Big Bend Hot Springs

About this spectacle

Big Bend Hot Springs sits at the edge of the Rio Grande within Big Bend National Park, where geothermally heated water seeps up from the ground and trickles into a small soaking pool just steps from the river. Visitors ease into warm mineral-rich water while gazing across the river toward the dramatic cliffs of Boquillas Canyon on the Mexican side. The air smells faintly of sulfur, and the soundscape is nothing but flowing water and birdsong. At dawn, steam rises visibly off the pool against cool desert air, and the surrounding Chihuahuan Desert light shifts through gold and amber. The experience is quiet and unhurried — a handful of people at most sharing the pool at any given time. Soaking here feels genuinely remote, even though a short trail leads in from a nearby pullout.

When to go

Jan — Dec, peak Oct — Mar

Getting there

Nearest airport: MRF. Nearest city: Alpine.

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