Map coordinates:
38.9494, -115.701
Water temperature:
93.02°F
Site ID:
NV-352.1
Big Warm Spring on the Duckwater Shoshone Reservation. Image courtesy of Matt Bowers, Third Media.
Two main warm spring areas are located near the small community of Duckwater, which is on the Duckwater Indian Reservation in northeastern Nye County. Big Warm Spring or Duckwater Spring is located in Sec. 32, Tl3N, R56E and has a reported temperature of about 32.5°C (Eakin and others, 1951; Mifflin, 1968; Van Denburgh and Rush, 1974). Little Warm Spring, in Sec. 5, Tl2N, R54E, is about the same temperature. Both springs rise in alluvium a short distance west of a north-striking, range-bounding fault (Stewart and Carlson, 1974). The area may have been called the Burrell Hot Springs district in the past. The water is used locally.
A geothermal catfish-growing facility was operated at this site, on the Duckwater Indian Reservation, between 1982 and the early 1990s. When in operation, over 136,000 kg of prime 0.2 kg catfish filets per year were produced (Geo-Heat Center Quarterly Bulletin, December 1992).
[This spring is located on tribal land. Visitors should seek permission before planning a trip.]
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All snakes can swim.... but not in scalding mineral water! This one suffered a rather quick fate and is now being calcified into the streambed. Traveling north towards Cherry Creek, Nevada, along the old shelf road on the west side of Steptoe Valley, Monte Neva Hot Springs bubbles up out of the ground at about 175°F. Image courtesy of Matt Bowers / Third Media.
The Cave Research Foundation is a private, non-profit organization dedicated to:
Facilitating research, management and interpretation of caves and karst resources; Forming partnerships to study, protect and preserve cave resources and karst areas; Promoting the long term conservation of caves and karst ecosystems.
Lehman Caves attracts tens of thousands of visitors to eastern Nevada yearly, a trend that began not long after their discovery in the late 1880s. For over 60 years, Lehman Caves National Monument protected these underground wonders, with their unique geology and ecology. And today, they remain protected as part of Great Basin National Park.
The 2016 NSS 75th anniversary convention in Ely, Nevada will include tours of this beautiful cave.
2025 NCKMS T-Shirts
Of course we'll have t-shirts! What would a caver event be without them?
It might look like this thing that an AI system suggested, but we're having real humans dress it up a bit. Might look completely different by the time our humans are done with it.
Our theme at NCKMS this year is "Hidden Waters - Hidden Life". So, we have a concept at least!
