48 springs within 120 miles
Hot springs near Stanley
48 hot springs are within 120 miles of Stanley: the closest is Mountain Village Resort Hot Springs (under 1 mi), the hottest is Burgdorf Hot Springs (up to 113°F), and the lowest listed adult price is Challis Hot Springs ($10). Distances are straight-line; driving distances in the mountains can be much longer.
- Mountain Village Resort Hot Springs0 mi
- Boat Box Hot Springs3 mi
- Mormon Bend Hot Springs6 mi
- Basin Creek Hot Springs7 mi
- Idaho Rocky Mountain Ranch9 mi
- Sunbeam Hot Springs10 mi
- Sacajawea Hot Springs12 mi
- Sawtooth Lodge12 mi
- Slate Creek Hot Springs16 mi
- Bonneville Hot Springs19 mi
- Atlanta Hot Springs29 mi
- Chattanooga Hot Springs29 mi
- Sheepeater Hot Springs31 mi
- Haven Hot Springs32 mi
- Kirkham Hot Springs32 mi
- Easley Hot Springs36 mi
- Sunflower Hot Springs36 mi
- Pine Flats Hot Springs39 mi
- Skillern Hot Springs40 mi
- Baumgartner Hot Springs43 mi
- Challis Hot Springs43 mi
- Hospital Bar Hot Springs43 mi
- Silver Creek Plunge43 mi
- Vulcan Hot Springs45 mi
- Frenchman's Bend Hot Springs46 mi
- Worswick Hot Springs46 mi
- Boiling Springs47 mi
- Rocky Canyon Hot Springs47 mi
- Hot Springs Campground Hot Spring49 mi
- Trail Creek Hot Springs49 mi
- Trinity Hot Springs49 mi
- Terrace Lakes Resort52 mi
- The Springs54 mi
- Gold Fork Hot Springs59 mi
- Goldbug Hot Springs69 mi
- Roystone Hot Springs73 mi
- Sharkey Hot Springs85 mi
- Burgdorf Hot Springs87 mi
- Zims Hot Springs88 mi
- Barth Hot Springs90 mi
- Horse Creek Hot Spring92 mi
- Givens Hot Springs104 mi
- Miracle Hot Springs105 mi
- Banbury Hot Springs106 mi
- Jackson Hot Springs Lodge109 mi
- Red River Hot Springs109 mi
- Lost Trail Hot Springs Resort117 mi
- Snively Hot Springs118 mi
Mountain Village Resort Hot Springs
Three spring-fed soaking tubs in buildings on Valley Creek, about a third of a mile walk from the Mountain Village Lodge in Stanley. The two private tubs book in 90-minute sessions and the shared Osprey tub in one-hour sessions, free for lodge guests. Water usually runs 98-104°F with no chemicals added.
Boat Box Hot Springs
A single old mining cauldron beside the Salmon River, filled by piped spring water, about three and a half miles from Stanley on Highway 75. It fits three or four people, and a bucket is usually left for adding cold river water. The roadside pull-off holds only two or three cars.
Mormon Bend Hot Springs
A hot spring near the Forest Service's Mormon Bend Campground on the Salmon River east of Stanley, listed by the Stanley-Sawtooth Chamber among the area's soakable springs. The campground has 15 sites and is open April through September.
Basin Creek Hot Springs
Hot springs near Basin Creek and Basin Creek Campground on Highway 75 east of Stanley; the Stanley-Sawtooth Chamber lists both the campground spring and Basin Creek (Cove/Kem) springs among the area's soakable sites.
Idaho Rocky Mountain Ranch
A guest ranch in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area south of Stanley with a 20 by 40 foot pool fed by a hot spring piped across the Salmon River. The pool is kept at 99-104°F and is open only to ranch guests. The ranch runs a summer season; 2027 dates are June 11 to September 9.
Sunbeam Hot Springs
Hot springs that flow into the Salmon River beside Highway 75 north of Stanley, next to a historic bathhouse building dating from 1937. The Stanley-Sawtooth Chamber lists it among the soakable springs north of town.
Sacajawea Hot Springs
Primitive hot springs pools on the South Fork Payette River along Grandjean Road, just west of Grandjean and the Sawtooth Lodge. The Stanley-Sawtooth Chamber lists it among the springs west of Stanley on Highway 21.
