Hot Springs On Atka Island
The orange dot marks the spring, in a frame about three quarters of a mile wide.
Can you soak at Hot Springs On Atka Island?
USGS lists Hot Springs On Atka Island as a hot spring, with no temperature on record. Access is restricted. Reaching it takes a hike. It's on US Fish and Wildlife Service land. We haven't confirmed whether it has a pool or charges a fee.
Atka Island sits far out in the Aleutians West Census Area, and this is one of several hot springs recorded there on Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge land. Dutch Harbor, the nearest town in the listing, is close to two hundred miles off. The record says hot and stops there. Access is restricted by the refuge.
The site is classed as a hike, not quite five miles in from the road end, at nearly eight hundred feet. Snow is heavy here and the average temperature sits in the upper thirties. It rains a lot. The ground belongs to the US Fish and Wildlife Service as part of the refuge.
No best season is on file. Plan around the walk from the road end, then expect to verify the temperature yourself since none was measured. Restricted access means the refuge office is the first call. No campground appears in the record. Nothing is logged about a fee.
USGS hasn't flown a detailed laser scan here yet, so this view comes from aerial photos and older elevation data.
- Setting
- Hillside
- The spring sits on a steep slope that climbs to the north.
- Highest ground nearby
- 363 ft above the spring
- Within a quarter mile, to the north
A slice through the ground from north to south, 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 Springs On Atka Island is road-accessible, so you can bring more gear. Cold air temperatures make a changing robe or warm layers essential.
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