Crystal Hot Springs (Honeyville)

Honeyville, Utah, United States

Location: Honeyville, Utah, United States
Water type: sodium chloride
Temperature: 38 °C
pH: 7.3

Water profile

Thermicity

Neutral

38 °C

LowHigh

Soothing — neither hot nor cold, perfect balance.

Mineralisation

Restorative

LowHigh

Loaded with major ions — the essential minerals (Ca, Mg).

Buoyancy

Effortless float

LowHigh

Dense, salty water — you float without effort.

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Crystal Hot Springs is set in Honeyville, a quiet agricultural town in northern Utah's Cache Valley, sheltered between the Wasatch Range to the east and the Great Salt Lake basin to the west. One of Utah's most celebrated thermal establishments, it draws sodium-chloride water from the geothermal sources that run beneath this mineral-rich corner of the American West.

The spring flows at a warm 38 °C, with a near-neutral pH of 7.3 that makes for a gentle, well-balanced immersion. The sodium-chloride composition delivers a subtly saline, softening sensation — water that carries the mineral character of the ancient Lake Bonneville basin through which it percolates. The backdrop of snow-capped Wasatch peaks visible from the pools, combined with the open skies of northern Utah, elevates a soak at Crystal Hot Springs into something genuinely memorable — an encounter with the region's geological identity in one of its most welcoming forms.

Insider tip — Crystal Hot Springs in Honeyville, Box Elder County, claims to be one of the world's largest natural hot-and-cold spring complexes, with both hot mineral pools and cold springs emerging in close proximity. The resort lies in Cache Valley with the Wellsville Mountains rising abruptly to the east, among the steepest fault-block ranges in North America. The mineral content — particularly sodium and chloride — gives the water a distinctly briny character. Family pools and private tubs cater to diverse soaking preferences.

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