Sawtooth Lodge
A rustic lodge at Grandjean, founded as a hunting lodge in 1927 and run under a Forest Service special use permit, with a hot springs-fed pool. Cabin and yurt stays include pool access, and the restaurant serves breakfast, lunch and dinner with beer and wine.
Slate Creek Hot Springs
A hot spring up Slate Creek off the Highway 75 corridor east of Sunbeam, toward Clayton. The Stanley-Sawtooth Chamber lists it (also called Hoodoo) among the springs north of Stanley.
Bonneville Hot Springs
A hot springs soaking pool a quarter mile by trail from the Forest Service's Bonneville Campground at milepost 91.5 on Highway 21, northeast of Lowman. The campground season runs end of May to end of September, after which it is open to dispersed camping until snow. The Warm Springs Guard Station rental cabin also has a trail to the springs, used on skis and snowshoes in winter.
Atlanta Hot Springs
A natural hot spring near the historic mining town of Atlanta at the head of the Middle Fork Boise River, about 60 miles of mostly dirt Forest Service road from Idaho City. The Forest Service names it, with Powerplant and Chattanooga, among the natural hot springs near its Atlanta Guard Station rental cabin. NOAA lists the source at about 140F.
Chattanooga Hot Springs
A natural hot spring near Atlanta, the old mining town at the head of the Middle Fork Boise River, reached by about 60 miles of mostly dirt Forest Service roads from Idaho City. The Forest Service lists it among the natural hot springs near its Atlanta Guard Station rental cabin. No agency source gives its temperature or layout.
Sheepeater Hot Springs
A riverside hot spring at Sheepeater camp, river mile 13.0 on the Middle Fork of the Salmon in the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness. The Forest Service lists it as one of six hot springs camps on the float; each permitted group may be assigned only one, and it is not guaranteed. The agency warns that some Middle Fork springs are hot enough to burn and bans soap in hot springs.
Haven Hot Springs
A roadside stop on Highway 21 near Kirkham with a 1951 pool, about 75 by 30 feet, fed by flowing thermal water and hotter on one side (101-104°F) than the other (85-98°F). The pool is booked as a private soak by the hour, and each of the four motel rooms has its own soaking tub. RV and tent sites are on site.
Kirkham Hot Springs
Hot pools and small steaming waterfalls on the rocks along the South Fork Payette River at milepost 77 on Highway 21, about 5 miles east of Lowman. The Forest Service runs it as a day-use site, open 7am to 9pm with a $5 vehicle fee, vault toilets and changing rooms. The old campground is closed to overnight use.
Easley Hot Springs
A historic swimming pool and two hot tubs fed by gravity from a natural hot spring, on Sawtooth National Forest land north of Ketchum. The pool is about 85°F, and the venue describes it as chlorine-free. It runs in summer under a Forest Service permit, operated by Cathedral Pines Baptist Camp.
Sunflower Hot Springs
A riverside hot spring at Sunflower camp, river mile 32.6 on the Middle Fork of the Salmon in the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness. The Forest Service lists it as one of six hot springs camps on the float; each permitted group may be assigned only one, and it is not guaranteed. The agency warns that some Middle Fork springs are hot enough to burn and bans soap in hot springs.
Pine Flats Hot Springs
Riverside soaking pools below a hot waterfall on a cliff above the South Fork Payette River, reached by a quarter-mile nature trail from the Forest Service's Pine Flats Campground west of Lowman. The campground runs end of May to end of September. In winter the gate is closed and visitors walk the road.
Skillern Hot Springs
A backcountry hot spring in the Sawtooth National Forest north of Fairfield, reached on foot by the Big Smoky Trail #072 from Canyon Transfer Camp on Big Smoky Creek. The Forest Service names it among the district's hot springs accessible in summer. NOAA lists the source at about 140F, so test the water before getting in.
Baumgartner Hot Springs
A concrete soaking pool fed by hot spring water inside Baumgartner Campground, on the South Fork Boise River east of Featherville in the Sawtooth National Forest. The Forest Service gives the water as 98-111°F, and the pool is drained nightly. Swimsuits are required, and soap, alcohol, glass and pets are not allowed at the pool.
Challis Hot Springs
A hot springs unit of Land of the Yankee Fork State Park near Challis, beside the Salmon River, with a 100 x 30 ft warm pool and a smaller pool kept near 105F. Day use is $10 per person, with children 5 and under free. A 68-site state campground is on the same property.
