Thorn Spring
A tepid spring in a small park outside Franklin, in Pendleton County, West Virginia. Thorn Spring Park belongs to a nonprofit and is listed as open to the public, which makes this one of the easier thermal points in the state to stand beside. The water is room temperature. Think of it as a roadside curiosity a few minutes from town.
The spring sits about fifty feet off the road at 1,800 feet, in hills where winters bring two and a half feet of snow and the rest of the year stays damp. You park and you are there. The record tags the ground as a local park.
Open year round as far as the record shows, and winter is when the climate numbers line up best. Camping means a drive: Spruce Knob Lake is the nearest listed, nearly thirteen miles out. The water chemistry on file comes from a sample taken in 1935, long enough ago that the mineral figures are historical. No heat to speak of, so no safety concerns there.
The water at Thorn Spring contains 118 mg/L total dissolved solids.
Overview The Spruce Knob Lake Campground is tucked in a beautiful hardwood forest less than a mile from Spruce Knob Lake. The campground provides a peaceful setting with easy access to boating on the lake and hiking through the mountainous region. Spruce Knob Lake Campground is comprised of 28 standard camping units, 2 double camping units, and 10 walk in camping units with fire rings, lantern posts, picnic tables and paved spurs (standard camping units). In addition, there is a developed hos...
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