Goldstrike Hot Springs
Boulder City, Nevada
Goldstrike Hot Springs (Boulder City, Nevada) is roughly 0.31 miles from the nearest car-accessible road, which the snap does not name. The hike in is about 2.65 miles by trail. Filed as an undeveloped backcountry pool on the operator's own site. Vent heat in the NOAA thermal springs survey: 145°F, scalding. There is no entry fee and no amenities are on file. Nothing we hold states the clothing policy, so ask before you go.
Source: NOAA thermal springs survey — SPRING, 0.18 mi, 145°F. NPS does not publish a soaking-pool temperature for Goldstrike Canyon; 145°F is the surveyed vent, not a pool you should assume is safe to enter.
At a glance
Water temp
Above 110°F — risk of burns; test before entering
NOAA thermal springs survey — SPRING, 0.18 mi, 145°F. NPS does not publish a soaking-pool temperature for Goldstrike Canyon; 145°F is the surveyed vent, not a pool you should assume is safe to enter.
Survey-measured
Road required
Any car
Unverified
Getting there
Hike-In (2.65 mi)
Verified
Clothing
Unverified
Unverified
Camping on site
Not indicated
Unverified
Cell service
Assume none
Information verified: — roads and policies change without notice.
Conditions at the spring
What we can actually confirm
Every attribute shows its source. Where nothing confirms it, we say so rather than guess.
Clothing policy
Unverified
Vehicle needed
Not confirmed
Getting to the water
Hike-In (2.65 mi by trail) · nearest road 0.31 mi away in a straight lineCamping on site
Not indicated
Development
Primitive/Backcountry
The water
Tips before you go
Practical notes from operators, land managers and published sources — plus reviews written here.
The National Park Service lists Gold Strike Canyon as 5.3 miles round trip (about 2.65 miles each way, 4 to 8 hours in all), with about 1,200 feet of elevation change, and rates it a very strenuous Grade 2 canyoneering route with seven dry falls you must climb down and back up. The ropes were left by other hikers; the park does not maintain or inspect them. Also called Gold Strike Hot Springs. Source: https://www.nps.gov/thingstodo/hike-the-goldstrike-canyon-trail.htm
The same Lake Mead heat closure covers this trail: every year from May 15 through September 30, plus any day Willow Beach is forecast at 95°F or hotter. The springs remain reachable by water on Lake Mohave. A park entrance pass is required. Parking off Goldstrike Road, near Boulder City and just before the Mike O'Callaghan–Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge, is free. Toilets are at the trailhead only.
NPS warns that pooled water has tested high for fecal bacteria, including fecal coliform, E. coli, and enterococci, and that the springs can contain Naegleria amoebas. Do not drink the water or put your head under. The park does not regularly test it, and the springs are not a designated swim area. Do not sandbag or block the flow.
The nearest mapped road is 0.31 miles from this coordinate in a straight line. That is not the length of the canyon route. NOAA records an unnamed spring 0.18 miles away at 145°F; treat that as a vent temperature, not a soaking-pool temperature.
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