Hospital Bar Hot Springs
A riverside hot spring at Hospital Bar camp, river mile 52.1 on the Middle Fork of the Salmon in the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness. The Forest Service lists it as one of six hot springs camps on the float; each permitted group may be assigned only one, and it is not guaranteed. The agency warns that some Middle Fork springs are hot enough to burn and bans soap in hot springs.
Silver Creek Plunge
A family campground in the Boise National Forest about 25 miles north of Crouch, built around a 186,000-gallon geothermal pool that has operated since 1957. Water enters at 100-104F and the full volume turns over about every six hours. Lodging is rustic A-frames and cabins with no linens or showers, plus first-come tent and RV sites.
Vulcan Hot Springs
A geothermal area on Vulcan Creek in the Boise National Forest, reached on Vulcan Hot Springs Trail #072 from the Tyndall / Vulcan Trailhead. The trailhead has a vault toilet and five dispersed campsites but no drinking water. The source springs are near boiling, so soaking is only possible where creek water has cooled them.
Frenchman's Bend Hot Springs
Natural hot spring pools tucked against boulders beside Warm Springs Creek and its gravel road, about 11 miles from Ketchum in the Sawtooth National Forest. Visit Idaho notes the springs are well known and see heavy traffic on weekends and holidays. The source water emerges at about 124°F, far hotter than the creek-side soaking pools.
Worswick Hot Springs
A hot spring on the Sawtooth National Forest's Fairfield Ranger District that the Forest Service calls popular and places close to the free Five Points Campground, 17 miles north of Fairfield on FR 094. NOAA lists the source at about 180F, scalding at the vent, so check the temperature of any pool before entering.
Boiling Springs
A geothermal area on the Middle Fork Payette River about 24 miles north of Crouch on Forest Road 698, next to a Forest Service campground and the rentable Boiling Springs Cabin. Recreation.gov describes soaking in the hot springs beside the cabin, and the USFS says the springs are a short walk from the trailhead parking. The main spring is near boiling, so test the water before getting in.
Rocky Canyon Hot Springs
A three-tiered hot spring above the Middle Fork of the Payette River, about 12 miles up South Middle Fork Road from Crouch. Reaching it means wading the river, which Visit Idaho says is only safe in summer at low water. Parking is a small pull-off on the left of the road.
Hot Springs Campground Hot Spring
A natural hot springs soaking pool on the South Fork Payette River, across the Banks-Lowman Road from the Forest Service's Hot Springs Campground and down a staircase. The campground east of Garden Valley is open from early May to the end of September and is reserved through Recreation.gov.
Trail Creek Hot Springs
Creekside pools about 19 miles from Cascade on the Warm Lake road, reached by a short, steep descent from a roadside pullout. Some pools are reinforced with concrete, and pipes let cold creek water in to adjust the temperature. Visit Idaho features it as a winter soak, when the path down is snow-covered.
Trinity Hot Springs
A members-club hot springs resort near Featherville on the South Fork Boise River, formerly known as Paradise Hot Springs. One fenced geothermal pool runs about 95-108°F in summer and 90-95°F in winter, booked in 2-hour slots. At least one person per party needs a $35 annual membership; lodging guests get pool access.
Terrace Lakes Resort
A golf resort in Garden Valley with an outdoor geothermal pool open year-round to day visitors without reservations. The resort also has a restaurant and lounge, motel rooms, cabins, condos and RV spots. Drinks bought on site can be taken to the pool area with a wristband.
The Springs
A geothermal soaking venue on Highway 21 about a mile south of Idaho City, with an 80 by 40 ft main pool, a hot tub and private tubs. All visits are by reservation in 2.5-hour sessions, and several days and evenings are adults-only. Poolside food, beer and wine are served, and the owners run Inn The Pines lodging a third of a mile away.
Gold Fork Hot Springs
A privately run soaking site on Gold Fork Road east of Donnelly, with six rock-formed, flow-through pools and a sandy children's pool. Admission is cash only, there is a two-hour soak limit, and no reservations are taken. Winter hours run Wednesday to Monday, with Thursdays set aside for guests 18 and over.
