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Hot Springs

Texas

Hot Springs is a hot spring catalogued in Texas by the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System — inside Big Bend National Park. Coordinates and the closest documented metro are listed below; for current access and soaking rules, check with the relevant land manager before visiting.

Safety & access

Read before visiting
Verify access before driving in. The U.S. Geological Survey catalogs the geographic feature, not its access status. Hot springs in our database span the full range from developed public soaking pools to private resorts to wild thermal water on federal/state land. Some require entry fees; some are on private property; some are in National Park Service units where soaking is prohibited.

This feature is inside Big Bend National Park and is federally protected. Stay on designated boardwalks and trails — leaving them damages fragile thermal-features and is illegal. Soaking is prohibited in most NPS thermal areas.

Before you go: check current conditions and access rules with the relevant land manager — National Park Service unit, U.S. Forest Service ranger district, Bureau of Land Management field office, state-park department, or the property owner if it's private. Wild thermal water can be unsafe to enter without a thermometer; surface temperatures can vary dramatically from the deeper pool. When in doubt, don't soak.

State
Texas
Type
Hot spring
County
Brewster
GNIS ID
1998639

About Big Bend National Park

National Park Service unit

Hot Springs is inside Big Bend National Park, a U.S. National Park managed by the National Park Service. Conditions, road status, trail closures, boardwalk routing, and reservation requirements are published directly on the park's NPS page — check it before driving in, especially in winter.

Entrance fee: $30 per vehicle. Per vehicle, valid 7 days. An America the Beautiful annual pass ($80) covers entrance to all NPS units and is worth it after ~3 park visits per year.

Park homepage: https://www.nps.gov/bibe/

Visiting Hot Springs

Trip planning

The exact location is at 29.1810°, -102.9921° — open in Google Maps for driving directions from your location.

If you've visited Hot Springs and have current notes (parking, access, soaking rules, fees, ownership), tell us at /contact — we update pages as we learn more.

Other hot springs within 30 miles

2 nearby

Sources

Public data

Location data for Hot Springs comes from the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System (public domain), feature class "Spring". We filter the GNIS Spring catalog to thermal features by name pattern (hot spring, warm spring, geyser, boiling spring, thermal). The GNIS records the geographic feature itself; access rules, ownership, and current conditions come from the relevant land manager. To suggest corrections, see our methodology page or contact us.