Fairchild Hot Spring
Fairchild Hot Spring is low-country hot water in Washington County, about twenty-two miles from Weiser and a few hundred feet off Reeds Grove Road. The temperature on file is well into the hot range, and touching the source would be unwise. Ownership is unrecorded. So is public access, and that is the thing to resolve first.
Twenty-seven hundred feet, dry, with three feet or so of snow each winter, which is light for Idaho. The walk in from Reeds Grove Road is under four hundred feet. Spring Creek Campground is about ten miles. The file is silent on what the spring looks like and who tends the ground.
Winter is the rated season and the light snow makes that plausible. Hot: test first. The chemistry is from a June 1972 sample, over fifty years old. Access status unknown. Spring Creek Campground for camping, ten miles, so this reads as a day visit.
The water at Fairchild Hot Spring is slightly alkaline (pH 8.5).
Overview Spring Creek Campground is located along the peaceful Spring Creek in the Hitt Mountains of western Idaho. Visitors enjoy relaxing along the gentle creek, fishing and exploring local trails. Once on-site, you may be able to pay for your campsite(s) by scanning a QR code using the Recreation.gov mobile app, and the Scan and Pay feature. If this option is available, you will need to first download the free Recreation.gov mobile app https://www.recreation.gov/mobile-app prior to your...
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