The hot spring has been made into a bathhouse built in the 1920's. It has hundreds of signatures carved into the walls from visitors over the years. The owners really like the people they have met from Burning Man and they would like to encourage people to come and stop in on their way back from the Playa.

The pool is fed by a spring that delivers water at 113 degrees. It has a good flowrate and the water is not too hot or too laden with sulfur. Feel like taking an hour-long hot shower? Not a problem. The showers are 119 degrees and fed by a separate spring. If you feel like kicking back and showering for two hours, just bring your folding chair and relax. The shower is fed by a separate spring so you never have to worry about running out of hot water.

The cost is $6.00 a person per day which includes use of the hot springs. You can stay in the hot springs all night if you like, the owners simply ask that you keep food and drink out of the water and keep the noise down at night. Best of all, there is no noise from the surrounding area and the place is nearly vacant of people. It is truly a hidden gem of a location.

Directions:
10 miles north of Paisley, OR, located on OR-31.

Fees:
$6 a day

Web site:
www.summerlakehotsprings.com

There are several pools with varying temperatures. Some pools are muddy and nice. Not so muddy that you can't get out clean. Not too populated. The other three folks that were there were burners too, and sweet. Incidentally, none of us knew them or their camp, but they'd heard of sex kitchen.

Directions:
Head east on OR-58 past Oakridge. Just pass mile marker 45, pull into the big parking lot.

Fees:
No far, none. There could be a parking fee per car.

Web site:
oregonhotsprings.immunenet.com/mccredie.htm

Blue Pool Camp Site(nearby camp site)

Thanks to Amani Loutfy, Pope Phabulous for information.

Located at the Cougar resovoir (hence the name), in Rainbow, OR this is the most popular hot spring in the Eugene area. It's now a fee based spring, but the costs are $3.00 per person.

The source is the top pool which is around 112° F. There are several pools below this which get cooler they descend to a swimming hole. Most of the pools have bedrock with some gravel and sand at the bottom.

The hot springs are day use only.

Fees:
$3.00 per person.

Driving Directions:
From Eugene:
Rider Creek Arm of Cougar Reservoir and Terwilliger Hot Springs are 53.3 miles East of Eugene. From the intersection of I-5 and I-105/Highway 126 in Eugene, head east on Highway 126 to the end of the divided highway, 6.6 miles. Turn left onto Main Street, continuing on Highway 126, and drive to the Cougar Reservoir turnoff, Forest Road 19, 39.0 miles, between mileposts 45 and 46. Turn right and drive to a dam, 3.4 miles. Turn right at the dam to go around the west side of the reservoir to the parking lot near the hot springs trailhead, 4.3 miles.

From La Pine:
Head North on US-97 to US-20 (32 mi), then head west toward Salem (48 mi). Merge onto OR-126 and head east for 28.1 miles to Rainbow. Turn left onto the Mckenzie River Rd. Follow the signs.

Web site:
www.fs.fed.us/r6/willamette/recreation/cougar