So here we are Chad we're at Kirkham Hot Springs and we've been talking this
whole drive about what the hell are we actually gonna do at Kirkham hot springs.
Yeah, you go to Kirkham hot springs when? I go to Kirkham hot springs either when
I'm heading to Stanley or I'm heading back to Boise from Stanley. This has never been a
day trip for me this is always a fun stop on a road trip to somewhere else.
Right, I do think it's nice way to get out of the city for a day trip. They're
super easy to get to. They are on one of the most beautiful rivers in Idaho the
South Fork of the Payette River. Crystal clear beautiful. So the whole experience
is good. I would just make sure I had a really nice picnic planned. There's also a
short hiking trail that goes around here that you can take people on. The nice
thing is it doesn't cost anything to get in. One thing to note though is always
check the roads in winter especially the road out of Idaho City that summit can
often times get closed. You can also camp here if you really wanted to. It's not
my preferred camping method though. You're kind of in a parking lot.
There's spots, it's cheap, it's easy to find, but for me you know running along
the highway in a parking lot not really my ideal spot. I'm still heading up to Stanley
to camp there. Well should we go down I feel like we have some people
down here with some hot springs. All right let's go check it out they're all
clothes which is good. I believe they're passing around a J right now.
So during the camping season this campground is open and this road is open
and you can also just park over there you don't have to camp here to get in.
But in the offseason now winter time come in they shut down the campground.
The hot springs is open year-round. Campgrounds closed seasonally.
We're just gonna walk a long walk of like maybe 150 yards over to the hot springs.
Right here in the campground, the campgrounds right behind us here,
is this lovely little mini pool. I'm gonna see how hot it is that's one thing when
you're out in hot springs, always test the water before you go full in right.
It's a nice pool though it's got a nice sandy bottom looks like Sacagawea hot
springs. It's a really nice temp I'm just saying if you're walking to the hot
springs I've always beelined it straight to the hot springs that are on the river
but this is a really really nice pool.
One of the things that I love about Kirkham especially is that there's a
significant amount of these little streams and rivulets coming straight out
of the rock up there and just the sound of that combined with the river
going by and the sound of that I mean even if you didn't have a hot springs
the audible experience alone is very peaceful very soothing even though the
roads right there you cannot hear it and so when you come up here obviously bring
a swimsuit no nudity. I would highly recommend which Jon and I didn't do
today bring some flip-flops, chacos, sandals whatever and even though the
bathrooms are open now I don't know if they're open all winter and they smell
horrible so you want to maybe have a way to
change. I saw somebody down here at a robe. I think that would be a great idea.
Soak, enjoy, and please bring canned beer or canned beverages because glass is not a
good place to bring down here.
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