57within 60 miles
224within 150 miles
6 miclosest spring
199°Fhottest in range
Public hot springs with a page
Places on public land with checked access facts, by straight-line distance from McCall. Road distance is longer, often much longer in the mountains.
- Kirkham Hot Springs64 mi southeast · USFS149°F
- Goldbug Hot Springs (Elk Bend Hot Springs)105 mi east · BLM · 2 mi trail113°F
- Jerry Johnson Hot Springs123 mi northeast · USFS · 1.4 mi trail118°F
McCall sits on the south shore of Payette Lake, surrounded by the Payette National Forest, in the heart of the Idaho batholith country. The thermal springs around it follow the faults and river canyons of the batholith: north and east toward the South Fork of the Salmon River and the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness, and south along the North Fork and South Fork of the Payette River on the Boise National Forest. State Highway 55 is the main paved route, running south along the North Fork Payette through Cascade and Banks to Boise. Forest roads lead east from Cascade and north and east from McCall into the backcountry.
Most of these forest roads are not plowed, and the Payette National Forest publishes a Winter Travel Map that designates routes and areas for over-snow vehicles once roads are buried. State Highway 55 is maintained year-round by the Idaho Transportation Department. Travelers heading from the McCall area toward Lowman and Stanley meet State Highway 21, which the department closes between Grandjean and Banner Summit several times each winter for avalanche risk, with an alternate route by way of Interstate 84, U.S. 20 and State Highway 75.
In the NOAA Thermal Springs List, the closest entry to McCall is Krigbaum Hot Springs, about 6 miles northwest, with a source temperature of 109°F. The hottest within 150 miles is Big Creek Hot Springs at 199°F, 91 miles east. The springs in range are in Idaho and Oregon and Montana. 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 224 springs within 150 miles
| Spring (NOAA name) | Distance | Direction | Source temp | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Krigbaum Hot Springs | 6 mi | northwest | 109°F | ID |
| Zims Resort Hot Springs | 13 mi | northwest | 144°F | ID |
| Starkey Hot Springs | 17 mi | west | 131°F | ID |
| White Licks Hot Spring | 17 mi | south | 140°F | ID |
| Lick Creek Warm Spring | 18 mi | northeast | 91°F | ID |
| Gold Fork Hot Spring | 18 mi | southeast | 127°F | ID |
| Arling Hot Spring | 19 mi | south | 90°F | ID |
| Council Mtn Hot Springs | 19 mi | southwest | 154°F | ID |
| Stinky Warm Spring | 19 mi | northwest | 88°F | ID |
| Teapot Hot Spring | 19 mi | east | 142°F | ID |
| Badley Warm Spring | 21 mi | south | 100°F | ID |
| Holdover Hot Spring | 21 mi | east | 117°F | ID |
| Boulder Creek Spring | 22 mi | northwest | 82°F | ID |
| Cascade Reservoir Hot Spring | 22 mi | south | n/a | ID |
| Secesh Hot Spring | 23 mi | northeast | n/a | ID |
