Hot Springs On Akun Island
The orange dot marks the spring, in a frame about three quarters of a mile wide.
Can you soak at Hot Springs On Akun Island?
USGS lists Hot Springs On Akun Island as a hot spring, with no temperature on record. It sits deep in the backcountry. We haven't confirmed whether it has a pool or charges a fee.
A second thermal site on Akun Island carries the same name as its neighbor and sits closer to Akutan, under six miles from the village. The water is described as hot, no reading attached. Nothing in the record says who owns the ground or if the public may go there. Aleutians East Borough is the jurisdiction.
Low ground near the shore, a bit over a hundred feet up. The nearest road is almost six miles away and unnamed on the record, so reaching it means crossing open Aleutian terrain on foot or arriving by water. Winters bring moderate snow and the year averages around forty degrees, with rain spread through the seasons.
There is no season flagged as best and no access status, so treat the whole thing as unverified. Ask in Akutan about who controls the land. Without a temperature reading, nobody can say the water is safe to enter. No camping is listed nearby.
USGS hasn't flown a detailed laser scan here yet, so this view comes from aerial photos and older elevation data.
- Setting
- Valley floor
- Gentle slopes rise on both sides.
- Highest ground nearby
- 209 ft above the spring
- Within a quarter mile, to the north
A slice through the ground from south to north, about 0.6 miles end to end.
Elevation data: USGS 3D Elevation Program. Aerial imagery: USGS The National Map. Public domain.