Did you know that Pagosa Springs is home to the Guinness World Record’s certified “deepest geothermal Hot Spring in the world?”
While the Pagosa Hot Springs have long drawn people from around the world to soak in their “healing waters,” many may not realize that Pagosa Springs is home to the world’s deepest Hot Spring.
A judge from The Guinness Book of World Records visited Pagosa Springs on August 20, 2011, to verify the measurement. The spring was measured by a hydrologist from Basin Engineering in Durango, Colorado. When the 1,002-foot-long plumb line was dropped into the “mother spring,” it didn’t hit the bottom; instead, the plumb line ran out. So now, the official measurement is 1,002 feet and, according to the Guinness Book of World Records, that’s the deepest hot spring in the world. In fact, no one really knows the true depth of this Hot Spring!
While the mother spring is a natural wonder, it is also a fabulous natural resource for the town of Pagosa Springs.
Visitors come from far and wide to soak in the mineral-rich waters of our multiple hot springs properties, as well as in several locations along the river. The Geothermal Greenhouse Partnership, along the San Juan Riverwalk, hosts three grow domes and provides environmental education, year-round vegetable production, water conservation & renewable energy. Local geothermal energy has even been used in the production of local craft beers!