
01 · Best free soak
Jerry Johnson Hot Springs
Free natural pools on Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest land near Lolo, Montana, about a 1.4 mile hike in. Camping nearby.
- Drive
- 4 hr
- Pool temperature
- 100–104°F
- Entry
- Free
Explore / Washington / Near Spokane
Last checked 10 Nov
There are no hot springs within an hour's drive of Spokane. The closest is Quinn's Hot Springs in Montana, about 2 hr 30 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 9: 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 Forest land near Lolo, Montana, about a 1.4 mile hike in. Camping nearby.

02 · Hottest pool you can soak in
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.

03 · Worth the drive
Privately owned resort near Lolo, with drive-up access. Entry is paid. Camping nearby.
100–106°F
04 · Closest to Spokane · Resort
Privately owned resort near Paradise, with drive-up access. Entry is paid.
Map
Rings are straight-line distance from Spokane at 75 and 150 miles. Roads take longer, especially over mountain passes.
Questions
Not in Spokane itself. The closest is Quinn's Hot Springs, about 2 hr 30 min by road (146 miles) near Paradise.
Quinn's Hot Springs, about 2 hr 30 min by road (146 miles) near Paradise. 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 Quinn's Hot Springs, about 2 hr 30 min by road (146 miles) near Paradise.
Yes. 2 of the 9 are free. The closest free one is Jerry Johnson Hot Springs, about 4 hr by road (226 miles) near Lolo, Montana.
Quinn's Hot Springs is the closest, about 2 hr 30 min by road (146 miles) near Paradise. There are 5 resorts in this list.
Some are. Quinn's Hot Springs, Big Medicine Hot Springs, Symes Hot Springs and Wild Horse Hot Springs and 1 more stay accessible all winter, and none has a closure reported today. Mountain roads can close after storms, so check before you drive. See every hot spring in the West 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 9
Drive times by road from Spokane, 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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