The 10 Best Hot Springs in Nevada
Nevada holds more natural hot springs than any other state, and its best run the full desert spectrum: clawfoot tubs at the edge of nowhere, a creek-side pool you ford a road for, resorts pouring 1862 water, and two geothermal spectacles you visit with your eyes. Every entry reflects current, verified access — including one beloved spring that industry just fenced off.
Rules of the empty quarter: full tank, offline maps, pack out everything, and test every source before your skin does.
Spencer: trough tubs and a warm pool under the Toiyabes with the darkest sky you'll ever soak beneath. Free, dispersed, perfect.
Directions, season & rules for Spencer Hot Springs →12-Mile: the long concrete pool on Bishop Creek near a ghost town — earn it across the fords, share it with the dog.
Directions, season & rules for Twelvemile Spring →Bog Hot: a warm river across ranch country near Denio — walk the ditch until the temperature is yours.
Directions, season & rules for Bog Hot Springs →Dyke: four clawfoot tubs with aim-your-own hot pipes, an hour from anywhere. The desert's most charming plumbing.
Directions, season & rules for Dyke Hot Springs →Kyle: rustic tubs and a cement pool in the Buena Vista Valley — quieter days ended when the geothermal plant moved in next door, but the soak endures.
Directions, season & rules for Kyle Hot Springs →
Carson Hot Springs: walk-in pools and private tubs serving the capital since 1849. No reservations, no fuss.
Directions, season & rules for Carson Hot Springs →David Walley's: Nevada's oldest operating springs (1862) under the Sierra front at Genoa — day passes and Locals Tuesday.
Directions, season & rules for Walleys Hot Springs →
Steamboat: Reno's mineral-dense private tubs on a live geothermal field — book 48 hours out.
Directions, season & rules for Steamboat Springs →
Fly Geyser: the alien terrace on Burning Man's ranch — guided Saturday walks only, no soaking, unforgettable anyway.
Directions, season & rules for Fly Ranch (Wards) Hot Springs →
Black Rock: the emerald source pool at the playa's edge — 150°F, look-don't-touch, and worth the eighty dirt miles at dawn.
Directions, season & rules for Black Rock Hot Spring →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.