The 10 Best Hot Springs in Montana
Montana does hot springs as social institutions: a wooden pool with live music, a Paradise Valley resort with a saloon, a 1930 hotel in a town named Hot Springs. These ten span polished to primitive-adjacent — with every fee, reservation rule, and guests-only catch verified against current operators.
Chico: Paradise Valley's century-old resort — pools, saloon, serious kitchen — thirty miles from Yellowstone's north gate.
Directions, season & rules for Chico Hot Springs →
Norris, 'water of the gods': a wooden pool, garden café, and poolside songwriters — cash-only, closed Tue–Wed, perfect.
Directions, season & rules for Norris Hot Springs →Bozeman: twelve pools from 59°F plunge to 106°F cooker plus saunas and weekend bands — the variety champion.
Directions, season & rules for Bozeman Hot Springs →Quinn's on the Clark Fork: seven pools, reservation-only three-hour blocks — book before you drive.
Directions, season & rules for Quinns Hot Springs →
Boulder: an 1883 National Register hotel with mineral pools and total quiet — substance-free throughout.
Directions, season & rules for Boulder Hot Springs →
The Symes in Hot Springs, MT: 1930 Mission-style hotel, tiled pools, the best porch in the Flathead country.
Directions, season & rules for Camas Hot Springs →
Lolo Hot Springs, Granite Springs
A natural thermal spring.
Lolo: the Lewis-and-Clark soak at the foot of the pass, ~$15 at the door.
Directions, season & rules for Lolo Hot Springs, Granite Springs →Elkhorn at 7,300 feet in the Pioneers: 1918 lodge, hillside sauna, time travel included.
Directions, season & rules for Elkhorn Hot Springs →Broadwater: Helena's seven-pool modern revival on the site of the world's-largest 1889 natatorium, open past 10pm.
Directions, season & rules for Broadwater (Helena) Hot Springs →
Fairmont: Montana's biggest springs complex — Olympic pools and waterslide — but overnight guests and members only; no day passes.
Directions, season & rules for Gregson Hot Springs →Rankings reflect our research, not a verdict on your trip — every spot page takes community ratings and conditions reports, and that's where the real answer to "is it worth it?" lives.