Product Description

The definitive guide to remote hot springs, natural mineral water resorts and spas, plus urban hot tubs. Features complete directions with GPS coordinates and accurate maps, hundreds of photographs, handicap accessibility, campground and RV sites. Includes: Alaska, Canada, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, So. Dakota, Central, Eastern and Southern States and Puerto Rico.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #581575 in Books
• Published on: 2003-01-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 224 pages

About the Author
I have been involved in the writing and production, and now the publication, of these books for over fifteen years, having visited a majority of the springs listed in the books. I originally became involved with this labor of love while working with Jayson Loam, the original author of these guide books. I love visiting the springs and working with others to help preserve these precious natural resources.

Customer Reviews

Cool guide to hot springs
Photos make this book more valuable than any list of hot springs. Cool Trails recommends this guide for hikers who want to relax in a hot spring at the end of a long hike. Many of the hot springs in the northwest are developed to some degree, and very few of the wild springs are far enough from a road to be considered "hikes." Still, most are located in areas rich in trail hiking opportunities. Covers AK, BC, AB, WA, MT, OR, ID, WY and some other areas of the US.

A Fitting Tribute to "Mr Hot Springs"
We all remember Jayson Loam who created the original guides to the hot springs back in the 70s and 80s. Even then he was so spring chicken, but he kept a hale and happy outlook on life based on his habit of immersing himself in the beautiful waters of America's hot springs (and wells). Now that Jayson has passed on to his happy reward--he died about ten years ago, at a great age--the torch has been passed on to a new generation of hot springs watchers and dippers, and Marjorie Gersh-Young has updated Loam's findings with some new material (lots of it) on her own. It's great and so are the photographs that illustrate every location.

My only dispute is, I don't see why Puerto Rico is in the book, it is a great state (or whatever it is) but it is not in the Northwest by any means! I forget what Jayson Loam had to say about including Puerto Rico among the Northwest region (if any). But in general, Gersh-Young does a splendid job of compiling and sharing the healthful habit of hot springs with a wildly enthusiastic crowd. Did you know that the Native Americans believed that hot springs provide "Big Medicine" direct from the Great Spirit? That's only one of a thousand charming facts you'll learn from this new edition of Loam's magnificent classic reference work. It's a bargain at any price!

Ok, Equal to what you can Google
I didn't think this book provided any more information than what can be found on the internet. I would not buy it again if I had the chance.