| Billy Hot Spring | 24 mi | southeast | n/a | ID |
| Dollar Creek Warm Spring | 24 mi | southeast | 68°F | ID |
| Trail Creek Hot Spring | 26 mi | southeast | 122°F | ID |
| Burgdorf Hot Springs | 27 mi | north | 113°F | ID |
| Mollys Hot Spring | 28 mi | southeast | 138°F | ID |
| South Fork Plunge | 28 mi | southeast | 129°F | ID |
| Sheep Creek Hot Spring | 28 mi | east | 136°F | ID |
| Warm Lake Springs | 29 mi | southeast | n/a | ID |
| Hot Creek Warm Spring | 30 mi | east | 97°F | ID |
| Belvidere Hot Spring | 31 mi | south | 111°F | ID |
| Vulcan Hot Springs | 31 mi | southeast | 190°F | ID |
| Lakey Hot Spring | 34 mi | southwest | 158°F | ID |
| Cabarton Hot Spring | 34 mi | south | 160°F | ID |
| Riggins Hot Springs | 35 mi | north | 106°F | ID |
| Cow Flats Hot Spring | 36 mi | north | 138°F | ID |
| Bull Creek Hot Springs | 37 mi | southeast | n/a | ID |
| Goat Hot Springs | 38 mi | south | n/a | ID |
| Ground Hog Hot Springs | 38 mi | south | 100°F | ID |
| Dash Creek Hot Springs | 39 mi | south | 138°F | ID |
| Boiling Springs | 40 mi | south | 185°F | ID |
| Fairchild Hot Spring | 41 mi | southwest | 126°F | ID |
| Keithly Warm Spring | 42 mi | southwest | 86°F | ID |
| Silver Creek Hot Spring | 43 mi | south | 102°F | ID |
| Kwiskwis Hot Spring | 44 mi | east | 156°F | ID |
| Pistol Creek Hot Springs | 46 mi | east | 115°F | ID |
| Rocky Canyon Hot Springs | 47 mi | south | 120°F | ID |
| Sulphur Creek Hot Spring | 47 mi | southeast | n/a | ID |
| Dagger Creek Hot Spring | 48 mi | southeast | 110°F | ID |
| Indian Creek Hot Spring | 49 mi | east | 190°F | ID |
| Middle Fork Indian Creek Hot Spring | 49 mi | east | 162°F | ID |
| Sheepeater Hot Springs | 49 mi | southeast | n/a | ID |
| Crane Creek Hot Springs | 52 mi | southwest | 198°F | ID |
| Warm Springs Creek Hot Springs | 52 mi | south | 167°F | ID |
| Bear Valley Hot Spring | 54 mi | southeast | n/a | ID |
| Sunflower Flat Hot Spring | 55 mi | east | 109°F | ID |
| Thomas Creek Ranch Hot Spring | 56 mi | east | 138°F | ID |
| Sulphur Creek Hot Spring | 56 mi | southeast | n/a | ID |
| Sunflower Hot Springs | 56 mi | east | 149°F | ID |
| Cove Creek Hot Spring | 56 mi | southwest | 131°F | ID |
| Deer Hot Springs | 56 mi | south | 176°F | ID |
| Cape Horn Warm Springs | 59 mi | southeast | 95°F | ID |
| Hot Spring Campground | 60 mi | south | 124°F | ID |
| Danskin Creek Hot Spring | 60 mi | south | 106°F | ID |
| Old Homestead Warm Spring | 61 mi | southwest | n/a | ID |
| Dan Hodges Hot Spring | 61 mi | south | 140°F | ID |
| Donlay Ranch Hot Spring | 61 mi | south | 131°F | ID |
| Corder Hot Spring | 61 mi | south | 131°F | ID |
| Weiser Warm Springs | 62 mi | southwest | 72°F | ID |
| Pine Flat Hot Springs | 62 mi | south | 138°F | ID |
| Cox Hot Springs | 62 mi | east | 131°F | ID |
| Haven Lodge Hot Spring | 64 mi | southeast | 147°F | ID |
| Kirkham Hot Springs | 64 mi | southeast | 149°F | ID |
| Lower Loon Creek Hot Spring | 64 mi | east | 120°F | ID |
