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Family-Friendly Hot Springs in Idaho
Developed pools where kids are welcome and swimsuits are the norm. Some have adults-only hours or areas, noted on each listing.
We list 31 in Idaho, 4 of them near Lava Hot Springs: the hottest is Burgdorf Hot Springs (up to 113°F) and the lowest listed adult price is Lava Hot Springs World Famous Hot Pools ($8).
Banbury Hot Springs
A century-old resort on the Snake River near Buhl with a large geothermal swimming pool, adjusted seasonally from about 89F in summer to about 102-104F in winter. Five private hot tubs overlooking the river are booked in 90-minute sessions. The site also has a campground and a dry Queen Cabin.
Baumgartner Hot Springs
A concrete soaking pool fed by hot spring water inside Baumgartner Campground, on the South Fork Boise River east of Featherville in the Sawtooth National Forest. The Forest Service gives the water as 98-111°F, and the pool is drained nightly. Swimsuits are required, and soap, alcohol, glass and pets are not allowed at the pool.
Bear River Hot Springs
Formerly Riverdale Resort, this family hot springs about five miles north of Preston has four pools. The Hot Tub runs about 105F and the 3.5-ft-deep Peanut Pool 85-95F year-round, while two Hydrotube slides and a Junior Olympic pool open Memorial Day to Labor Day. Lodging includes eight hotel rooms, three cabins, a condo and RV and tent sites.
Burgdorf Hot Springs
A historic off-grid resort in the Payette National Forest, about 30 miles north of McCall on Warren Wagon Road, with three log-sided, gravel-bottomed pools. Day soaks are booked in two-hour blocks, and the rustic cabins have no electricity or plumbing. In winter the road becomes a groomed snowmobile trail, so guests arrive by snowmobile or tracked vehicle.
Challis Hot Springs
A hot springs unit of Land of the Yankee Fork State Park near Challis, beside the Salmon River, with a 100 x 30 ft warm pool and a smaller pool kept near 105F. Day use is $10 per person, with children 5 and under free. A 68-site state campground is on the same property.
Downata Hot Springs
A family resort south of Downey built around a 112F spring that gravity-feeds a 1929 flow-through recreation pool and separate unchlorinated hot soaking pools. Summer adds water slides, a hot tub and a water playground. Lodging ranges from yurts and cabins to large houses and a campground.
Durfee Hot Springs
A small family-run spring pool on the north edge of Almo, near City of Rocks National Reserve. Durfee descendants reopened the early-1900s pool in 2005; there is a hot tub, a swimming pool and a kiddie pool with continuously flowing, chemical-free water. Hours are limited and seasonal.
Easley Hot Springs
A historic swimming pool and two hot tubs fed by gravity from a natural hot spring, on Sawtooth National Forest land north of Ketchum. The pool is about 85°F, and the venue describes it as chlorine-free. It runs in summer under a Forest Service permit, operated by Cathedral Pines Baptist Camp.
Epic Hot Springs
Hot springs pools on North Beach at the north end of Bear Lake, run by Epic Recreation alongside a watercraft rental shop. The operator closes the springs in winter because the geothermal source temperature fluctuates, reopening in spring.
Givens Hot Springs
A family-run indoor hot spring pool on Highway 78 at the base of the Owyhee Mountains, about an hour from Boise, in operation since 1881. Swimming needs no reservation and is open daily from noon to 9 pm. The grounds include RV and tent camping, a tipi and a picnic park.
Gold Fork Hot Springs
A privately run soaking site on Gold Fork Road east of Donnelly, with six rock-formed, flow-through pools and a sandy children's pool. Admission is cash only, there is a two-hour soak limit, and no reservations are taken. Winter hours run Wednesday to Monday, with Thursdays set aside for guests 18 and over.
Green Canyon Hot Springs
A family-run hot springs pool in a canyon near Newdale and Rexburg, fed by a 115°F spring. The venue lists a 96°F big pool, a 105°F hot pool and a 55°F cold pool, with RV and tent camping on site. Summer swim-lesson camps are held here and fill about a year ahead.
Heise Hot Springs
A family resort on the South Fork Snake River east of Ririe with a hot mineral pool kept around 104°F and a summer swimming pool with a 350-ft water slide. The grounds include cabins, RV campgrounds, a golf course and a pizza parlor. The resort was evacuated during the August 2026 Big Rock Fire and has since reopened.
Home Hotel Lava Hot Springs
A family-run hotel on Main Street dating to 1918, originally called the Raya Hotel. Most rooms have private baths filled with natural hot springs water. It sits within walking distance of the state-run Hot Pools.
Idaho Rocky Mountain Ranch
A guest ranch in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area south of Stanley with a 20 by 40 foot pool fed by a hot spring piped across the Salmon River. The pool is kept at 99-104°F and is open only to ranch guests. The ranch runs a summer season; 2027 dates are June 11 to September 9.
