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Hot Springs is a census-designated place (CDP) in Bath County, Virginia, United States. The population as of the 2020 Census was 524. [1] It is located about 5 miles (8 kilometers) southwest of Warm Springs on U.S. Route 220. Hot Springs has several historic resorts, for the springs helped develop Bath County.
Since ancient times, humans have used hot springs, public baths and thermal medicine for therapeutic effects. [3] Bathing in hot, mineral water is an ancient ritual. The Latin phrase sanitas per aquam means "health through water", involving the treatment of disease and various ailments by balneotherapy in natural hot springs.
Botetourt Springs was originally settled in the mid-18th century, growing as a mineral spring resort during the summer, especially after the 1820s. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] In its time, it was one of the best known mineral springs in Virginia, [ 5 ] and one of the chief sulfuric thermal springs in America. [ 6 ]
Thermal Springs List for the United States—1,661 hot springs "Geothermal Resources of the Great Artesian Basin, Australia" (PDF). GHC Bulletin. 23 (2). June 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-22; A scholarly paper with a map of over 20 geothermal areas in Uganda; List of 100 thermal hot springs and hot pools in New Zealand
Orkney Springs is a CDP in western Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States. The reason for the name "Orkney" is unknown, but believed to be tied to either the Orkney Islands off the coast of Scotland or to the Earl of Orkney, since one of the earliest European landowners was Dr. John McDonald, a Scottish physician. The "Springs" part of the ...
For one thing, visitors can't just hop into the thermal springs, where the water comes out at over 140 degrees. “It’s way too hot for our skin,” said Waymouth, who noted the park has the ...
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Pages in category "Hot springs of Virginia" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. H. Hot Springs ...