Southern Colorado hot springs (6)
Checked October 2026 · Sources
Southern Colorado has 6 hot springs you can soak in: 0 free, 4 paid and 2 whose fee is not posted; 1 wild and 5 developed.
Drive times computed with GraphHopper; map data OpenStreetMap contributors.
All 6 hot springs: Southern Colorado
Springs (6). Each number is how many you would see.
Type
Walk, one way
1 spring has no walk on file; it is hidden while Walk is chosen.
Water
Month you're going
Hides springs where snow is likely that month.
Walk, drive and snow figures are computed; the Method page names each method.
Photos, each free to reuse with credit: Ouray Hot Springs Pool: Carol M. Highsmith (public domain); Pagosa Springs: Bas van Oorschot (Wikimedia Commons); Dunton: oso243 (Flickr). All credits
What is in this list
By county: Archuleta County, CO (2): Pagosa Springs, Piedra River; Ouray County, CO (2): Ouray Hot Springs Pool, Orvis; Dolores County, CO (1): Dunton; Saguache County, CO (1): Valley View.
the San Luis Valley, the San Juan Mountains and the southern Front Range and plains counties; Chaffee and Gunnison counties count as central Colorado.
Paid: Ouray Hot Springs Pool, Pagosa Springs, Orvis, Valley View. Fee not posted: Dunton, Piedra River.
Wild: Piedra River. Developed: Ouray Hot Springs Pool, Pagosa Springs, Orvis, Dunton, Valley View.
Roadside: Ouray Hot Springs Pool, Pagosa Springs, Orvis, Valley View. 1 mile or more: Piedra River. No walk on file: Dunton.
The 6 springs are in 1 state: Colorado (6).
Hottest water at the source: Ouray Hot Springs Pool, 156 F. Coolest: Valley View Hot Springs, 99 F.
4 of 5 springs with a known walk are roadside; the longest walk is 1.38 miles (Piedra River Hot Springs, computed).