Baker Hot Springs, Thermal pools in Juab County, United States.
Baker Hot Springs consists of three concrete pools situated in the desert landscape of Juab County, Utah. The pools are fed by natural hot mineral springs and allow visitors to control water temperature by mixing hot and cold water sources on-site.
The springs were formerly called Crater Springs and Abraham Hot Springs. They rise from a travertine and alluvial mound on the east flank of Fumarole Butte, a Quaternary basaltic andesite shield volcano. A 1976 inventory mapped 40 spring openings; the three concrete soaking pools are all that remains of an old resort.
The springs were once called Crater Springs and Abraham Hot Springs. The three concrete soaking pools, each about 5 by 8 feet, are all that remains of an old resort. A cold-water channel beside them lets bathers cool the 82 °C water, and nearby hot seeps can be dug out into primitive pools.
The springs sit on Fumarole Butte in the Sevier Desert, northwest of Delta in Juab County; the surrounding area is fenced but accessible. The three concrete soaking pools lie west of the spring heads, and a channel of cold spring water beside them can be diverted to cool the hot water. Nearby hot seeps can be dug out for primitive pools.
The 1976 inventory counted 40 spring openings with an estimated combined flow of 90 litres per second; by 2011 discharge was about 17 gallons per second. The water carries manganese and high sulphur, giving it a rotten-egg smell. A cold-water channel beside the pools can be diverted in to cool the soaking water.
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