Public hot springs with a page
Places on public land with checked access facts, by straight-line distance from Santa Fe. Road distance is longer, often much longer in the mountains.
- Conundrum Hot Springs237 mi north · USFS · 8.5 mi trail100°F
Santa Fe lies at the southern end of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains on the east side of the Rio Grande Rift, the structure that controls most of New Mexico's thermal springs. To the west, across the Rio Grande, the Jemez Mountains hold springs linked to the Valles Caldera, where the Santa Fe National Forest's Jemez Ranger District surrounds the Valles Caldera National Preserve, a National Park Service unit. The usual route is U.S. 84/285 north to Pojoaque, then New Mexico 502 to Los Alamos and New Mexico 4 into the mountains. To the north, U.S. 84/285 continues to Espanola, and New Mexico 68 follows the Rio Grande to the Taos area, where the Bureau of Land Management manages the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument.
Winter affects the higher routes. In the Jemez Mountains, 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. The New Mexico Department of Transportation reports winter road conditions statewide on NMRoads, and New Mexico 4 crosses high country around the caldera where snow and ice are common in winter. Summer fire restrictions can close parts of the national forest.
In the NOAA Thermal Springs List, the closest entry to Santa Fe is Unnamed spring, about 37 miles southwest, with a source temperature of 68°F. The hottest within 150 miles is Sulphur Springs at 189°F, 39 miles northwest. 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 45 springs within 150 miles
| Spring (NOAA name) | Distance | Direction | Source temp | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed spring | 37 mi | southwest | 68°F | NM |
| McCauley Hot Springs | 38 mi | west | 99°F | NM |
| Spence Hot Springs | 39 mi | west | 100°F | NM |
| San Antonio Warm Spring | 39 mi | northwest | 101°F | NM |
| Montezuma Hot Springs | 39 mi | east | 138°F | NM |
| Sulphur Springs | 39 mi | northwest | 189°F | NM |
| Jemez Springs | 40 mi | west | 169°F | NM |
| Soda Dam Hot Springs | 40 mi | west | 117°F | NM |
| San Antonio Hot Spring | 42 mi | northwest | 129°F | NM |
| Indian Springs | 44 mi | west | 123°F | NM |
| Ojo Caliente (Arsenic Spring) | 45 mi | north | 111°F | NM |
| San Ysidro Warm Springs | 48 mi | west | 68°F | NM |
| Statue Spring | 49 mi | north | 83°F | NM |
| Phillips Springs | 49 mi | west | 70°F | NM |
| San Ysidro Hot Springs | 50 mi | west | 85°F | NM |
| Ponce De Leon Springs | 50 mi | northeast | 93°F | NM |
| Warm Springs | 51 mi | west | 129°F | NM |
| Clear Water Spring | 53 mi | southwest | 69°F | NM |
| Manby Hot Springs | 60 mi | north | 100°F | NM |
| Unnamed spring | 62 mi | north | 106°F | NM |
| Alamos Spring | 77 mi | southwest | 72°F | NM |
| El Ojo Escondido | 81 mi | southwest | 73°F | NM |
| Unnamed spring | 83 mi | southwest | 73°F | NM |
| Unnamed spring | 83 mi | southwest | 68°F | NM |
| Laguna Pueblo Springs | 84 mi | southwest | 80°F | NM |
| Spring (Salt) | 84 mi | southwest | 76°F | NM |
| Laguna Pueblo Seeps | 85 mi | southwest | 82°F | NM |
| Spring (Salt) | 86 mi | southwest | 86°F | NM |
| Unnamed spring | 87 mi | southwest | 80°F | NM |
| Spring (Salt) | 88 mi | southwest | 78°F | NM |
| Spring | 93 mi | southwest | 71°F | NM |
| Unnamed spring | 99 mi | southwest | 68°F | NM |
| Stinking Springs | 105 mi | northwest | 81°F | CO |
| Unnamed spring | 109 mi | southwest | 70°F | NM |
| Unnamed spring | 112 mi | southwest | 72°F | NM |
| Dexter Spring | 113 mi | north | 68°F | CO |
| Ojitos Springs | 121 mi | southwest | 68°F | NM |
| Ojo De Las Canas | 121 mi | south | 79°F | NM |
| Cook Spring | 124 mi | southwest | 70°F | NM |
| Pagosa Springs | 125 mi | northwest | 136°F | CO |
| Socorro Spring, Sedillo Spring | 125 mi | southwest | 93°F | NM |
| Piedra River Hot Springs | 137 mi | northwest | 108°F | CO |
| Rainbow Hot Springs | 138 mi | north | 104°F | CO |
| Unnamed spring | 140 mi | southwest | 70°F | NM |
| Shaw Springs | 146 mi | north | 86°F | CO |
Hub pages: New Mexico hot springs, Colorado 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: geoinfo.nmt.edu, abqjournal.com, nps.gov, blm.gov, nmroads.com.
Data guide for trip planning. Roads, closures and rules change; check with the managing agency before you go.