Utah Hot Springs
Utah Hot Springs sits at the edge of South Willard in Box Elder County, a mile and a half from the center of that town. The water is hot, close to the point where it would burn on contact, so nobody should be getting in without a cooling arrangement. The record lists no owner and no public access status. There is a photograph on file and a USGS site number.
North 2700 West passes within a foot of the spring by the record, so you could stop a car beside it if stopping is allowed. Elevation is about forty-three hundred feet, lakeside lowland for this part of Utah. Winters drop around three and a half feet of snow, and the year totals eighteen inches of moisture. As for who manages the ground, the record lists no land unit and no designation.
Winter months are rated best. The water is hot enough to scald in seconds at the source. Keep pets and children away from the outflow. Box Elder Campground is the closest camping listed, about twelve miles off. Nobody has recorded if the public is welcome, and no chemistry is on file, so smell and mineral content are unknown.
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 Utah Hot Springs.
Drag the handle to compare the two views. The orange dot marks the spring, in a frame about three quarters of a mile wide.
- Setting
- Gentle slope
- The ground tilts gently up to the east.
- Highest ground nearby
- 160 ft above the spring
- Within a quarter mile, to the east
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 3 times the US average of 65. It's higher than at 99% 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.
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Overview Box Elder Campground is situated next to the town of Mantua and Mantua Reservoir in a pretty mountain valley just 5 miles from Brigham City, Utah. Visitors enjoy boating, fishing and exploring area trails. Please click here for a corrected map of Box Elder Campground. Recreation Mantua Reservoir is just one mile away, offering fishing, boating, canoeing and swimming. Horseback riding and hiking on local trails are also popular activities.Facilities Box Elder contains four group sit...
Utah Hot Springs is road-accessible, so you can bring more gear. The water runs hot, so extra hydration is key.
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