New Mexico · Hot spring

Spence Hot Spring

53 mi from Albuquerque · ~1.5 hr drive

Spence Hot Spring is a hot spring catalogued in New Mexico by the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System — about 53 miles from Albuquerque, NM. 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.

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: New Mexico
Nearest city: Albuquerque, NM · 53 mi · ~1.5 hr drive
Type: Hot spring
Coordinates: 35.8494°, -106.6292°
County: Sandoval
GNIS ID: 914429

From Wikipedia: Spence Hot Springs are a group of geothermal springs located north of the town of Jemez Springs, New Mexico. Excerpt from the Wikipedia article on Spence Hot Springs, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Visiting Spence Hot Spring

Trip planning

The exact location is at 35.8494°, -106.6292° — open in Google Maps for driving directions from your location.

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Other hot springs within 30 miles

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New Mexico · Hot spring

Jemez Hot Springs Original Springs

6 miles from Spence Hot Spring

New Mexico · Hot spring

San Antonio Hot Spring

6 miles from Spence Hot Spring

New Mexico · Hot spring

Jemez Hot Springs

6 miles from Spence Hot Spring

New Mexico · Hot spring

Jemez Hot Springs

7 miles from Spence Hot Spring

New Mexico · Warm spring

San Antonio Warm Spring

9 miles from Spence Hot Spring

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Warm Springs

20 miles from Spence Hot Spring

Sources

Public data

Location data for Spence Hot Spring 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.