Montana hot springs
75 springs, hottest at the source is Ennis Hot Springs at 181°F.
Montana has plenty of hot water, 75 springs in this directory, but very little of it is free to sit in. Nearly every soakable spring was homesteaded, piped and built over between the 1860s and the 1920s, and the surviving pools are lodges, plunges and family resorts, a few of them on their third or fourth owner. That makes Montana an easy state for a soaking road trip: you can drive from Yellowstone’s north gate to the Idaho line and sleep at a hot springs almost every night. It is a poor state for the primitive-pool purist, and the one wild soak everyone used to know, Boiling River in Yellowstone, has been closed since the 2022 floods.
Where the springs are
Paradise Valley and Yellowstone’s north entrance. Chico Hot Springs in Pray, established in 1900 as the Chico Warm Springs Hotel, is the state’s best-known resort, with a historic lodge, restaurant and live music, about 48 miles from Bozeman. The directory records the Chico source at 113°F. Closer to the park, Yellowstone Hot Springs near Gardiner, about eight miles north of the north entrance, has two hot pools and a cold plunge along the Yellowstone River; the directory’s Laduke (Corwin) Hot Spring at 154°F is its source.
Bozeman and the Madison Valley. Bozeman Hot Springs, west of town, has twelve indoor and outdoor pools ranging from 59°F to 106°F, dry and wet saunas, a cold plunge and a bandstand for summer concerts; note that it closes from sundown Friday until sunset Saturday. Norris Hot Springs, on Highway 84 toward Ennis, is a single artesian-fed pool with a stage at one end for weekend bands, and food, beer and wine on site. Bear Trap Hot Springs in the Madison canyon, Ennis Hot Springs (181°F) and Renova Hot Springs near Whitehall are in the directory as sources; Renova is one of the state’s rare free riverbank soaks when the Jefferson is low.
Butte, Anaconda and Helena. Fairmont Hot Springs outside Anaconda is the big family resort, with two Olympic-size swimming pools, two mineral soaking pools and a 350-foot enclosed waterslide, but its pools are for resort guests only; Gregson Hot Springs (158°F) is its source name in the directory. Boulder Hot Springs south of Helena is a historic hotel with indoor plunges, steam rooms and an outdoor pool, fed by a 169°F source. Broadwater Hot Springs in Helena (151°F) has a bench-lined springs pool fed by an artesian well and cooled to soaking temperature.
The Bitterroot and the Clark Fork. Lolo Hot Springs, on US 12 near the Idaho line, has an indoor mineral pool and an outdoor pool at 102°F to 106°F, and is the last stop before Jerry Johnson across the pass. Quinns Hot Springs near Paradise on the Clark Fork is a riverside lodge with six pools, sold as reserved swim sessions or included with a stay. Sleeping Child Hot Springs near Hamilton is a private lodge rented to groups, and Medicine Hot Springs nearby changed hands in 2026, so verify access.
The Big Hole and Grasshopper valleys. Jackson Hot Springs Lodge, in a town of about 40 people in the Big Hole Valley, has one outdoor pool with warmer and cooler ends, a lodge bar and restaurant, weekend live music and cabins and camping. Elkhorn Hot Springs near Polaris is a rustic lodge with two outdoor pools, an indoor wet sauna and a restaurant.
Hot Springs, Montana, and the Flathead. The town of Hot Springs on the Flathead Reservation has Symes Hot Springs Hotel, Camas Hot Springs (113°F) and several small bathhouses and plunges; Wild Horse Hot Springs is a nearby cabin-and-tub operation.
The Hi-Line. Sleeping Buffalo Hot Springs near Saco, on US 2, has a main pool, hot tub and sauna and is the only developed soak in northeastern Montana, a long way from everything else on this page. White Sulphur Springs, in the center of the state, has Spa Hot Springs with three mineral pools fed by a 136°F source.
