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hot springs
10 Porch Notes tagged “hot springs,” 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 - Archuleta County
The hot spring that gave Pagosa Springs its name
The geothermal spring at the center of Pagosa Springs has drawn people since long before the town existed, and its story includes Ute and earlier Native histories that deserve careful telling.
Read note ->Outdoors and wildfire - Garfield County
Glenwood's Grand Pool: a soak the length of a city block and a half
Glenwood Hot Springs Resort's Grand Pool has been Garfield County's signature soak since 1888 — about 405 feet of mineral water kept near 90 degrees.
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 ->History and culture - Garfield County
Glenwood Springs grew up around its hot springs
The mineral hot springs at Glenwood Springs were known to the Ute people long before the town, and that water is a central part of why the place grew where it did.
Read note ->History and culture - Routt County
How Steamboat Springs got its name
Steamboat Springs is named for a mineral spring whose chugging sound reminded early travelers of a steamboat engine, a sound later quieted by the railroad.
Read note ->History and culture - Ouray County
Ouray's hot springs pool and Box Canyon are run by the city
The Ouray Hot Springs Pool and Box Canyon Falls Park are both owned and operated by the City of Ouray, which is why they have set hours, fees, and rules rather than open access.
Read note ->Water and land - Chaffee County
The Chalk Cliffs below Mount Princeton are not made of chalk
The pale Chalk Cliffs on the flank of Mount Princeton are altered granite, tied to the same underground heat that feeds the area's hot springs along Chalk Creek.
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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