Spring, Geyser sights in Fairbanks
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Chena Hot Springs Resort
At the end of Chena Hot Springs Rd is the Chena Hot Springs Resort. The springs themselves were discovered by gold miners in 1905, and by 1912 they were the premier place to soak for the happy residents of boom town Fairbanks. They still are. The busiest season for this resort, by far, is winter, and often during midweek in the summer you can score on some impressive 'slow season discounts'.
The Chena springs are at the centre of a 40 sq mile geothermal area and produce a steady stream of water that's so hot, it must be cooled before you can even think about putting a toe in. The most popular activity is hot-tub soaking, done both outdoors and indoors. Other activities in…
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Manley Hot Springs
Privately owned by famously hospitable Chuck and Gladys Dart, bathing happens within a huge, thermal-heated greenhouse that's a veritable Babylonian garden of grapes, Asian pears and hibiscus flowers. Deep in this jungle are three spring-fed concrete tubs, each burbling at different temperatures. Pay your money, hose yourself down, pluck some fruit and soak away in this deliriously un-Alaskan setting.
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Hutlinana Warm Springs
Hutlinana Creek is reached at Mile 129, and a quarter mile east of the bridge is an 8-mile creekside trail to Hutlinana Warm Springs, an undeveloped thermal area with a 3ft-deep pool. The springs are visited mainly in winter; in summer, the buggy bushwhack seems uninviting. From the bridge it's another 23 miles southwest to Manley Hot Springs.
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