When to go
Year-round, and winter is the point. Montana’s resorts are open through the cold months, and a soak in falling snow at Chico, Norris or Quinn’s is the version to aim for. Summer brings concerts at Bozeman and Norris and the chance to combine soaking with Yellowstone. Renova and the other riverbank seeps are only usable in low water, late summer into fall.
Etiquette and safety
- Yellowstone: soaking in thermal features is prohibited, Boiling River is closed, and the park warns that all thermal water can carry organisms that cause illness. Soak outside the park.
- Resort rules: swimsuits, no glass, and check hours; Bozeman’s Friday-to-Saturday closure catches visitors every week.
- Most of Montana’s remaining undeveloped springs are on private ranch land. Fences mean no; ask in town before walking in.
- Several directory sources exceed 150°F (Ennis, Laduke, Boulder, Gregson). Never enter water at the source.
- Winter driving to the valley lodges means ice, deer and long gaps between fuel stops. Book ahead; Jackson and Elkhorn run limited schedules.
Practical logistics
Bozeman is the hub with the airport and the shortest drives to Chico, Norris and Bozeman Hot Springs. Missoula serves Lolo, Quinn’s and the Bitterroot. Butte sits between Fairmont, Boulder and the Big Hole. Gardiner is the base for Yellowstone Hot Springs and the park’s north entrance. Nearly every resort on this page has rooms or cabins on site.
Map
Springs by nearest town
Anaconda
- Gregson Hot Springs
near Anaconda / 158°F (70°C) / Resort or commercial
Gregson Hot Springs also known as Fairmont Hot Springs, is a geothermal hot spring system located in Silver Bow County, Montana. Over the years the mineral-rich hot spring water was thought to relieve rheumatism and arthritis among other ailments.
Boulder
- Boulder Hot Springs
near Boulder / 169°F (76°C) / Resort or commercial
Boulder Hot Springs Inn, Spa and Retreat Center is a historic hot springs inn on almost 300 acres in the Peace Valley south of Helena near Boulder, run as an alcohol, drug and smoke-free retreat.
Bozeman
- Bozeman Hot Springs
near Bozeman / 131°F (55°C) / Resort or commercial
Bozeman Hot Springs is a commercial hot springs pool complex and fitness facility in Four Corners west of Bozeman, open to the public with paid admission.
Gardiner
- Laduke (Corwin) Hot Spring
near Gardiner / 154°F (68°C) / Resort or commercial
Yellowstone Hot Springs is a developed natural hot springs pool complex with an adjoining RV park on the Yellowstone River at Corwin Springs, north of Gardiner, Montana.
Helena
- Broadwater Hot Springs
near Helena / 151°F (66°C) / Resort or commercial
Broadwater Hot Springs and Fitness is a developed natural mineral hot springs pool complex with a fitness center and restaurant about ten minutes from downtown Helena.
Hot Springs
- Camas Hot Springs
near Hot Springs / 113°F (45°C) / Unknown
Camas Hot Springs, also known as Big Medicine Hot Springs, is a group of historic hot springs in Hot Springs, Sanders County, Montana, United States.
Jackson
- Jardine Hot Spring
near Jackson / 140°F (60°C) / Unknown
This hot spring lies just east of the small community of Jackson in Beaverhead County, on Montana Secondary Highway 278 south of Wisdom, near Warm Springs Creek.
Lolo
- Lolo Hot Springs, Granite Springs
near Lolo / 111°F (44°C) / Resort or commercial
Lolo Hot Springs is a historic commercial hot springs resort on US Highway 12 in the Lolo National Forest between Lolo and the Idaho border, with hot springs pools, a hotel, restaurant and RV, tent and cabin camping. The Lewis and Clark Expedition used the springs on June 29, 1806, and North America's first luge run was built here in 1965.
Norris
- Norris Hot Springs
near Norris / 127°F (53°C) / Resort or commercial
Norris is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in northeastern Madison County, Montana, United States, at the intersection of U.S. Route 287 and Montana Highway 84. As of the 2020 census, the first where it was listed as a CDP, the population was 46.
