Hot Springs Near Icy Point
The orange dot marks the spring, in a frame about three quarters of a mile wide.
Can you soak at Hot Springs Near Icy Point?
Not at the source. The water leaves the ground at 153°F, hot enough to burn skin. It sits deep in the backcountry. It's on National Park Service land.
Glacier Bay National Park has hot springs near Icy Point, at sea level, measured at 153 degrees and scalding at the source. The Park Service lists access as open. Haines is the closest town, about eighty-four miles away, and the nearest road is close to forty miles from the springs. No pool or structure is described on file.
Inside Glacier Bay National Park. Backcountry access, with the closest road a long way off and no name attached to it. The climate is very wet: precipitation on file runs past eleven feet a year and snow close to twelve, with a mean temperature in the mid forties. Park land all around, and how anyone gets in is not on file.
Open to the public with no fee on record. The record prefers the first quarter of the year. Water this hot scalds. The record shows no campground. Check with the park before attempting the roadless approach, and expect the rain to be part of any plan.
USGS hasn't flown a detailed laser scan here yet, so this view comes from aerial photos and older elevation data.
- Setting
- Open ground
- Flat, open ground all around.
- Highest ground nearby
- Level with the spring
- Within a quarter mile
Elevation data: USGS 3D Elevation Program. Aerial imagery: USGS The National Map. Public domain.