OutdoorLocator Hot springs, waterfalls and swimming holes, mapped from public data

Hot springs, waterfalls and swimming holes — mapped from public data

Three ways to get outside and get in the water, covered state by state. Every listing states its fee, access type and legal status up front, sourced from the land manager or park system rather than guessed at.

Knowing whether a place is actually open and legal to visit matters more than a pretty photo.

Hot springs 55 listed · 6 states

55 hot springs across 6 states, checked against the managing agency or source dataset

Hot springs coverage by state Alaska — not covered yet Alabama — not covered yet Arkansas — not covered yet California — not covered yet Connecticut — not covered yet District of Columbia — not covered yet Delaware — not covered yet Florida — not covered yet Georgia — not covered yet Hawaii — not covered yet Iowa — not covered yet Illinois — not covered yet Indiana — not covered yet Kansas — not covered yet Kentucky — not covered yet Louisiana — not covered yet Massachusetts — not covered yet Maryland — not covered yet Maine — not covered yet Michigan — not covered yet Minnesota — not covered yet Missouri — not covered yet Mississippi — not covered yet Montana — not covered yet North Carolina — not covered yet North Dakota — not covered yet Nebraska — not covered yet New Hampshire — not covered yet New Jersey — not covered yet New Mexico — not covered yet Nevada — not covered yet New York — not covered yet Ohio — not covered yet Oklahoma — not covered yet Pennsylvania — not covered yet Rhode Island — not covered yet South Carolina — not covered yet South Dakota — not covered yet Tennessee — not covered yet Virginia — not covered yet Vermont — not covered yet Washington — not covered yet Wisconsin — not covered yet West Virginia — not covered yet Wyoming — not covered yet

Covered: CO 13 · ID 11 · OR 11 · UT 9 · AZ 9 · TX 2 — every other state on the map is not covered yet.

Waterfalls 114 listed · 11 states

114 waterfalls across 11 states, checked against the managing agency or source dataset

Waterfalls coverage by state Alaska — not covered yet Arizona — not covered yet California — not covered yet Connecticut — not covered yet District of Columbia — not covered yet Delaware — not covered yet Florida — not covered yet Hawaii — not covered yet Iowa — not covered yet Illinois — not covered yet Indiana — not covered yet Kansas — not covered yet Kentucky — not covered yet Louisiana — not covered yet Massachusetts — not covered yet Maryland — not covered yet Maine — not covered yet Michigan — not covered yet Minnesota — not covered yet Missouri — not covered yet Mississippi — not covered yet Montana — not covered yet North Dakota — not covered yet Nebraska — not covered yet New Hampshire — not covered yet New Jersey — not covered yet New Mexico — not covered yet Nevada — not covered yet New York — not covered yet Oklahoma — not covered yet Pennsylvania — not covered yet Rhode Island — not covered yet South Carolina — not covered yet South Dakota — not covered yet Virginia — not covered yet Vermont — not covered yet Washington — not covered yet Wisconsin — not covered yet West Virginia — not covered yet Wyoming — not covered yet

Covered: OH 13 · OR 11 · TN 11 · UT 11 · CO 11 · AL 10 · GA 10 · AR 10 · NC 10 · TX 9 · ID 8 — every other state on the map is not covered yet.

Swimming holes 20 listed · 2 states

20 swimming holes across 2 states, checked against the managing agency or source dataset

Swimming holes coverage by state Alaska — not covered yet Alabama — not covered yet Arizona — not covered yet California — not covered yet Colorado — not covered yet Connecticut — not covered yet District of Columbia — not covered yet Delaware — not covered yet Florida — not covered yet Georgia — not covered yet Hawaii — not covered yet Iowa — not covered yet Idaho — not covered yet Illinois — not covered yet Indiana — not covered yet Kansas — not covered yet Kentucky — not covered yet Louisiana — not covered yet Massachusetts — not covered yet Maryland — not covered yet Maine — not covered yet Michigan — not covered yet Minnesota — not covered yet Missouri — not covered yet Mississippi — not covered yet Montana — not covered yet North Carolina — not covered yet North Dakota — not covered yet Nebraska — not covered yet New Hampshire — not covered yet New Jersey — not covered yet New Mexico — not covered yet Nevada — not covered yet New York — not covered yet Ohio — not covered yet Oklahoma — not covered yet Oregon — not covered yet Pennsylvania — not covered yet Rhode Island — not covered yet South Carolina — not covered yet South Dakota — not covered yet Tennessee — not covered yet Utah — not covered yet Virginia — not covered yet Vermont — not covered yet Washington — not covered yet Wisconsin — not covered yet West Virginia — not covered yet Wyoming — not covered yet

Covered: TX 11 · AR 9 — every other state on the map is not covered yet.

13 Filled state: covered, with the number of listings we have checked NV Dimmed state: not covered yet, no number shown

More states are being added as we verify access and legal status for each one.

Every listing states its fee, access type and legal status

Fee

What it actually costs to get in, from free roadside soaks to a resort day pass — and whether the price is cash only, seasonal or tiered.

Access type

Roadside, walk-in, timed reservation or a hike with mileage attached, so you know what the trip takes before you drive out.

Legal status

Who manages the site and on what terms: public land, a town-owned pool, a private resort, or access that is only informally tolerated.

How we build this

We haven't visited the sites listed here ourselves. This is a research-based guide, not a collection of trip reports. Every entry is compiled from public land-manager sources (the U.S. Forest Service, the National Park Service, the Bureau of Land Management and state park systems), federal datasets (USGS GNIS, NOAA's thermal springs archive) and published trail reports, with fees, access rules and legal status checked against the primary source and dated. When a site's access has changed, a closure, a new permit system, a fee increase, we say so and cite where that information came from.

Start with a state

More states are being added as we verify access and legal status for each one.

Where the data comes from

Hot springs

NOAA/NCEI Thermal Springs List for the United States (1980), archived via PANGAEA. Temperatures are a historical estimate from the 1980 base survey, not a current reading.

Waterfalls

USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), "Falls" feature class. Public-domain federal gazetteer data; confirms a named feature exists and its coordinates, not current trail conditions or access rules.

Swimming holes

No state or federal register exists for swimming holes. This list is hand-compiled from public park-service pages and other open sources, not a government dataset.

We haven't visited these places ourselves, and every page says so rather than implying otherwise. Details are compiled from public land-manager, USGS and NOAA sources and cross-checked where possible; conditions, access rules and fees change without notice, so confirm with the managing agency before you go. Read our full methodology.