Serpentine Hot Springs

If you're passing

Is it plungeworthy?

—temperature

A natural thermal spring.

Scale30/60

Documentation14/20

Character10/20

The details

Soak: Temperature unrecorded
Area: Bendeleben
Coordinates: 65.858, -164.71

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About Serpentine Hot Springs

Serpentine Hot Springs is a natural hot spring in Alaska.

At that temperature it's temperature unrecorded — check current conditions and always test the water before getting in.

Plungeworthy rates Serpentine Hot Springs 5.4/10 — if you're passing. The score weighs its scale, how confidently it's mapped, and its character.

What you'll find

Granite tors ring a tundra valley where a redwood tub steams inside a weathered bathhouse — Serpentine Hot Springs, the soul of Bering Land Bridge National Preserve. Bush plane from Nome to a gravel strip, bunkhouse sleeps twelve, first-come, free.

Getting there

Road: None — bush plane from Nome (~1 hour) to the unmaintained strip; overland by snowmachine or a serious multi-day trek
Hike: 0 mi round trip (hard)
Heads up: Bring fuel, sleeping bag, and margin; the preserve provides the stove and the silence.

When to go

March–April for snowmachine season and northern lights; summer for tundra and tors. Weather owns every schedule.

Rules & fees

Fee / pass: Free — no reservation, no permit
Camping: Bunkhouse first-come; tent camping nearby
Warnings: The tors are culturally significant to the Iñupiat — leave no trace means everything here.

Researched from NPS — Serpentine Hot Springs. Conditions change — verify before you drive. Been to Serpentine Hot Springs recently? Post a conditions report below.

Where it is

Before you go

The pin marks the feature, not a trailhead or a legal route in. Some sit on private land or need a real hike, and conditions change with season and rain. Check local access, don't trespass, and never enter water — hot or cold — where it isn't safe.