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This is an amazing Spring. Set in the Mt. Hood National Forest, it is a wonderful hour and a half drive outside of Portland. Once you park at the designated area, there is about a mile and a half walk to the site of the springs. It is maintained by The Friends of Bagby, and they do a great job. The water comes out of the ground at about 130 degrees F, and is channeled into a few bath houses that have big wooden tubs in separate spacious stalls. Once you find a stall and fill the tub with hot water, then it’s off to the cistern to grab buckets of cold water to get the desired temperature. These are amazing, as is the hike to the site. I highly recommend anybody looking for a very relaxing soak to check them out. You can also camp near the location, which I think is awesome, because you can put candles in the large iron candle holders in the stalls and soak by candlelight at night. I’m looking forward to that experience.

Additional info: http://www.bagbyhotsprings.org/

Nearest Address

61466 Clackamas Highway Estacada, OR

Directions from Nearest Address

Head east on OR-224 E/Clackamas Hwy toward National Forest Develop Rd 4631/Ripplebrook Rd 0.5 Miles. Slight right at National Forest Development Rd 46 and go 3.7 Miles Turn right at National Forest Development Rd 63 and go 3.5 Miles Turn right at Bagby Rd/National Forest Development Rd 70 and go 6.5 Miles Parking on left.

Vital Information

Hours Spring is Open:

24/7/365 – camping available on site

GPS:

44.937905, -122.170458

Map Link: Bagby Hot Springs Map

Submitted by: Todd Ryan