howdy all. just thought i would post about another hot spring that i visited recently. it is an abandoned hot springs resort named warm springs out in the middle of nowhere nevada. i posted a picture in the pictures section, check it out.
it is on highway 6 about 50 miles east of tonopah where the highway intersects with the extraterrestrial highway (375). its just a couple of old abandoned buildings and a really nice big hot springs pool. don't let the name warm springs fool you, the water is about 104 at the end of the pool where it is channeled in from the ditch and around 98 at the other end, where it outlets. as you can see in the picture on the upper right hand side, the ditch runs up into the hillside where it comes out of the ground. i can't even imagine how hot it is up there. the pool is huge, about 25 feet by 75 feet and up to 5 feet deep, you can swim laps in it. there is even a changing room and the pool was very clean, obviously cared for by someone. the water was very clean as well with hardly a scent of sulphur. it is gated off with a keep out sign, but there is a big hole in the fence behind the changing room, and i didn't see one car pass in the 2 hours i was out there. seriously, its in the middle of nowhere. a nice excursion while out there is to drive off the highway about 10 miles west into a huge open valley where i saw hundreds of wild horses roaming around. and the ghost town of tybo to the northeast is kind of cool if you are into that kind of thing.