HOT SPRING (149°f) AND SOAKING POOLS (104°f) ARE OPEN THURSDAY TO MONDAY 9:30AM-5PM
1.5HR SESSIONS (90 MINUTES)
$10 FOR ADULTS (17YRS+)
$5 FOR CHILDREN (0-16YRS)
$8 PARKING FREE REQUIRED TO PARK INSIDE PARK PROPERTY (Poppy pass accepted)
MAX TRAILER LENGTH
Summer : 24 ft or 7.3m
Winter: 18ft or 5.4m
MAX MOTORHOME LENGTH
Summer : 28 ft or 8.2m
Winter : 18ft or 5.4m
A fantastic end of the road park. Limited space for parking, picnicking, camping(60~76 sites depending on conditions. NO FULL HOOKUPS). Reservations, on the state park website, are recommended throughout the summer months. Keeps the crowds minimal.
The hot springs and pool house are open tentatively on a first come first serve basis. You can walk up to the soaking pools which are drained daily and cleaned. You can see the steam from the ~147°F+ source which bubbles up into a catch basin to be cooled. Flowers abound through the meadows. Bears, coyotes, deer, and mountain lions frequent the area🐻🦌🐺🦁
Three trails originate in the park. Burnside lake/Charity valley, Hot Springs Creek waterfall, and Sawmill Creek trail(no longer maintained)
Burnside trail does connect to Charity valley trail outside the park 2.3 miles from the trailhead. Total distance 4 miles gaining 2300ft of elevation from the trailhead. 8 miles out and back.
Sawmill Creek has had multiple landslides and avalanches cover and or wipe away the tail. Unknown mileage. No longer maintained
Hot Springs Creek waterfall trail is 1.5 miles with little elevation change from the start to the base of the cascade.
Much of the surrounding area was burned in Tamarack fire in 2021 but regrowth is happening.