Lava Hot Springs

I am traveling in this area in a few weeks and was wondering if this was a good place to visit. Are the hot springs worth the effort?

Lava Hot Springs

We stayed a week at the timeshare in Lava Hot Springs and enjoyed it very much. It is a small mountain town with one main street and a few restaurants, shops, museum and one supermarket. It is a beautiful area, but not a lot to do. If you want peace and quiet to chill out then go for it. We used it as a base for exploring.

We did not use the hot springs, but they did not seem to be very busy on the occasions we passed by. There is a trail up the hillside where you can overlook them.

There is also an olympic size open air swimming pool at Lava.

Lava Hot Springs

The above depiction by AngelG is pretty accurate - Lava%26#39;s a pretty small town. This time of year, it%26#39;s also fun to rent an inner tube and float the river through town. Cheap, family entertainment.

Just returned from two days in Lava Hot Springs as part of a roadtrip...definitely don%26#39;t miss it! As people mentioned it is a small mountain town with tons of charm. Don%26#39;t miss the hot springs pools at night or tubing down the river during the day. Also the ';Thai Food'; restaurant on Main Street rivals NYC thai cuisine.

Just wanted to say that I followed your advice and stopped at Lava Hot Springs on my way home from Yellowstone. It was a great way to top off a wonderful trip! We rented tubes and went down the river several times before soaking in the pools. Everyone in town was friendly and recommended the Thai resteraunt which was excellent.