| Hospital Hot Spring | 65 mi | east | 115°F | ID |
| Bonneville Hot Springs | 65 mi | southeast | 185°F | ID |
| Sweet Warm Spring | 66 mi | south | 68°F | ID |
| Barth Hot Springs | 67 mi | northeast | 140°F | ID |
| Roystone Hot Springs | 67 mi | south | 151°F | ID |
| Mormon Ranch Warm Spring | 69 mi | east | n/a | ID |
| Nelson Spring | 69 mi | west | 80°F | OR |
| Sacajawea Hot Springs | 69 mi | southeast | 153°F | ID |
| Grandjean Hot Spring | 70 mi | southeast | n/a | ID |
| Upper Loon Creek Hot Springs | 70 mi | east | 145°F | ID |
| Owen Cabin Hot Spring | 70 mi | east | 133°F | ID |
| Foster Ranch Hot Springs | 74 mi | east | 135°F | ID |
| Snowshoe Johnsons Hot Spring | 74 mi | east | 108°F | ID |
| Medical Hot Springs | 74 mi | west | 140°F | OR |
| Stanley Hot Spring | 75 mi | southeast | 106°F | ID |
| Red River Hot Springs | 75 mi | northeast | 131°F | ID |
| Highland Land Co Warm Spring | 76 mi | south | 73°F | ID |
| Elkhorn Hot Spring | 76 mi | southeast | 136°F | ID |
| Forge Creek Hot Springs | 76 mi | east | n/a | ID |
| Warm Springs | 76 mi | south | 108°F | ID |
| Shower Bath Springs | 77 mi | east | 122°F | ID |
| Mormon Bend Hot Spring | 77 mi | southeast | 100°F | ID |
| Cook Creek Hot Spring | 77 mi | northwest | 97°F | OR |
| Basin Creek Hot Spring | 78 mi | southeast | 133°F | ID |
| Sunbeam Hot Springs | 80 mi | southeast | 169°F | ID |
| Spring (Hot) | 81 mi | west | n/a | OR |
| Jamieson Hot Springs | 82 mi | southwest | n/a | OR |
| Rosalys Warm Spring | 83 mi | southeast | 106°F | ID |
| Sam O Spring | 84 mi | west | 80°F | OR |
| Pool Creek Hot Spring | 84 mi | south | 108°F | ID |
| Brown Creek Hot Spring | 84 mi | south | 122°F | ID |
| Ninemeyer Hot Springs | 84 mi | south | 169°F | ID |
| Granite Creek Hot Spring | 84 mi | southeast | 131°F | ID |
| Straight Creek Hot Spring | 84 mi | southeast | 144°F | ID |
| Robinson Bar Hot Springs | 84 mi | southeast | 131°F | ID |
| Dutch Frank Hot Spring | 84 mi | southeast | 149°F | ID |
| Weatherby Hot Spring | 84 mi | southeast | 113°F | ID |
| Vale Hot Springs | 85 mi | southwest | 163°F | OR |
| Vaughn Hot Spring | 85 mi | south | 154°F | ID |
| Terteling Hot Springs | 85 mi | south | 106°F | ID |
| Loftus Hot Spring | 86 mi | south | 129°F | ID |
| Smith Cabin Hot Spring | 86 mi | south | 138°F | ID |
| Owl Creek Hot Springs | 86 mi | east | 122°F | ID |
| Basset Hot Spring | 87 mi | south | n/a | ID |
| Running Warm Springs | 87 mi | northeast | 106°F | ID |
| Sheep Creek Bridge Hot Spring | 87 mi | south | 142°F | ID |
| Warm Spring | 87 mi | west | 85°F | OR |
| Kropp Hot Spring | 87 mi | west | 109°F | OR |
| Queens River Hot Spring | 87 mi | southeast | n/a | ID |
| Twin Springs | 88 mi | south | 151°F | ID |
| Slate Creek Hot Spring | 89 mi | southeast | 122°F | ID |
| Radium Hot Springs | 89 mi | west | 135°F | OR |
| Bully Creek Spring | 89 mi | southwest | 99°F | OR |
| Horse Creek Hot Springs | 90 mi | northeast | 109°F | ID |
| Union Station Hot Springs | 90 mi | west | n/a | OR |