Paradise
- Quinns Hot Springs
near Paradise / 109°F (43°C) / Resort or commercial
Quinn's Hot Springs Resort on Montana Highway 135 in Paradise has five natural flow-through hot springs pools between 100 and 106 degrees F plus a 55 degree cold plunge, with lodging and dining; day-use swimming for non-lodging guests is by advance reservation.
Polaris
- Elkhorn Hot Springs
near Polaris / 118°F (48°C) / Resort or commercial
Elkhorn Hot Springs is a geothermal spring in Montana (near Polaris, Beaverhead County) with a recorded surface temperature of 118°F (48°C).
Pray
- Chico Hot Springs
near Pray / 113°F (45°C) / Resort or commercial
Chico Hot Springs are located near Pray, Montana. It is approximately 30 miles north of Yellowstone National Park.
Warm Springs
- Warm Springs (State Hospital)
near Warm Springs / 172°F (78°C) / Private property
The Warm Springs rise on the campus of Montana State Hospital in the community of Warm Springs, where hot water seeps from a limestone cone about 40 feet high. Native Americans called the mound the Lodge of the Whitetailed Deer, giving the Deer Lodge Valley its name.
White Sulphur Springs
- White Sulphur Hot Springs
near White Sulphur Springs / 136°F (58°C) / Resort or commercial
The Spa Hot Springs Motel on Main Street in White Sulphur Springs offers three natural mineral hot spring pools at different temperatures, with motel lodging.
Other locations
- Alhambra Hot Springs
138°F (59°C) / Unknown
Alhambra Hot Springs is a geothermal spring in Montana with a recorded surface temperature of 138°F (59°C).
- Anaconda Hot Springs
72°F (22°C) / Unknown
Anaconda Hot Springs is a geothermal spring in Montana with a recorded surface temperature of 72°F (22°C).
- Anderson Springs
77°F (25°C) / Unknown
Anderson Springs is a geothermal spring in Montana with a recorded surface temperature of 77°F (25°C).
- Andersons Pasture Springs
82°F (28°C) / Unknown
Andersons Pasture Springs is a geothermal spring in Montana with a recorded surface temperature of 82°F (28°C).
- Apex Warm Spring
77°F (25°C) / Unknown
Apex Warm Spring is a geothermal spring in Montana with a recorded surface temperature of 77°F (25°C).
- Avon Warm Spring
79°F (26°C) / Unknown
Avon Warm Spring is a geothermal spring in Montana with a recorded surface temperature of 79°F (26°C).
- Bear Creek Springs
72°F (22°C) / Unknown
Bear Creek Springs is a geothermal spring in Montana with a recorded surface temperature of 72°F (22°C).
- Bear Trap Hot Springs
Madison County / Unknown
Bear Trap Hot Springs is a geothermal spring in Montana (Madison County).
- Bearmouth Warm Spring 1
68°F (20°C) / Unknown
Bearmouth Warm Spring 1 is a geothermal spring in Montana with a recorded surface temperature of 68°F (20°C).
- Bearmouth Warm Spring 2
68°F (20°C) / Unknown
Bearmouth Warm Spring 2 is a geothermal spring in Montana with a recorded surface temperature of 68°F (20°C).
- Beaverhead Rock Spring
81°F (27°C) / Unknown
Beaverhead Rock Spring is a geothermal spring in Montana with a recorded surface temperature of 81°F (27°C).
- Bedford Hot Springs
74°F (24°C) / Unknown
Bedford Hot Springs is a geothermal spring in Montana with a recorded surface temperature of 74°F (24°C).
- Biltmore Hot Springs
Private property
Biltmore Hot Springs is a geothermal spring in Montana.
- Blue Joint Hot Spring 1
84°F (29°C) / Unknown
Blue Joint Hot Spring 1 is a geothermal spring in Montana with a recorded surface temperature of 84°F (29°C).
- Blue Joint Hot Springs
Unknown
Blue Joint Hot Springs is a geothermal spring in Montana.
- Blue Joint Hot Springs 2
84°F (29°C) / Unknown
Blue Joint Hot Springs 2 is a geothermal spring in Montana with a recorded surface temperature of 84°F (29°C).
