I first heard about the Nevada hot springs from a fellow hiker I met on a trip to Utah. She rattled off names like Spencer and Ruby Valley, and her eyes lit up when she described the desert air mixing ...

When most people think of Nevada, they picture seas of sagebrush or glittering casinos rising out of the desert. It's true: Nevada has those things - but if you look just a little deeper into the ...

A few miles south of the Oregon border, in a seldom-visited part of Nevada, a stream of hot water gurgles up from the ground. The water flows across the desert floor for a mile before it collects in a ...

Buried in the foothills of central Nevada’s Big Smoky Valley, Spencer Hot Springs is one of the most reliable hot spring soaks in the state. Managed by the Nevada Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and ...

Nevada is home to more than 300 naturally occurring hot springs, the most found in the U.S. While some are too hot to enjoy, if you know the right spot, a day of soaking and relaxation is as easy as a ...

Every year since 1998, the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology at the University of Nevada, Reno has invited the public to bounce along bumpy backroads to explore the incredible geology of Nevada as ...