Wall Creek Warm Springs
Illustration photo — not a verified picture of this exact spot.
- Location
- Oakridge, Oregon, United States
- Water type
- iron-rich
- Temperature
- 36 °C
- pH
- 6.3
Water profile
Soothing — neither hot nor cold, perfect balance.
Rich in active gases or metals — a strong mineral character.
Soft water — natural, classic buoyancy.
Wall Creek Warm Springs is a secluded natural hot spring in the Willamette National Forest near the mountain town of Oakridge in the central Oregon Cascades, where bicarbonate-rich thermal water seeps into natural rock pools along a tributary of the Middle Fork Willamette River, creating a wild soaking experience accessible only by a short trail through old-growth Douglas fir forest. The warm springs emerge at approximately 27°C—pleasantly comfortable for extended outdoor soaking in a setting surrounded by cascading waterfalls, moss-covered boulders, and the towering conifers of one of Oregon's most pristine river valleys, popular with mountain bikers, kayakers, and hot spring enthusiasts who treat Oakridge as a base camp for Cascade Mountain adventure. Wall Creek's accessibility, its natural beauty, and the surrounding Lane County wilderness make it one of the most visited free natural hot springs in Oregon's wet-season Cascades.