WA hot spring, hydrothermal spring, or geothermal spring is a spring produced by the emergence of geothermally heated groundwater that rises from the Earth's crust. While some of these springs contain water that is a safe temperature for bathing, others are hot enough that immersion can be harmful, i.e., lead to scalding and, potentially, a death.
WThe al Thowarah hot spring, also called the Nakhal spring, is located a few kilometres from the Nakhal Fort in Oman, located off the road that connects Birka with Rustaq. It is a green area where a spring forms a stream in a wadi (valley).
WAquae Sulis was a small town in the Roman province of Britannia. Today it is the English city of Bath, Somerset. The Antonine Itinerary register of Roman roads lists the town as Aquis Sulis. Ptolemy records the town as Aquae calidae in his 2nd-century work Geographia.
WAs Burgas are hot springs in the historic center of Ourense, in Galicia, Spain. They include Burga do Medio, which is infused with gas, Burga de Arriba and a Burga de Abaixo. The waters are similar to those of Carlsbad, and gush from granite rock to the west of the town at almost the boiling point. The hot mineral waters gush at 80 gallons per minute.
WBaker Hot Springs (also known as Crater Springs and Abraham Hot Springs are a series of geothermal spring located on Fumarole Butte, northwest of the town of Delta, Utah.
WBig Caliente Hot Springs are a grouping of thermal mineral springs located in the Los Padres National Forest of California.
WBlack Sand Basin is one of a grouping of a geothermal hot springs and geysers located in the Upper Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. The spring is too hot to use as a mineral bath as its scalding 200+ degree Fahrenheit water has proven to be fatal. In the winter, there is a marked ski trail that runs from the Old Faithful Visitor Center to Black Sand Basin
WThe Boiling Lake is a flooded fumarole located in Morne Trois Pitons National Park, a World Heritage site on the island of Dominica. The lake, located 6.5 miles (10.5 km) east of Dominica's capital Roseau, is filled with bubbling greyish-blue water that is usually enveloped in a cloud of vapour. The Boiling Lake is approximately 200 feet (61 m) to 250 feet (76 m) across and is the second-largest hot lake in the world after Frying Pan Lake, located in Waimangu Valley near Rotorua, New Zealand.
WChinati Hot Springs, also known as Ruidosa Hot Springs and Kingston Hot Springs, are volcanic thermal springs and historical oasis located north of Ruidosa, Texas in the Big Bend region of the Chihuahuan Desert, near the town of Presidio.
WCrystal Springs hot springs is a system of geothermal springs and seeps near Ash Springs, located at the site of a ghost town, Crystal Springs, Nevada. Several marshes and springs are located along the White River.
WEl Pandeño hotspring, officially known as "San José de Pandos", is home to the endemic Julimes pupfish considered to be one of the freshwater teleosts that lives at the highest temperatures. This spring is about 700 m2 (7,500 sq ft) in size and located in the Rio Conchos Basin, Chihuahua, Mexico. It is among several springs impacted by increasing pumping that depletes the local groundwater supply. The spring and its aquatic wildlife are under the custody of local NGO Amigos del Pandeño, A.C.
WGuadalupe Canyon Hot Springs are a grouping of geothermal springs located near Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico. The hot mineral water is discharged through a number of springs that divert the flow through man-made aqueducts into rock and concrete pools. The hot springs were used by indigenous people for many years before more recents settlers arrived.
WJordan Hot Springs is series of thermal mineral springs located in the Golden Trout Wilderness, Inyo National Forest, California.
WThe Kanniya Hot Springs is a site with hot wells located in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka. There are seven wells in a square shape. Wells are only 3–4 feet deep and you can clearly see the bottom. The temperature is considerably high but vary slightly from one spring to another. Wells run out of water, when 10-15 buckets of water are taken out.
WKanuti Hot Springs is a geothermal spring in an area of critical environmental concern in the Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, 15 miles north of the Arctic Circle.
WThe Kochbrunnen in Wiesbaden is the most famous hot spring in city. It is a sodium chloride hot spring. Its name refers to the water temperature of about 66 °C.
WLava Hot Springs, are a system of geothermal mineral springs in the Lava Hot Springs, Idaho area.
WThis is a dynamic list of hot springs in the United States. This list is not for commercial establishments such as resort hotels, spas, bathhouses, bed-and-breakfasts, new age retreats, "wellness" centers or geothermal energy companies.
WThe Ma'in Hot Springs also known as Hammamat Ma'in are a series of hot mineral springs and waterfalls located between Madaba and the Dead Sea in Madaba Governorate, Jordan.
WManby Hot Springs, also known as Stagecoach Hot Springs are thermal springs located near the town of Arroyo Hondo, New Mexico. The three rock pools have sandy bottoms and are located near the ruins of an old bathhouse and a historical stagecoach stop.
WMcCauley Hot Springs, also known as McCauley Warm Springs is a thermal spring in the Jemez Springs area of Northern New Mexico.
WMeadow Hot Springs are a system of geothermal springs South of Provo, Utah, near the town of Meadow.
WMission San Borja Hot Springs are located on the grounds of the historical Misión San Francisco Borja near the town of Rosarito in Baja California, Mexico.
WMoulay Yacoub is a spa town and municipality located 21 km northwest of Fez, Morocco. It is the capital of Moulay Yacoub Province and reported a population of 4612 in the 2014 Moroccan census. The baths use water pumped from 1500 m below ground and reach a temperature of 54 °C.
WPagosa hot springs are a cluster of thermal pools located in the San Juan Basin of Archuleta County, Colorado. The town of Pagosa Springs claim they are the world's deepest known geothermal hot springs.
WPumpkin Spring is a geothermal heated mineral water hot spring located in the Grand Canyon in Arizona.
WRoper Lake State Park Hot Spring is a single geothermal mineral spring in Roper Lake State Park, Safford, Arizona.
WSespe Hot Springs are a system of thermal spring seeps that form a hot spring creek in the desert mountains near the Sespe Condor Sanctuary near Ojai, California.
WSoborom is a group of hot springs with accompanying fumaroles and mud volcanoes in the Tibesti Mountains of Chad. Three dispersed groups of vents are active there, some of which are used as spas by the local population.
WThermalia is a thematic centre dedicated to the hot spring culture and is found in Caldes de Montbui (Catalonia).
WTihoubar or Aïne Tihoubar is a settlement and hot spring of 45 degrees Celsius in the Sahara Desert of eastern Algeria, Illizi Province. It is located roughly 300 kilometres (190 mi) by air northeast of Tamanrasset, and about 175 kilometres (109 mi) northwest of Ghat, Libya. It lies in a valley, and the spring is said to bubble "amongst the undergrowth at the foot of a palm tree."
WTravertine Hot Springs are a group of geothermal mineral springs located near the town of Bridgeport, California.
WUnzen Onsen is a geothermally heated volcanic hot spring in the Unzen Mountains in Nagasaki prefecture in Japan. It was known of for many years, and in the 1910s was developed into a hot spring community because of its many springs. In 1934 the area was designated as the first national park in Japan.
WValle Chico Hot Springs is a subaerial thermal spring located at in the Sierra San Pedro Martir mountains of Baja California, Mexico.
WVerde Hot Springs is a grouping of thermal mineral springs near the town of Camp Verde in Yavapi County, Arizona. The springs are located at the western bank of the Verde River. There are ruins of a former historical resort at the site and bathhouse.