| Neal Hot Springs | 90 mi | southwest | 189°F | OR |
| Atlanta Hot Springs | 90 mi | southeast | 140°F | ID |
| Pierson Hot Springs | 91 mi | southeast | 109°F | ID |
| Big Creek Hot Springs | 91 mi | east | 199°F | ID |
| Mores Creek Hot Spring | 91 mi | south | n/a | ID |
| Leggit Creek Hot Spring | 92 mi | southeast | n/a | ID |
| Marten Hot Springs | 92 mi | northeast | n/a | ID |
| Rattlesnake Hot Spring | 93 mi | south | 133°F | ID |
| Hot Lake Springs | 93 mi | west | 176°F | OR |
| Sullivan Hot Springs | 94 mi | southeast | 106°F | ID |
| Mitchell Butte Hot Spring | 94 mi | southwest | 144°F | OR |
| Fisher Hot Springs | 95 mi | west | 99°F | OR |
| Deer Butte Hot Spring | 96 mi | southwest | 115°F | OR |
| Snively Hot Spring | 98 mi | southwest | 170°F | OR |
| Unnamed spring | 98 mi | southwest | 158°F | OR |
| Stuart Hot Springs | 98 mi | northeast | n/a | ID |
| South Black Willow Spring | 99 mi | southwest | 71°F | OR |
| Beardsley Hot Springs | 99 mi | east | 109°F | ID |
| Unnamed spring | 99 mi | northwest | n/a | OR |
| Blue Joint Hot Spring 1 | 100 mi | northeast | 84°F | MT |
| Willow Creek Hot Spring | 100 mi | southeast | 131°F | ID |
| Blue Joint Hot Springs 2 | 101 mi | northeast | 84°F | MT |
| Springs | 101 mi | southwest | n/a | OR |
| Lower Bowery Hot Spring | 102 mi | southeast | 129°F | ID |
| Paradise Hot Springs | 103 mi | southeast | 126°F | ID |
| West Pass Hot Spring | 103 mi | southeast | 124°F | ID |
| Bridge Hot Springs | 103 mi | southeast | 138°F | ID |
| Cronks Canyon Hot Spring | 104 mi | east | 115°F | ID |
| Baumgartner Hot Spring | 104 mi | southeast | 111°F | ID |
| Towne Creek Warm Spring | 105 mi | southeast | 75°F | ID |
| Stanley Hot Springs | 106 mi | northeast | 120°F | ID |
| Little Antelope Flat Warm Spring | 106 mi | east | 93°F | ID |
| Goldbug Hot Spring | 107 mi | east | 113°F | ID |
| Lightfoot Hot Springs | 107 mi | southeast | 133°F | ID |
| Russian John Hot Spring | 107 mi | southeast | 100°F | ID |
| Givens Hot Springs | 107 mi | south | 117°F | ID |
| Big Smokey Hot Spring | 108 mi | southeast | n/a | ID |
| Skillern Hot Springs | 108 mi | southeast | 140°F | ID |
| Unnamed spring | 109 mi | southwest | n/a | OR |
| Easley Hot Springs | 110 mi | southeast | 100°F | ID |
| Preis Hot Spring | 112 mi | southeast | 106°F | ID |
| Salmon Hot Spring | 112 mi | east | 113°F | ID |
| Worswick Hot Springs | 113 mi | southeast | 180°F | ID |
| Prospector Hot Springs | 114 mi | northeast | n/a | ID |
| Warm Mineral Spring | 115 mi | west | 83°F | OR |
| Bingham Springs | 118 mi | northwest | 93°F | OR |
| Warfield Hot Spring | 119 mi | southeast | 124°F | ID |
| Jonesboro Warm Spring | 119 mi | southwest | 112°F | OR |
| Guyer Hot Springs | 119 mi | southeast | 158°F | ID |
| Weir Creek Hot Springs | 119 mi | northeast | 117°F | ID |
| Medicine Hot Springs | 120 mi | northeast | 117°F | MT |
| Beulah Hot Springs | 120 mi | southwest | 140°F | OR |
