Tenakee 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: Sitka
Coordinates: 57.781, -135.217

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About Tenakee Hot Springs

Tenakee 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 Tenakee 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

A 105°F sulfur bath in continuous use since before 1895, in a roadless boardwalk village reached by ferry or floatplane. The bathhouse runs on donations and strict tradition: women's and men's hours, no suits, soap-shower first. This is soaking as civic institution.

Getting there

Road: None — Alaska Marine Highway ferry (~5 hours from Juneau, twice weekly) or a 30-minute floatplane
Hike: 0 mi round trip (easy)
Heads up: The tub is steps from the dock.

When to go

Year-round on the ferry schedule; summer brings the village to life.

Rules & fees

Fee / pass: Donation to the bathhouse fund
Hours: Women 9am–2pm & 6–10pm; men 2–6pm & 10pm–9am — strictly observed
Camping: Dispersed in the surrounding Tongass
Warnings: The etiquette is the admission fee — learn it before you go.

Researched from Alaska.org — Tenakee. Conditions change — verify before you drive. Been to Tenakee 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.