Hot Spring Near Flat
The orange dot marks the spring, in a frame about three quarters of a mile wide.
Hot Spring Near Flat is a roadside thermal point on Bureau of Land Management ground under the Anchorage Field Office, in Dillingham Census Area, with Dillingham itself more than two hundred miles away. Warm is the qualifier on file, with no measured temperature. Public access is listed as open.
Under a hundred feet from an unnamed road, so you will not be hiking to it. Around four hundred feet elevation. Dry and cold on file, averaging right at freezing with a bit over four feet of snow. No campground is listed.
No best months recorded. Warm is all the record says about the water, so bring a thermometer if you care. BLM land, open, no fee on file. Check with the Anchorage Field Office for any rules.
USGS hasn't flown a detailed laser scan here yet, so this view comes from aerial photos and older elevation data.
- Setting
- Gentle slope
- The ground tilts gently up to the south.
- Highest ground nearby
- 120 ft above the spring
- Within a quarter mile, to the south
A slice through the ground from northwest to southeast, about 0.6 miles end to end.
Elevation data: USGS 3D Elevation Program. Aerial imagery: USGS The National Map. Public domain.
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Hot Spring Near Flat is road-accessible, so you can bring more gear. Cold air temperatures make a changing robe or warm layers essential.
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