| Gallogly Spring | 121 mi | northeast | 100°F | MT |
| Wardrop Hot Spring | 121 mi | southeast | 147°F | ID |
| Wolf Hot Spring | 121 mi | southeast | 113°F | ID |
| Thomas Flats Warm Spring | 121 mi | south | 75°F | ID |
| Colgate Warm Springs | 122 mi | northeast | 106°F | ID |
| Sharkey Hot Spring | 123 mi | east | 126°F | ID |
| Jerry Johnson Hot Springs | 123 mi | northeast | 118°F | ID |
| Warm Spring | 124 mi | southwest | n/a | OR |
| Hot Springs | 125 mi | south | 158°F | ID |
| Juntura Warm Spring 1 | 125 mi | southwest | 77°F | OR |
| Clarendon Hot Springs | 125 mi | southeast | 126°F | ID |
| Lehman Springs | 125 mi | west | 142°F | OR |
| Juntura Warm Spring 2 | 126 mi | southwest | 95°F | OR |
| Elk Creek Hot Spring | 126 mi | southeast | 126°F | ID |
| Barrons Hot Spring | 127 mi | southeast | 167°F | ID |
| Blue Mountain Hot Springs | 127 mi | west | 136°F | OR |
| Hot Spring | 128 mi | southwest | 106°F | OR |
| Coyote Hot Spring | 129 mi | south | 135°F | ID |
| Hidaway Springs | 129 mi | west | 100°F | OR |
| Big Eightmile Creek Warm Spring | 129 mi | east | 91°F | ID |
| Altnow Hot Spring | 130 mi | southwest | n/a | OR |
| Latty Hot Spring | 130 mi | south | 144°F | ID |
| Hailey Hot Springs | 130 mi | southeast | 131°F | ID |
| Mormon Reservoir Warm Spring | 131 mi | southeast | n/a | ID |
| Sleeping Child Hot Springs | 131 mi | northeast | 122°F | MT |
| Limekiln Hot Spring | 134 mi | west | 70°F | OR |
| Jardine Hot Spring | 136 mi | east | 140°F | MT |
| Unnamed spring | 136 mi | southwest | n/a | OR |
| Whittaker Warm Springs | 136 mi | east | 75°F | ID |
| Unnamed spring | 137 mi | southwest | 144°F | OR |
| Barney Hot Springs | 138 mi | east | 82°F | ID |
| Magic Hot Springs | 138 mi | southeast | 163°F | ID |
| Sitz Warm Spring | 140 mi | southwest | n/a | OR |
| Unnamed spring | 140 mi | southwest | 165°F | OR |
| Tschanne Hot Spring | 141 mi | southeast | 109°F | ID |
| White Arrow Hot Spring | 141 mi | southeast | 145°F | ID |
| Hot Sulphur Lake | 141 mi | southeast | 81°F | ID |
| Canters Hot Spring | 142 mi | south | 120°F | OR |
| Lower Birch Spring | 142 mi | south | 77°F | ID |
| Luce Hot Springs | 144 mi | southwest | 145°F | OR |
| Joaquin Miller Hot Springs | 146 mi | west | 104°F | OR |
| Lolo Hot Springs, Granite Springs | 147 mi | northeast | 111°F | MT |
| Bruneau Hot Spring | 147 mi | south | 106°F | ID |
| Bat Hot Spring, Pence Hot Spring | 147 mi | south | 117°F | ID |
| Ritter Hot Springs | 148 mi | west | 106°F | OR |
| Buckaroo Hot Spring | 148 mi | south | 109°F | ID |
| Lower Indian Bathtub Hot Springs | 149 mi | south | 108°F | ID |
| Unnamed spring | 149 mi | southwest | n/a | OR |
| Indian Bathtub Hot Springs | 149 mi | south | 99°F | ID |
Hub pages: Idaho hot springs, Oregon hot springs, Montana 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, fs.usda.gov, pubs.usgs.gov.
Data guide for trip planning. Roads, closures and rules change; check with the managing agency before you go.