- Bridger Canyon Warm Spring
70°F (21°C) / Unknown
Bridger Canyon Warm Spring is a geothermal spring in Montana with a recorded surface temperature of 70°F (21°C).
- Brooks Warm Spring
68°F (20°C) / Unknown
Brooks Warm Spring is a geothermal spring in Montana with a recorded surface temperature of 68°F (20°C).
- Browns Springs
75°F (24°C) / Unknown
Browns Springs is a geothermal spring in Montana with a recorded surface temperature of 75°F (24°C).
- Carter Bridge Warm Springs
82°F (28°C) / Unknown
Carter Bridge Warm Springs is a geothermal spring in Montana with a recorded surface temperature of 82°F (28°C).
- Deerlodge Prison Ranch Springs
79°F (26°C) / Unknown
Deerlodge Prison Ranch Springs is a geothermal spring in Montana with a recorded surface temperature of 79°F (26°C).
- Durfee Creek Springs
70°F (21°C) / Unknown
Durfee Creek Springs is a geothermal spring in Montana with a recorded surface temperature of 70°F (21°C).
- Ennis Hot Springs
181°F (83°C) / Unknown
Ennis Hot Springs is a geothermal spring in Montana with a recorded surface temperature of 181°F (83°C).
- Gallogly Spring
100°F (38°C) / Unknown
Gallogly Spring is a geothermal spring in Montana with a recorded surface temperature of 100°F (38°C).
- Garrison Warm Springs
77°F (25°C) / Unknown
Garrison Warm Springs is a geothermal spring in Montana with a recorded surface temperature of 77°F (25°C).
- Green Springs
79°F (26°C) / Unknown
Green Springs is a geothermal spring in Montana with a recorded surface temperature of 79°F (26°C).
- Halvorson Hot Spring
Rosebud County / Unknown
Halvorson Hot Spring is a geothermal spring in Montana (Rosebud County).
- Hot Springs
Jefferson County / Unknown
Hot Springs is a geothermal spring in Montana (Jefferson County).
- Hot Springs
Ravalli County / Unknown
Hot Springs is a geothermal spring in Montana (Ravalli County).
- Hunters Hot Springs
Park County / 140°F (60°C) / Unknown
Hunters Hot Springs is a geothermal spring in Montana (Park County) with a recorded surface temperature of 140°F (60°C).
- Jackson Hot Springs
Beaverhead County / Unknown
Jackson Hot Springs is a geothermal spring in Montana (Beaverhead County).
- Landusky Springs
70°F (21°C) / Unknown
Landusky Springs is a geothermal spring in Montana with a recorded surface temperature of 70°F (21°C).
- Little Warm Springs
73°F (23°C) / Unknown
Little Warm Springs is a geothermal spring in Montana with a recorded surface temperature of 73°F (23°C).
- Lodgepole (Big Warm) Springs
79°F (26°C) / Unknown
Lodgepole (Big Warm) Springs is a geothermal spring in Montana with a recorded surface temperature of 79°F (26°C).
- Lolo Hot Springs
Missoula County / Unknown
Lolo Hot Springs (Salish: smtt̓m̓čqi or sntt̓mčqey, "Steam on a Ridge Top" ) is an unincorporated community in Missoula County, Montana, United States. It is centered on a commercial hot springs and contains a hotel and restaurant.
- Lovells Hot Spring
72°F (22°C) / Unknown
Lovells Hot Spring is a geothermal spring in Montana with a recorded surface temperature of 72°F (22°C).
- McMenomey Ranch Spring
68°F (20°C) / Unknown
McMenomey Ranch Spring is a geothermal spring in Montana with a recorded surface temperature of 68°F (20°C).
- Medicine (Sun River) Springs
86°F (30°C) / Unknown
Medicine (Sun River) Springs is a geothermal spring in Montana with a recorded surface temperature of 86°F (30°C).
