Elko Hot Hole
- Location
- Falls, United States
- Water type
- sodium chloride
- Temperature
- 35 °C
- pH
- 7.5
Water profile
Soothing — neither hot nor cold, perfect balance.
Loaded with major ions — the essential minerals (Ca, Mg).
Dense, salty water — you float without effort.
In the high desert near Elko, Nevada — a working ranching and mining city on the Humboldt River that serves as the commercial hub of northeastern Nevada — Elko Hot Hole is a geothermal curiosity long known to locals. The surrounding landscape is classic Great Basin: sagebrush flats ringed by distant mountain ranges, with a sky that seems to occupy more of the world than the land beneath it.
The water emerges at 35 °C with a sodium-chloride mineral composition, giving it a characteristic briny softness and a slightly saline mineral density that distinguishes it from the bicarbonate springs more common in other parts of the state. The slightly alkaline pH of 7.5 contributes to a smooth, comfortable soaking experience. Elko Hot Hole operates as a developed resort facility providing amenities for a wide range of visitors, from passing highway travellers to those who have made the Great Basin circuit a deliberate pilgrimage through the thermal geography of the American interior.