hot springs

Warm Springs, Nevada

23 April 2026
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Finding a forgotten stop in the Nevada desert has its own kind of pull. Warm Springs catches that feeling in one glance, because it is three places at once: a hot spring site, a former stage stop, and one of those ghost towns that seem stranded between centuries. Still, set your expectations early. This is not a developed soaking spot. It is a historic roadside ruin on private property at the junction of US 6 and State Route 375, the start of the Extraterrestrial highway. That makes it an easy add-on for an alien-country road trip, if you want history with your empty desert miles.Just west across the Extraterrestrial highway from Ash Springs/Crystal Springs and Close to Area 51.

Ash Springs / Crystal Springs

22 April 2026
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At a glance, both names sound interchangeable, as if they were two doors to the same desert pool. They are not. Ash Springs is the one most travelers picture when they talk about soaking, warm, clear water, reeds, shade, and that improbable oasis mood that makes the Mojave seem briefly tender. Crystal Springs is more tied to the larger spring system, old travel routes, and local history.

Hobo Hot Springs Wyoming

5 October 2025
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Steam rises in silver ribbons as the night cools, and the sky over Saratoga fills with sharp, bright stars. You slip into the water, heat meeting mountain air, and the…

Miracle Hotsprings (Buhl, Idaho)

19 February 2024
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One of my favorite commercial hot springs stop-offs in the American Wild West. Right off of the scenic byway - Thousand Springs in Idaho, off US-80, about a 1/2 hour detour from the interstate lies a small little resort called "Miracle Hot Springs." It has several public geothermal pools, numerous private tubs/pools, a pet alligator, canvas group camping domes, tent areas, and a campsite for RVs with a small riverboat launch. Located across the highway and down the road from the Snake River.