# Needle Hot Springs, Wyoming

Needle Hot Springs in Wyoming. 75°F (24°C). Roadside · Public Land. Park County.

- Page: https://www.soakingsprings.com/hot-springs/wyoming/needle-hot-springs
- Source: Soaking Springs, researched and maintained by Armen Suny
- Updated: 2026-09-14

## Can you soak at Needle Hot Springs?

The water leaves the ground at 75°F, about as warm as a heated pool. You can drive right up to it. We haven't confirmed whether it has a pool or charges a fee.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Source water temperature | 75°F (24°C) (USGS record; developed pools are often cooled) |
| pH | 7.0 (Neutral) |
| Total dissolved solids | 1,400 mg/L |
| Elevation | 5,038 ft |
| Access | Roadside · Public Land, 56 ft from the nearest road |
| Land | Buffalo Bill Reservoir State Park, Bureau of Reclamation |
| County | Park County |
| Nearest town | Cody |
| Coordinates | 44.51100, -109.15600 |
| Best months to soak | December, February, January (largest gap between water and average air temperature) |
| Nearest campground | Hogan and Luce Campground, 19.8 mi |

## About Needle Hot Springs

A warm spring on the shore of Buffalo Bill Reservoir, inside the state park of the same name, five miles or so west of Cody in Park County. Needle Hot Springs carries the word hot in its name and does not live up to it. The water is tepid, fine for wading in summer and of no use for a soak. Access is open, and the road passes within a stone's throw.

You are on state park land at the reservoir, in the dry basin country east of the Absarokas. A car gets you there; the spring is less than sixty feet from pavement. Snow is moderate by Wyoming standards and the year sees under twenty inches of precipitation. The state park has fees and rules of its own that the record does not spell out.

Needle Hot Springs shares a USGS monitoring site with nearby Shoshone Hot Springs, and the 1970 chemistry on file for both is the same sample.

Roadside and open, so any season works if the road is clear. The winter months are the ones recorded as best. Hogan and Luce Campground is the nearest listed, around twenty miles off. The water chemistry dates to an August 1970 sample and the temperature figure is from the same era, so expect drift. Salty water, judging by the dissolved solids.

## Water chemistry

Lab sample from 1970-08-14 (Water Quality Portal).

| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| pH | 7 |
| Total dissolved solids | 1,400 mg/L |
| Calcium | 322 mg/L |
| Magnesium | 66 mg/L |
| Sodium | 30 mg/L |
| Sulfate | 402 mg/L |
| Chloride | 16 mg/L |

Records this spring holds:
- Tied for most minerals of Wyoming's 7 springs with a dissolved minerals reading: 1,400 mg/L

## Nearby

- Nearest city page: [Hot springs near Cody](https://www.soakingsprings.com/hot-springs/near/wyoming/cody), 2 mi away
- State page: [Hot springs in Wyoming](https://www.soakingsprings.com/hot-springs/wyoming)
- [Shoshone Hot Springs, WY](https://www.soakingsprings.com/hot-springs/wyoming/shoshone-hot-springs): 95°F source, pH 7.0, TDS 1,400 mg/L, Roadside, near Cody, Park County
- [De Maris Springs, WY](https://www.soakingsprings.com/hot-springs/wyoming/de-maris-springs): 97°F source, pH 7.0, TDS 1,400 mg/L, Roadside, near Cody, Park County
- [Buffalo Bill Reservoir Springs, WY](https://www.soakingsprings.com/hot-springs/wyoming/buffalo-bill-reservoir-springs-1): Warm, Short Walk, near Cody, Park County
- [Buffalo Bill Reservoir Springs, WY](https://www.soakingsprings.com/hot-springs/wyoming/buffalo-bill-reservoir-springs-3): Warm, Short Walk, near Cody, Park County
- [Buffalo Bill Reservoir Springs, WY](https://www.soakingsprings.com/hot-springs/wyoming/buffalo-bill-reservoir-springs-2): Warm, Short Walk, near Cody, Park County
- [Hot Springs, WY](https://www.soakingsprings.com/hot-springs/wyoming/hot-springs-carbon-county-2): Warm, Backcountry, near Red Lodge, Carbon County

## Questions

**What is the water temperature at Needle Hot Springs?**
Needle Hot Springs has a water temperature of 75°F (24°C). This is a warm thermal spring.

**Where is Needle Hot Springs located?**
Needle Hot Springs is located in Park County, Wyoming at 5,038 feet elevation, near Cody. Coordinates: 44.5110°N, 109.1560°W.

**How do I get to Needle Hot Springs?**
Needle Hot Springs has Roadside road access (56 ft from the road).

**Is Needle Hot Springs free to visit?**
Needle Hot Springs has Open access. It is managed by SPR.

**Can I camp near Needle Hot Springs?**
Yes, Hogan And Luce Campground is located nearby (19.8 miles away).

**What minerals are in the water at Needle Hot Springs?**
Water chemistry analysis shows the presence of pH, Total Dissolved Solids, Calcium, Magnesium, Sodium, Sulfate, Chloride. The pH is 7.0 (neutral). Total dissolved solids measure 1,400 mg/L.

## Sources

- USGS thermal springs records, Water Quality Portal lab analyses, OpenStreetMap, Wikipedia/Wikidata, NOAA climate normals