Campground Hot Springs

General Description: A 5 inch deep roadside pool that is not hot enough
General Location: Western Idaho southeast of the town of Crouch
Pool Type: Cement Box and Sand and Gravel
Pool Temps: Slightly Hot (100° - 102° F)
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Accessibility: Year round
Restrictions: Fee required to camp at the campground across the highway
Elevation: 3100 feet.
Distance from road: 0.00 mile.
Book Reference: Hiking Hot Springs in the Pacific Northwest or Hot Springs and Hot Pools of the Northwest
Map Reference: Boise National Forest Map (springs not marked) or Garden Valley ID USGS 7.5 minute quadrangle

The Hot Spring:

  Campground Hot Springs is directly off of a highway and across the street from a National Forest Campground.  The pool is about 5 wide by 7 feet long and only 5 inches deep.  It is made from the old foundation of a bath house with one side of the pool dammed with a rock wall, and the bottom of the pool is sand and gravel.  101 to 102 degree F water flows into the pool from the spring directly next to the pool keeping the water temperature at about 100 degrees F.  During the late summer when the river water level is low a sand and gravel pool might be dug out also.  Despite the proximity to the campground these springs are not that popular and that is probably because the soak is not very good.  The mediocre pool and the water that is barely above your body temperature do not make for a wonderful soak.

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