Pinto Hot Springs
Pinto Hot Springs is a near-boiling source in Humboldt County, more than sixty miles from Winnemucca, on public land managed by the BLM's Black Rock Field Office. The record marks access open. The water is nearly at the boiling point, so this is a place to see, and the 1974 water sample is the only chemistry on file.
The walk in from the road is about a fifth-mile, and no road name is given. Open BLM desert at roughly the four-thousand-foot mark, dry at eight inches of precipitation, with light snow. Summers are hot and winters cold. No designation beyond ordinary public land. The Black Rock Field Office is the managing unit.
Water this close to boiling will scald on contact. Stay far from the source and from any channel leaving it. The listed window is midwinter. No campground is recorded, and Winnemucca is a long way off, so be self-sufficient. The chemistry reading is half a century old.
The water at Pinto Hot Springs is neutral (pH 7.1). It is notably rich in sodium (supports circulation and skin hydration) and chloride (natural antiseptic with skin health benefits).