124 mi | east | 111°F | ID |
| Mickey Springs | 124 mi | southwest | 187°F | OR |
| Radium Hot Springs | 125 mi | northwest | 135°F | OR |
| Riggins Hot Springs | 126 mi | north | 106°F | ID |
| Unnamed spring | 126 mi | west | 72°F | OR |
| Cow Flats Hot Spring | 127 mi | north | 138°F | ID |
| Rizzi Ranch Hot Spring | 127 mi | south | 106°F | NV |
| Kropp Hot Spring | 127 mi | northwest | 109°F | OR |
| Snowshoe Johnsons Hot Spring | 128 mi | northeast | 108°F | ID |
| Blue Mountain Hot Springs | 128 mi | northwest | 136°F | OR |
| Unnamed spring | 131 mi | southwest | 126°F | OR |
| Fisher Hot Springs | 131 mi | northwest | 99°F | OR |
| Artesian City Hot Springs | 134 mi | southeast | 99°F | ID |
| Cronks Canyon Hot Spring | 134 mi | northeast | 115°F | ID |
| Limekiln Hot Spring | 136 mi | northwest | 70°F | OR |
| Wild Horse Hot Springs | 137 mi | south | 129°F | NV |
| Alvord Hot Springs | 137 mi | southwest | 174°F | OR |
| Union Station Hot Springs | 139 mi | northwest | n/a | OR |
| Magic Hot Springs | 140 mi | southeast | 109°F | ID |
| Warm Springs | 140 mi | southeast | 95°F | NV |
| Unnamed spring | 141 mi | southwest | 100°F | OR |
| Warm Spring | 141 mi | northwest | 85°F | OR |
| Dunn Spring | 142 mi | west | 70°F | OR |
| Hot Lake Springs | 142 mi | northwest | 176°F | OR |
| Unnamed spring | 143 mi | west | 83°F | OR |
| Baker Spring | 143 mi | west | 70°F | OR |
| Millpond Hot Spring | 143 mi | west | 79°F | OR |
| Goodman Spring | 143 mi | west | 72°F | OR |
| San Jacinto Ranch Spring | 143 mi | southeast | 148°F | NV |
| Fivemile Spring (Hoghouse Hot Springs) | 143 mi | west | 80°F | OR |
| Roadland Spring | 143 mi | west | 72°F | OR |
| Joaquin Miller Hot Springs | 144 mi | west | 104°F | OR |
| Unnamed spring | 144 mi | west | 70°F | OR |
| Barth Hot Springs | 144 mi | northeast | 140°F | ID |
| Unnamed spring | 144 mi | west | 92°F | OR |
| Unnamed spring | 145 mi | west | 154°F | OR |
| Warm Springs | 145 mi | west | 89°F | OR |
| Goldbug Hot Spring | 145 mi | northeast | 113°F | ID |
| Barney Hot Springs | 146 mi | east | 82°F | ID |
| Hot Spring | 146 mi | southeast | 86°F | NV |
| Flagstaff Butte Hot Spring | 146 mi | southwest | 126°F | OR |
| Mineral Hot Spring | 146 mi | southeast | 140°F | NV |
| Hot Sulphur Springs (Tuscarora) | 147 mi | south | 194°F | NV |
| Unnamed spring | 148 mi | west | 108°F | OR |
| Hot Springs | 148 mi | southwest | 207°F | OR |
| Unnamed spring | 148 mi | west | 104°F | OR |
| Borax Lake (Hot Lake) | 149 mi | southwest | 97°F | OR |
| Owl Creek Hot Springs | 149 mi | northeast | 122°F | ID |
| Thoroughbred Warm Springs | 149 mi | southeast | 69°F | ID |
| Warm Mineral Spring | 149 mi | northwest | 83°F | OR |
| Hot Creek Springs | 150 mi | south | 151°F | NV |
Hub pages: Idaho hot springs, Oregon hot springs, Nevada hot springs.
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: itd.idaho.gov, idahonews.com, pubs.usgs.gov.
Data guide for trip planning. Roads, closures and rules change; check with the managing agency before you go.