- Medicine Hot Springs
117°F (47°C) / Unknown
Medicine Hot Springs is a geothermal spring in Montana with a recorded surface temperature of 117°F (47°C).
- New Biltmore Hot Springs
127°F (53°C) / Unknown
New Biltmore Hot Springs is a geothermal spring in Montana with a recorded surface temperature of 127°F (53°C).
- Nimrod Warm Springs
70°F (21°C) / Unknown
Nimrod Warm Springs is a geothermal spring in Montana with a recorded surface temperature of 70°F (21°C).
- Pipestone Hot Springs
135°F (57°C) / Unknown
Pipestone Hot Springs is a geothermal spring in Montana with a recorded surface temperature of 135°F (57°C).
- Potosi Hot Springs
Madison County / 122°F (50°C) / Unknown
Potosi Hot Springs is a geothermal spring in Montana (Madison County) with a recorded surface temperature of 122°F (50°C).
- Puller Hot Springs
Madison County / 111°F (44°C) / Unknown
Puller Hot Springs is a geothermal spring in Montana (Madison County) with a recorded surface temperature of 111°F (44°C).
- Renova Hot Springs
122°F (50°C) / Unknown
Renova Hot Springs is a geothermal spring in Montana with a recorded surface temperature of 122°F (50°C).
- Renova Hotspring
Unknown
Renova Hotspring is a geothermal spring in Montana.
- Silver Star Hot Springs
163°F (73°C) / Unknown
Silver Star Hot Springs is a geothermal spring in Montana with a recorded surface temperature of 163°F (73°C).
- Sleeping Buffalo Hot Springs
Phillips County / Unknown
Sleeping Buffalo Hot Springs is a geothermal spring in Montana (Phillips County).
- Sleeping Child Hot Springs
Ravalli County / 122°F (50°C) / Unknown
Sleeping Child Hot Springs is a geothermal spring in Montana (Ravalli County) with a recorded surface temperature of 122°F (50°C).
- Sloan Cow Camp Spring
86°F (30°C) / Unknown
Sloan Cow Camp Spring is a geothermal spring in Montana with a recorded surface temperature of 86°F (30°C).
- Staudenmeyer Springs
82°F (28°C) / Unknown
Staudenmeyer Springs is a geothermal spring in Montana with a recorded surface temperature of 82°F (28°C).
- The (Landusky) Plunge
77°F (25°C) / Unknown
The (Landusky) Plunge is a geothermal spring in Montana with a recorded surface temperature of 77°F (25°C).
- Trudau Warm Springs
73°F (23°C) / Unknown
Trudau Warm Springs is a geothermal spring in Montana with a recorded surface temperature of 73°F (23°C).
- Vigilante Spring
75°F (24°C) / Unknown
Vigilante Spring is a geothermal spring in Montana with a recorded surface temperature of 75°F (24°C).
- Warm Spring
Fergus County / Unknown
Warm Spring is a geothermal spring in Montana (Fergus County).
- Warm Spring
Beaverhead County / Unknown
Warm Spring is a geothermal spring in Montana (Beaverhead County).
- Warm Springs
Madison County / Unknown
Warm Springs is a geothermal spring in Montana (Madison County).
- Warm Springs
Madison County / Unknown
Warm Springs is a geothermal spring in Montana (Madison County).
- West Fork Swimming Hole
79°F (26°C) / Unknown
West Fork Swimming Hole is a geothermal spring in Montana with a recorded surface temperature of 79°F (26°C).
- Wild Horse Hot Springs
Lake County / Unknown
Wild Horse Hot Springs is located 2.5 miles (4.0 km) outside of the town of Hot Springs, in Lake County, Montana, United States. Wild Horse was developed in 1913 when a well driller hit 128 °F (53 °C) hot water, and has "private plunges, but little else." Wild Horse was originally known as Camp Aqua Bath House.
- Wolf Creek Hot Spring
Madison County / 154°F (68°C) / Unknown
Wolf Creek Hot Spring is a geothermal spring in Montana (Madison County) with a recorded surface temperature of 154°F (68°C).