Indian Springs Resort & RV
A summer swimming pool known as The Nat, nearly 100 years old, with an RV park and campground south of American Falls. The 2.5- to 7-ft pool has two slides and a jumping board; the venue states chlorine is added.
Lava Hot Springs Inn & Spa
A historic inn at the west end of Lava Hot Springs with outdoor mineral pools from 94 to 107F and a 44F cold plunge. Non-guests can buy a $15 all-day pass at the front desk, and overnight stays include pool access and a hot breakfast. Massages, including aquatic Watsu, are offered on site.
Lava Hot Springs World Famous Hot Pools
Five outdoor mineral pools on Main Street in Lava Hot Springs, run by the Lava Hot Springs Foundation, a self-funded Idaho state agency. Water ranges from about 102 to 112F, is not treated with chemicals and flows through to the Portneuf River. The pools are open year-round except Thanksgiving and Christmas Day.
Maple Grove Hot Springs
A 45-acre off-grid retreat on the Bear River at the north end of Oneida Narrows Reservoir. Six soaking pools, including three circular stone pools and a creek pool, run about 100-107F, fed from source ponds over 160F that are off-limits. Day visitors book 3-hour blocks; the site is alcohol-free, swimwear is required and pools go silent after sundown.
Miracle Hot Springs
A geothermal soaking resort on Highway 30 near Buhl in the Hagerman Valley. Four outdoor pools are kept between 96 and 106F with no chlorine, and private open-roof pools can be booked by the hour. Overnight options include geodesic domes, a park home and RV sites, and reservations are required for all soaking.
Mountain Village Resort Hot Springs
Three spring-fed soaking tubs in buildings on Valley Creek, about a third of a mile walk from the Mountain Village Lodge in Stanley. The two private tubs book in 90-minute sessions and the shared Osprey tub in one-hour sessions, free for lodge guests. Water usually runs 98-104°F with no chemicals added.
Nat-Soo-Pah Hot Springs & Campground
A family-run summer pool and campground south of Twin Falls near Hollister, operating for over 100 years on the Nat-Soo-Pah spring. The pool opens from May 1 to Labor Day with lifeguards and a snack bar, and the campground runs into mid-October.
Red River Hot Springs
An off-grid lodge in the Nez Perce National Forest near Elk City with a natural hot spring pool that is not chlorinated. It rents lodge rooms, cabins (one with its own outdoor mineral soaking tub) and dry RV and tent sites, and a cafe serves burgers and breakfast burritos on weekends. Day soaks are paid per visit with no re-entry, and nudity is prohibited.
Roystone Hot Springs
A family-run hot springs RV park near Sweet with an outdoor pool under a vaulted roof and a jetted hot tub, each rented to one group at a time. The pool is about 98°F in winter and cooled in summer, and the hot tub runs about 104°F. The property is alcohol-free outside the Spring House event area.
Sawtooth Lodge
A rustic lodge at Grandjean, founded as a hunting lodge in 1927 and run under a Forest Service special use permit, with a hot springs-fed pool. Cabin and yurt stays include pool access, and the restaurant serves breakfast, lunch and dinner with beer and wine.
Sharkey Hot Springs
A BLM-developed site southeast of Salmon with two large concrete soaking pools filled by untreated natural spring water. It has two heated changing rooms, vault toilets, a fire pit with seating and an interpretive kiosk. Visitors 16 and older pay a use fee through a Recreation.gov pass bought before arrival.
Silver Creek Plunge
A family campground in the Boise National Forest about 25 miles north of Crouch, built around a 186,000-gallon geothermal pool that has operated since 1957. Water enters at 100-104F and the full volume turns over about every six hours. Lodging is rustic A-frames and cabins with no linens or showers, plus first-come tent and RV sites.
Terrace Lakes Resort
A golf resort in Garden Valley with an outdoor geothermal pool open year-round to day visitors without reservations. The resort also has a restaurant and lounge, motel rooms, cabins, condos and RV spots. Drinks bought on site can be taken to the pool area with a wristband.
The Lava Hotel & Spa
A Main Street hotel in Lava Hot Springs, formerly Aura Soma Lava, with rooms, vacation rental homes and a conference center. The hotel lists an on-site hot springs pool and a massage studio.
The Springs
A geothermal soaking venue on Highway 21 about a mile south of Idaho City, with an 80 by 40 ft main pool, a hot tub and private tubs. All visits are by reservation in 2.5-hour sessions, and several days and evenings are adults-only. Poolside food, beer and wine are served, and the owners run Inn The Pines lodging a third of a mile away.
Zims Hot Springs
Two outdoor pools a few miles from New Meadows in the Meadows Valley, filled with mineral water from an artesian well and operated by the Nez Perce Tribe. The smaller soaking pool runs about 100-105F and the larger swimming pool about 90-100F. The site also has RV parking, a campground, a light snack bar and arcade games.