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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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