Spencer 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: Millett
Coordinates: 39.328, -116.858

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About Spencer Hot Springs

Spencer Hot Springs is a natural hot spring in Nevada.

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

Plungeworthy rates Spencer 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

Cattle-trough tubs and a warm mud-bottom pool scattered across a sage bench with the Toiyabe Range walling the west — central Nevada's dark-sky soak, where the Milky Way is the main event and the 130°F source feeds whichever tub you pick.

Getting there

Parking: Dirt pull-ins at each tub cluster
Road: ~19 miles from Austin via US-50 and seven washboard dirt miles; 4WD after weather
Hike: 0.2 mi round trip, 20 ft of climb (easy)
Heads up: Multiple soak spots — spread out rather than queue.

When to go

Year-round; fall and spring are ideal, summer days bake, winter roads can drift shut. Nights belong to the stargazers.

Rules & fees

Fee / pass: None — BLM
Dogs: Leashed; out of the water
Camping: Free dispersed on-site — no facilities of any kind
Warnings: Source scalds near the inflow; no cell service — offline maps.

Researched from Travel Nevada — Spencer. Conditions change — verify before you drive. Been to Spencer 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.