Springs, wells, and free water in the West
Springs, wells, and free water across the West, each compiled from its own sources: where to pull off, flow, and water-quality notes.
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California
- Adobe SpringsPatterson · Mineral spring (free public fill)A free public spring spigot about eighteen miles up Del Puerto Canyon west of Patterson, California, where water rising through mantle rock carries some 110 milligrams of magnesium per liter.
- Bitney SpringsNevada City · Natural springA roadside spring on Bitney Springs Road in rural Nevada County, California, where three spouts run under a small canopy built by a local Lions Club.
- Headwaters SpringMt. Shasta · 26 acre city parkA cold spring at the foot of Spring Hill in Mt. Shasta City Park, called the headwaters of the Upper Sacramento, where people fill jugs beside a warning sign.
- National City Free Water StationNational City · Free water stationThe free well-water station on East Fourth Avenue delivers an average of about 728 gallons a day, drawn from a well a few hundred yards away; the public, even those from outside National City, fill jugs here.
- Upper Soda Springs / Tauhindauli ParkDunsmuir · Natural resource parkTauhindauli Park is a 15-acre public park with over one-half mile of rare public access to the Sacramento River, and a network of trails and bike paths.
Colorado
- Manitou Mineral SpringsManitou Springs · Mineral springsEach spring has its own distinctive flavor and effervescence. Centuries ago the great tribes of the plains and the Mountain Utes drank these same medicinal waters. Beginning in 1871, developers created the resort of Manitou Springs to provide the popular water therapies. Springs restored and kept running by the Mineral Springs Foundation.
- Monarch Pass SpringSargents · SpringPure spring water right off Hwy 50 coming from metal pipe right out of hard rock. Nice, cold, and clear. Some lichen or moss grows in and around the pipe.
Idaho
- Hooper Springs ParkSoda Springs · City parkA city park north of Soda Springs, Idaho, where cold, naturally carbonated water rises free inside a lava-rock enclosure built by the town's mayor and council in 1937.
- Octagon Spring ParkSoda Springs · City parkA small city park at Main and Hooper in Soda Springs, Idaho, where an eight-sided roof from the 1890s covers a carbonated spring that anyone may drink from.
Montana
Oregon
- Kings Valley Hwy Spring, Monmouth, ORMonmouth · Roadside springA roadside spring between mileposts 15 and 16 on Kings Valley Highway, south of Monmouth, Oregon, where cold water runs year round from a short PVC pipe set into a hillside.
- Refreshing Local SpringLookout Point · SpringA free year-round drinking spring at a pull-off on Oregon Highway 58 near Lookout Point, east of Eugene, where regular users post their own lab results.
- Scappoose-Vernonia Hwy SpringScappoose · SpringA roadside pipe spring at mile marker 15 on the Scappoose-Vernonia Highway in Oregon, where neighbors have filled jugs for decades and visitors keep asking whether anyone has tested it.
- Sunset Springs FountainSunset (on Hwy 26 near Seaside) · Roadside springTwo spring-fed drinking fountains on either side of U.S. 26 in Oregon's Coast Range, where drivers have filled jugs from a hillside spring since about 1925.
Utah
- Artesian Well ParkSalt Lake City · ParkA small pocket park at 800 South and 500 East in Salt Lake City, built around an artesian well that flows without a pump and fills jugs for people from across the Wasatch Front.
- Kristin SpringOgden · SpringIt's piped into a pool that runs downhill through the forest.
- Matrimony SpringMoab · SpringSmall cove right off river road, leaving Moab. just a few minutes from town. There is spout coming right out of the mountain. Water tastes amazing! icy cold, pure spring water, great place to refill all bottles.
- Old La Sal SpringLa Sal · SpringThere is a small barn in the field and right in front of it is a fence with piping and a plastic hose with the spring water gushing out into a cement base with a drain into the ground.
- The Stump Bi-Centennial Well
Washington
- Artesian WellOlympia · Free-flowing artesian wellA free-flowing artesian well in downtown Olympia, Washington, where people fill jugs from a pipe in an alley beside a pocket park fenced shut since 2018.
- Good WaterEnumclaw · Roadside springA free roadside spring on Washington's Highway 410, directly across from milepost 34, where a Greenwater resident built a platform for filling jugs.
- Well No. 5 (164th Street Artesian Well)Lynnwood · Artesian wellA flowing artesian well on 164th Street SW in Lynnwood, Washington, where two spigots run untreated water from the Intercity Aquifer day and night, free to anyone who waits.
Wyoming
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