163°Fsource temp, NOAA list (73°C)

Managed by: Willamette National Forest, Middle Fork Ranger District (USDA Forest Service)
Fee: $5 per vehicle per day; Northwest Forest Pass and Interagency passes accepted; pay on site via Recreation.gov app (USFS)
Hours: Sunrise to sunset (USFS)
Elevation: 2,064 ft
Coordinates: 43.7039, -122.2872

The NOAA Thermal Springs List gives a source temperature of 163°F (73°C) for McCredie Springs, the entry that matches this place. The land is managed by Willamette National Forest, Middle Fork Ranger District (USDA Forest Service). Fee: $5 per vehicle per day; Northwest Forest Pass and Interagency passes accepted; pay on site via Recreation.gov app (USFS).

McCredie Hot Springs is a group of undeveloped thermal springs on the banks of Salt Creek in the Willamette National Forest, Lane County, Oregon. The site is on the Middle Fork Ranger District, and the Forest Service describes the hot springs area as unimproved and notes that the pools can be very hot. Small rock pools sit along both sides of the creek below Highway 58.

The McCredie Day Use Area is on Highway 58, a paved highway, about 8 miles east of Oakridge and about half a mile east of Blue Pool Campground. A short trail leads from the parking area to the springs. Day use hours are sunrise to sunset. The fee is $5 per vehicle per day, payable on site through the Recreation.gov app, and the Northwest Forest Pass and Interagency passes are accepted. The lot holds about nine passenger vehicles and one RV up to 40 feet long. The Forest Service signed the decision for the day use area project on December 29, 2011, and proposed the current $5 fee in 2016.

The springs have a long history. Trapper Frank Warner settled near them in 1878. Around 1916, William Wallace McCredie built a resort here that also served as training quarters for the Portland Beavers baseball team, and a McCredie Springs post office operated on and off from 1926 to 1953. The hotel burned in 1958, and the Christmas flood of 1964 destroyed the access bridge, after which the Forest Service removed the remaining buildings. Oakridge is the nearest town, and Blue Pool Campground is the closest Forest Service campground.

Getting there and local rules

Road: Paved Highway 58, about 8 mi east of Oakridge, about 0.5 mi east of Blue Pool Campground (USFS)
Trail: Short trail from the day use area to the springs (USFS); guides give about 0.5 mi, mostly flat.
Camping: Blue Pool Campground about 0.5 mi west on Highway 58 (USFS)
Day use sunrise to sunset
Parking for about 9 passenger vehicles and one 40-ft RV
USFS notes the area is unimproved and the pools can be very hot

History

Trapper Frank Warner settled near the springs on Salt Creek in 1878.
William Wallace McCredie built a resort here around 1916 that served as training quarters for the Portland Beavers baseball team; a McCredie Springs post office operated intermittently from 1926 to 1953.
The hotel burned in 1958, and the 1964 Christmas flood destroyed the access bridge; the Forest Service later removed the remaining buildings. A USFS day use area project was decided December 29, 2011.

Weather by month near McCredie

The nearest NOAA climate station with 30-year normals is Oakridge Fish Hatchery, about 8 miles away at 1,275 ft. Its average daily high peaks at 81°F in Aug, and the coldest nights average 31.4°F in Jan. Normal snowfall there adds up to about 5 inches a year. Conditions at the place itself can differ, especially with a large change in elevation.

Bars run from the average daily low to the average daily high (°F). Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020, station USC00356213.

Month	High °F	Low °F	Precip. in	Snow in
Jan	43.8	31.4	6.23	1.3
Feb	49.2	32.2	4.57	1.3
Mar	54.5	34.1	5.01	0.6
Apr	59.3	37.4	4.26	0.1
May	65.8	42.6	3.23	0
Jun	71.2	47	1.95	0
Jul	80	50.7	0.53	0
Aug	81	50	0.56	0
Sep	75.8	45.5	1.58	0
Oct	62.8	39.9	3.63	0
Nov	49	35.2	6.66	0.3
Dec	42.4	31.6	7.54	1.6

Other springs within 60 miles

From the NOAA list, by straight-line distance from McCredie. Most of these are not developed sites and some are on private land.

Kitson Hot Springs4 mi west
109°F
Wall Creek Warm Springs7 mi north
106°F
Cougar Reservoir Hot Springs26 mi north
111°F
Umpqua Hot Springs29 mi south
117°F
Foley Springs32 mi north
178°F
Belknap Springs36 mi north
160°F
Bigelow Hot Springs39 mi north
142°F
Paulina Springs52 mi east
70°F

McCredie Hot Springs (dark dot) and the other thermal springs of Oregon in the NOAA list.

Sources: NOAA NCEI, Thermal Springs List for the United States (source temperature, about 1980); fs.usda.gov; fs.usda.gov; fs.usda.gov; govinfo.gov; en.wikipedia.org; NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020. Facts checked October 2026.

Source temperature from the NOAA Thermal Springs List (measured around 1980). Conditions, access and rules change; check with Willamette National Forest, Middle Fork Ranger District before you go. This page is for trip planning only.