Medical Hot Springs
Medical Hot Springs is a hot spring on the Medical Springs Highway in Union County, Oregon, about eighteen miles from Union. The water runs right at the line between hot and scalding. Neither ownership nor public access is recorded, so go in knowing that, and no USGS site number is attached to it.
A fifth of a mile from the highway at middle elevation. Moderate snow, modest precipitation. Buck Creek Forest Camp and Trailhead is the nearest camping listed, nine miles or so away.
Winter is the season on file. The source water is hot enough to burn; let it cool and test before any contact. Access and ownership are blank in the record, so check before you go. Camp at Buck Creek. No fee listed, and no chemistry on file. Nothing is said about a pool or any structure.
Located on the western side of the Eagle Cap Wilderness and very close to the wilderness boundary, the Buck Creek Campground/Trailhead was built to meet the needs of both wilderness trail users and overnight campers. After crossing the Buck Creek Bridge off the North Fork Catherine Creek Road, the narrow dirt road travels through isolated forest and towering rock cliffs to the combination campground and trailhead.The area is also very popular for mushrooming in the Spring and berry picking in...
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