Oregon · Hot spring

Terwilliger Hot Spring

42 mi from Eugene · ~1.2 hr drive

Terwilliger Hot Spring is a hot spring catalogued in Oregon by the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System — about 42 miles from Eugene, OR. 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: Oregon
Nearest city: Eugene, OR · 42 mi · ~1.2 hr drive
Type: Hot spring
Coordinates: 44.0835°, -122.2392°
County: Lane
GNIS ID: 1156955

From Wikipedia: Terwilliger Hot Springs, also known as Cougar Hot Springs, are geothermal pools in the Willamette National Forest in the U.S. state of Oregon, 53 miles (85 km) east of Eugene. The springs drain into Rider Creek, which in turn drains into Cougar Reservoir. They are about a quarter mile from Forest Service Road 19, also known as Aufderheide Memorial Drive. Excerpt from the Wikipedia article on Terwilliger Hot Springs, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Visiting Terwilliger Hot Spring

Trip planning

The exact location is at 44.0835°, -122.2392° — open in Google Maps for driving directions from your location.

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Sources

Public data

Location data for Terwilliger 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.