Rainbow Hot Springs
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- Location
- Nevada, 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.
Rainbow Hot Springs takes its colorful name from the Nevada desert tradition of naming springs after visual spectacles — the mineral-stained rocks and geothermal steam that made early explorers reach for poetic language. Set within Nevada's characteristic basin-and-range landscape, this resort-style facility offers sodium-chloride thermal water in a desert environment defined by expansive silence and dramatic light.
At 35 °C and a near-neutral pH of 7.5, the sodium-chloride water is mild and welcoming — a composition that delivers a soft, lightly saline sensation comparable to immersion in very dilute seawater. This mineral character has long made Nevada's chloride springs popular with desert travelers seeking respite from long journeys across the state's vast interior. The open Nevada sky, visible in every direction from the soaking pools, amplifies the sensory experience of each visit.