An aerial view of the Hart Mountain Hot Springs Campround (Oregon). The hot springs bathhouse is located near the center of the photo. The barren geothermal area to the right of the bathhouse houses a couple of other small warm soaking pools.

The hot springs bathhouse found in the Hot Springs Campground at Hart Mountain Antelope Refuge.

A soaking-level view of the interior of the bathhouse pictured above.

A very toasty tub of hot water water at South Harney Hot Springs, southeastern Oregon.
This hot spring was formerly posted and closed but is now apparently open again (as of 09-2021).

A panoramic view of the South Harney Hot Springs setting on the margins of the very dry Harney Lake.

A closer aerial view of South Harney Hot Springs.

Bog Hot Springs, northwestern Nevada.

It's only a short kayak float from the south shore of Paulina Lake in Newberry Caldera to the
Paulina Lake Warm Springs. A couple of small pools of warm water overlook the lake.

Located on the south shoreline of East Lake, the East Lake Hot Springs are small but quite hot.

Hot springs on a Malheur River island near Juntura, eastern Oregon.

An unusually quiet moment at McCredie Hot Springs (Oregon). The spring and site of a former resort that was washed away in a flood sits a few feet from the Middle Fork Willamette River but is also a frisbee toss from a major highway.

Diana's Punchbowl, Monitor Valley (Nevada). The pool of water at the bottom is reported to be about 135F.

Left: Steaming spatter cones near Pahoa, Big Island (Hawaii). Right: Entry into a spatter cone steam room.

Ahalanui County Park warm pond on the Puna Coast of the Big Island, Hawaii. Following a 1960 eruption, the formerly cool pool had been naturally geothermally-heated. The pool - along with the nearby Kapoho Warm Ponds - was finally claimed in early July of 2018 by lavas originating from fissure eruptions associated with the East Rift Zone of Kilauea Volcano.

A warm pool of fresh water near Isaac Hale State Park, Puna Coast of the Big Island. The pool was untouched by the 2018 eruptions in this area.

Travertine deposits and caves at Soda Dam Hot Springs, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico.

A surprise pool hidden in one of the caves above.

Barnes Warm Spring, located at a historic site a short walk from downtown Frenchglen, Oregon.

Summer Lake Hot Springs, Oregon Great Basin. There's a warm swimming pool hiding inside the barn.

The warm pond at the Virgin Valley Campground, Sheldon Wildlife Refuge, Nevada.

Sunset at Harney Lake Hot Springs (Oregon)

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