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Spring

Grant County, New Mexico · Near Arenas Valley

33.2850°N, 108.2620°W · 6,024 ft

88°F 85°F air 6,024 ft Open Hike US Forest Service Camping nearby (7.7 mi)

Researched & maintained by Armen Suny · Updated August 2026

The record carries this one under the bare name Spring, a warm spring on Gila National Forest land. The county is Grant, in New Mexico's southwest corner, and the closest town of any size is Arenas Valley, roughly 35 miles off. The water comes out a few degrees under body heat, warm enough to notice on a cold day and little more than that. Access is listed as open and the ground belongs to the Forest Service. Close to four miles of walking lie between it and the nearest road.

Location

28 miles from Silver City, NM

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Mid-elevation forest, a bit over six thousand feet up. Upper Scorpion Camp Ground Road is the nearest road on file, and from there you are on foot for the rest of the way. Winters drop a modest amount of snow, enough to matter underfoot on a trail, and the year as a whole stays fairly dry. Forks Campground is the closest developed camp the record knows of, around eight miles off.

December through February show up as the best months on file, which says something about how warm the summers run in this corner of the state. Count on a real walk in with no trailhead details recorded. Forks is the nearest place to pitch a tent. No fee is noted. Nobody has logged a water sample or described a pool here, so treat the temperature as a rough figure and see what you find.

Monthly Climate

36°

Jan

40°

Feb

48°

Mar

55°

Apr

62°

May

75°

Jun

73°

Jul

72°

Aug

66°

Sep

57°

Oct

46°

Nov

37°

Dec

Annual Precip: 15.7 in Annual Snow: 19.1 in

Best Time to Visit

January Air 36°F · Water 88°F · +53° contrast

December Air 37°F · Water 88°F · +51° contrast

February Air 40°F · Water 88°F · +48° contrast

January offers 40°F more contrast than June

Current Conditions

85°F

Clear WNW 54.0 mph 35%

This Afternoon 90° Low 56° Slight Chance Rain Showers 11% precip

Saturday 89° Low 57° Mostly Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 37% precip

Sunday 86° Low 57° Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 21% precip

Spring is +2° warmer

Monday 87° Low 56° Partly Sunny then Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 55% precip

Spring is +1° warmer

Tuesday 83° Low 55° Showers And Thunderstorms 83% precip

Spring is +5° warmer

Data from National Weather Service

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Nearby Camping

Forks Campground 7.7 mi away

This campground features beautiful cliffs along the West Fork of the Gila River.This campground is a great place to stop on the way to the Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument (15 miles north). Overnight camping is allowed in the upper portion of Forks; however, the lower portion of the Forks Recreation Site along the West Fork of the Gila River is day use only.

Reserve on Recreation.gov →

Mile-High Advisory 6,024 ft

Spring sits at 6,024 feet above sea level, way above the mile-high mark. You may not feel the altitude strongly, but hot water still dehydrates you faster at elevation. UV is about 24% stronger than at sea level, so bring sunscreen and drink more water than you normally would.