Goldbug Hot Springs
Hot springs on BLM land east of Elk Bend, 23 miles south of Salmon off US-93, reached on foot from the end of a county road. The first quarter mile of the trail crosses private property on a public easement, where dogs must be leashed. There is no fee.
Roystone Hot Springs
A family-run hot springs RV park near Sweet with an outdoor pool under a vaulted roof and a jetted hot tub, each rented to one group at a time. The pool is about 98°F in winter and cooled in summer, and the hot tub runs about 104°F. The property is alcohol-free outside the Spring House event area.
Sharkey Hot Springs
A BLM-developed site southeast of Salmon with two large concrete soaking pools filled by untreated natural spring water. It has two heated changing rooms, vault toilets, a fire pit with seating and an interpretive kiosk. Visitors 16 and older pay a use fee through a Recreation.gov pass bought before arrival.
Burgdorf Hot Springs
A historic off-grid resort in the Payette National Forest, about 30 miles north of McCall on Warren Wagon Road, with three log-sided, gravel-bottomed pools. Day soaks are booked in two-hour blocks, and the rustic cabins have no electricity or plumbing. In winter the road becomes a groomed snowmobile trail, so guests arrive by snowmobile or tracked vehicle.
Zims Hot Springs
Two outdoor pools a few miles from New Meadows in the Meadows Valley, filled with mineral water from an artesian well and operated by the Nez Perce Tribe. The smaller soaking pool runs about 100-105F and the larger swimming pool about 90-100F. The site also has RV parking, a campground, a light snack bar and arcade games.
Barth Hot Springs
A riverside hot spring on the Wild and Scenic Main Salmon River in the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness, reached only by boat on a multi-day float. The Forest Service calls it the only hot spring on the river and asks boaters not to camp or stop for lunch there. Soap and nudity are not allowed, and the rocks on the short climb up are loose and wet.
Horse Creek Hot Spring
A hot spring with dispersed camping in the Salmon-Challis National Forest, near the border of the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness and Montana's Bitterroot National Forest. It sits at 6,200 feet, about 36 miles of forest roads west and north of North Fork. There is no potable water and there are no picnic tables or fire rings.
Givens Hot Springs
A family-run indoor hot spring pool on Highway 78 at the base of the Owyhee Mountains, about an hour from Boise, in operation since 1881. Swimming needs no reservation and is open daily from noon to 9 pm. The grounds include RV and tent camping, a tipi and a picnic park.
Miracle Hot Springs
A geothermal soaking resort on Highway 30 near Buhl in the Hagerman Valley. Four outdoor pools are kept between 96 and 106F with no chlorine, and private open-roof pools can be booked by the hour. Overnight options include geodesic domes, a park home and RV sites, and reservations are required for all soaking.
Banbury Hot Springs
A century-old resort on the Snake River near Buhl with a large geothermal swimming pool, adjusted seasonally from about 89F in summer to about 102-104F in winter. Five private hot tubs overlooking the river are booked in 90-minute sessions. The site also has a campground and a dry Queen Cabin.
Jackson Hot Springs Lodge
A rustic lodge in the Big Hole Valley town of Jackson with one outdoor hot springs pool at 100-106F that the lodge says uses no chemicals. Rooms, sleeper cabins and rental houses come with swim passes, and the pool is also open to the public. The pool, restaurant and lodge are closed Monday through Wednesday.
Red River Hot Springs
An off-grid lodge in the Nez Perce National Forest near Elk City with a natural hot spring pool that is not chlorinated. It rents lodge rooms, cabins (one with its own outdoor mineral soaking tub) and dry RV and tent sites, and a cafe serves burgers and breakfast burritos on weekends. Day soaks are paid per visit with no re-entry, and nudity is prohibited.
Lost Trail Hot Springs Resort
A family resort at the base of Lost Trail Pass in the upper Bitterroot Valley, on the site of the old Gallogly Hot Springs. A chemical-free 20 x 70 ft pool averages about 95F and is covered by a dome in colder months, alongside a 103-105F hot tub and a dry sauna. Lodges, cabins and an RV park and campground are on site; hours are limited outside July and August.
Snively Hot Springs
Undeveloped soaking pools on the banks of the Lower Owyhee River, where river rocks mix spring water of about 190°F with cooler river water. The BLM Vale District runs it as a free day-use site with a vault toilet and parking off Owyhee Lake Road. Camping is prohibited in and around the site.