Hot springs near Eugene are concentrated in the western Cascades along two corridors east of the Willamette Valley. The Aufderheide Scenic Byway off Highway 126 leads to Terwilliger Hot Springs, about 53 miles east, where four tiered pools cascade through river cobble with a 15-person capacity limit.
Southeast along Highway 58 through Oakridge, McCredie Hot Springs sits adjacent to the road about 53 miles from Eugene, with free pools along Salt Creek. Wall Creek Hot Springs, known as the Meditation Pool, is a free oval pool 10 miles south of Oakridge reached by a flat 0.3-mile trail. On the McKenzie River, Belknap Hot Springs is a year-round resort 58 miles east with two mineral pools and day use at $12 per hour. Deer Creek Hot Springs, a free primitive pool across the McKenzie from Belknap, rounds out the options at roughly 60 miles.
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