Tag
geothermal
5 Porch Notes tagged “geothermal,” from counties across Colorado.
Water and land - Archuleta County
Soaking above the world's deepest measured hot spring
Pagosa Springs sits above the Mother Spring, a geothermal spring so deep that the plumb line never found the bottom, and you can soak in the riverside pools it feeds.
Read note ->History and culture - Clear Creek County
The hot springs that put the "Springs" in Idaho Springs
The steaming geothermal water that drew a prospector here in 1859 still feeds a soaking spot you can visit today.
Read note ->Water and land - Alamosa County
Why You Can Swim in Warm Water at 7,500 Feet North of Alamosa
Splashland, a beloved seasonal swimming pool a mile north of Alamosa, runs on geothermal water that drillers hit by accident in 1955 while looking for oil.
Read note ->Water and land - Grand County
Hot Sulphur Springs is named for warm water that rises along faults and cracks in the rock
The town of Hot Sulphur Springs takes its name from natural hot springs that surface where deep-warmed water finds a path up through faults and permeable zones to the Colorado River valley.
Read note ->Water and land - La Plata County
Warm springs north of Durango come from faults in the Animas Valley
The thermal springs along the Animas Valley north of Durango, including the Pinkerton and Trimble springs, are fault-controlled geothermal features studied by the Colorado Geological Survey.
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