Drag the handle to compare the two views. The orange dot marks the spring, in a frame about three quarters of a mile wide.
Can you soak at Salida Hot Springs?
Yes. Salida Hot Springs is a developed hot spring. A day pass costs $17 as of October 2026.
Salida Hot Springs is a thermal point under a mile from the center of Salida in Chaffee County. The record leaves a lot blank: temperature, elevation, ownership, access. It does hold a pH reading from 1976 and a USGS site number.
Roadside, under forty yards from the road. Salida's winters bring around four and a half feet of snow, and yearly precipitation is low. Ohaver Lake is the campground on file, roughly ten miles away.
There is no seasonal guidance on file. With no temperature recorded, nothing here confirms a soak. Being in town, check locally for what is at the site. Ownership and access are unverified.
Aircraft with laser scanners measured this ground to within inches. The scan strips out trees and buildings, leaving the bare shape of the land around Salida Hot Springs.
- Setting
- Open ground
- Flat, open ground all around.
- Highest ground nearby
- 19 ft above the spring
- Within a quarter mile, to the west
A slice through the ground from west to east, about 0.6 miles end to end.
Elevation data: USGS 3D Elevation Program. Aerial imagery: USGS The National Map. Public domain.
That's about twice the US average of 65. It's higher than at 87% of the springs on this site.
Heat flow measures the warmth working its way up through the ground from deep inside the earth. Where it runs high, rain and snowmelt that seep down through cracks in the rock come back up hot.
See every spring on the geothermal heat map →
Heat flow estimate: Stanford Thermal Earth Model (Aljubran & Horne, 2024), CC BY 4.0.
The water at Salida Hot Springs is slightly alkaline (pH 7.4).
Overview The Forest Service wants your opinion on reserving sites at O’Haver Lake Campground. Please take a moment to fill out a brief survey at: https://forms.office.com/g/zFknf0tZbS O'Haver Lake Campground sits at an elevation of 9,200 feet, with ponderosa pines and aspen. It is located on the shores of O'Haver Lake. This facility has 31 sites and is a very popular destination that is often full on the weekends. "First come, first served" does not necessarily mean that the site will be...
Springs Near Salida Hot Springs
Slightly Alkaline Springs (pH ~7.4)
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