Marsh Gully Hot Springs
Private Land
No verified public access: documentation record only.Open seasons
- Access
- No verified public access; no published route, trailhead, or right for the public to be there
Documentation record: Marsh Gully Hot Springs has no verified public access and no documented soaking pool. This page records what the official geothermal inventories say about the spring, and nothing beyond it.
Marsh Gully Hot Springs is a real thermal spring on paper, and only on paper. It appears in three official geothermal inventories: the USGS GEOTHERM file (record 0025237), the NOAA thermal springs list reproduced on this site’s USGS GPS coordinates page, and the Idaho Department of Water Resources geothermal dataset. All three place it in the Albion Basin of Cassia County, northeast of Albion, and record source water at 106 °F.
What no source records is anyone soaking in it. There is no guidebook entry, trip report, agency page, or photograph of a visit, and the only use ever documented for the hot springs in its canyon is irrigation. Read this page as a documentation record for a spring the surveys found and the soaking world never did.
Soak Stats
| Location | Albion Basin, northeast of Albion, Cassia County (general area only; see the access note below) |
| Soak type | Inventoried natural thermal spring; no developed or documented soaking pool |
| Water temperature | 106 °F at the source, as recorded in the 1980-era federal and state geothermal inventories. No modern measurement exists |
| Pool | None documented. No source describes a pool, tub, or soaking spot at this spring; the state dataset lists its use as unknown |
| Public access | Not verified. No source grants or describes public access, and the surrounding valley floor is private ranch land |
| Fee | None documented; no managing agency and no recreation site |
| Facilities | None documented |
Place Information
| Address | No street address exists. The spring rises in the Albion Basin northeast of Albion |
| County | Cassia County |
| Land manager | Not verified. No agency manages this spring as a recreation site; the basin floor around Marsh Creek is private ranch and farm land, and ownership of the spring parcel is not confirmed |
Location and Access
The inventories plot Marsh Gully Hot Springs in Section 22, Township 11 South, Range 25 East, along the line of fault springs that marks the west side of the Malta Range, roughly four and a half miles northeast of Albion. Marsh Creek, the basin’s principal stream, drains the same country.
Beyond that, this listing deliberately does not go: there is no published route to the spring, no trailhead, and no verified right for the public to be there. The coordinates are a matter of public record in the federal and state datasets linked above, but a set of coordinates is not an invitation, and on private ranch land it is not permission. Anyone with a genuine reason to visit should establish land ownership and get the landowner’s permission first.
One distinction worth keeping straight: a second inventoried spring, Marsh Creek Hot Spring, sits about 0.6 mile west in the same section, recorded at 104 °F. It is a separate spring with its own federal record, and facts about one should never be borrowed for the other.
Is There a Soak Here?
Nothing in the record says so. The Idaho Department of Water Resources lists the spring’s use as unknown, and at a 106 °F source in irrigation country, the reasonable picture is a natural outflow valued, if it is used at all, as stock or irrigation water rather than a bathing pool. If that ever changes, if a landowner confirmation, an agency parcel record, or a credible field report surfaces, this page will be updated. Until then, treat Marsh Gully as a spring that exists in the datasets, not a destination.
History
The most informative sentence ever published about these springs comes from William R. Myers’ 1967 study, Geology and hydrogeology of the Albion Basin: “Hot springs in Marsh Canyon are used only for irrigation, although the possibility exists that they could be developed for domestic heating or for recreation.” Marsh Canyon is the local name for the Marsh Creek drainage where these springs rise.
In 1967, then, the hot springs watered fields, and recreation was a hypothetical. The spring entered the federal and state geothermal inventories between 1980 and 1983 as a fault-related thermal feature of unknown use, and nothing found in our research shows that its situation has changed since.
Nearby Hot Springs
If you are in the Albion Basin looking for an actual soak, the documented option in this corner of Cassia County is Durfee Hot Springs near Almo, a developed spring with a real pool and public hours, at the edge of the City of Rocks country. More South-Central Idaho hot springs →
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Marsh Gully Hot Springs cost anything?
No fee is documented. There is no managing agency and no recreation site at Marsh Gully.
How hot is Marsh Gully Hot Springs?
The federal and state geothermal inventories record the source at 106 °F (41 °C), from measurements published around 1980. No modern temperature reading exists, and no pool temperature has ever been published.
When can I visit Marsh Gully Hot Springs?
There is no verified public access at any time of year. This listing is a documentation record only.
Can you soak at Marsh Gully Hot Springs?
There is no documented soaking pool and no verified public access. No guide, survey, or trip report describes a soak at this spring, and the land around it is private ranch country. This listing is a documentation record, not a destination guide.
Where is Marsh Gully Hot Springs?
In the Albion Basin of Cassia County, roughly four and a half miles northeast of Albion, along the fault line at the west side of the Malta Range. Because public access is unverified and the land is private ranch country, this listing gives the general area only; the precise coordinates sit in the public federal and state datasets linked above.
Is Marsh Gully the same as Marsh Creek Hot Spring?
No. They are two separate inventoried springs about 0.6 mile apart in the same section: Marsh Gully Hot Springs, recorded at 106 °F, and Marsh Creek Hot Spring, recorded at 104 °F. Each has its own USGS GEOTHERM and state dataset record.
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