hot spring

Natural heated bath

A hot spring is a natural pool or flow of water heated by geothermal energy, typically emerging from underground at temperatures significantly warmer than the surrounding air.

Hot springs have long attracted visitors for bathing and supposed therapeutic benefits: We soaked in the hot springs after hiking.

Areas with volcanic activity often have clusters of them.

geothermal

geyser

Erupting thermal vent

thermal vent · mud pot · steam vent · sulfur · silica · mineral deposits · volcanic activity · thermal water · travertine · sinter

bathing

onsen

Japanese thermal bath

immerse · dip · submerge · hydrotherapy · mineral bath · thermal bath · soaking pool · plunge · steam · warm water

wellness

spa

Therapeutic wellness facility

therapy · healing · restorative · therapeutic · taking the waters · health resort · thermal spa · wellness tourism · skin conditions · detoxification

destinations

Yellowstone

Original U.S. national park

Bath · Baden-Baden · Reykjavik · Tuscany · Budapest

Categories
Opposites
water temperature

hot springmountain spring

Water emerging from peaks

artesian well

natural vs artificial water features

hot springheated pool

Artificially warmed swimming basin

jacuzzi · spa pool · thermal bath · bathhouse · swimming pool

water source type

hot springfreshwater spring

Natural groundwater emergence point

mineral spring

Family

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Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G