Explore / Idaho / Near Lewiston
Last checked 10 Nov
There are no hot springs within an hour's drive of Lewiston. The closest is Zim's Hot Springs in Idaho, about 2 hr 35 min by road. Each one is checked for closures, wildfire and weather warnings every morning.
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Checked every morning against Forest Service closure notices, national wildfire perimeters and National Weather Service warnings. How we check
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Short list
Four picked from the 13: the closest, the best free soak, the hottest pool you can safely sit in, a resort or developed pool and one more worth the drive.
01 · Best free soak
Free natural pools on Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests land near Lowell, about a 0.5 mile hike in. Camping nearby, clothing optional is common, dogs allowed.
02 · Hottest pool you can soak in
Free natural pools on Payette National Forest land near Council, about a 2 mile hike in. Camping nearby, clothing optional is common, dogs allowed.
03 · Worth the drive
Free natural pools on Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest land near Lolo, Montana, about a 1.4 mile hike in. Camping nearby.
100–105°F
04 · Closest to Lewiston · Resort
Resort on Nez Perce Tribe land near New Meadows, with drive-up access. Entry is paid. Camping nearby.
Map
Rings are straight-line distance from Lewiston at 75 and 150 miles. Roads take longer, especially over mountain passes.
Questions
Not in Lewiston itself. The closest is Zim's Hot Springs, about 2 hr 35 min by road (145 miles) near New Meadows.
Zim's Hot Springs, about 2 hr 35 min by road (145 miles) near New Meadows. Entry is paid. Drive times are from Google Maps; mountain roads can close in winter.
None are within two hours by road. The closest is Zim's Hot Springs, about 2 hr 35 min by road (145 miles) near New Meadows.
Yes. 3 of the 13 are free. The closest free one is Weir Creek Hot Springs, about 2 hr 40 min by road (141 miles) near Lowell.
Zim's Hot Springs is the closest, about 2 hr 35 min by road (145 miles) near New Meadows. There are 5 resorts in this list.
Some are. Zim's Hot Springs, Hot Lake Springs Resort, Lolo Hot Springs and Quinn's Hot Springs stay accessible all winter, and none has a closure reported today. Mountain roads can close after storms, so check before you drive. See every Idaho spring you can reach in winter
We check every spring each morning against Forest Service closure notices, national wildfire perimeters and National Weather Service warnings. When nothing turns up we say "no closures reported", not "open", because a missing report isn't proof a spring is open.
All 13
Drive times by road from Lewiston, from Google Maps (November 2026). Mountain passes and forest roads can close in winter, so check before you go. Water is the typical pool temperature, or the source temperature where that's all we have.
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