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Little Borax Hot Springs |
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Alvord Desert / South Half Burns District (BLM) |
Overall Rating: D+ |
| 4,080
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Water Temperature: n/a |
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Area |
Usage Level: Low |
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Pool Condition
Pool is heated by thermal vents and is usually too hot and mucky for
soaking. |
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Trash Levels: |
Bug Levels: |
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10.17.02 |
low |
light amount of flies |
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Water Clarity:
Semi-Clear |
Visibility:
Moderate |
Odor(s):
Slight Odor |
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Wildlife Sighted: Rabbits
(plenty of them!), Bobcats, Cougars, Deer, Owls (spotted 2 of them),
Coyotes, Bats and Foxes (oh my) - don't even think of driving out to
this one at night, all of the animals listed above are all over the road
after dusk [there are also Thunder Eggs in this area] |
Seasonal Notes
Accessible all year. |
Camping Notes
Plenty of BLM land that is so so for
camping all around the hot springs. |
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Briefings
10.17.02
A long dusty, bumpy drive through a series of old gates, past Borax
Lake HS and past a variety of mesmerizing boiling and non-boiling hot pots (some
with no visible bottoms!) lead us to Little Borax. The temperature was
prime for soaking but the condition of the pool's floor is what kept our
soak to a legs only experience. This is dangerous territory out here
folks. Signs warn of the ground collapsing and a couple holes in the
road were filled with hot water. The road is sometimes on the fringe of
some seriously large hot pots, and stakes mark many areas where the
ground has already begun to collapse. The sights of the non-soakable hot
pots were outstanding though, hence the + added to the D rating. If I
had to rate on scenery alone, the sights of the non-soakable boiling
pots would get an A+.
Rating D+
See
Borax Lake HS for pictures
of the nearby Borax Works station and Borax Lake HS
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