New Jersey has no naturally occurring hot springs. The state's mixed Piedmont, Highlands, and coastal-plain geology, without recent volcanism or active fault-hosted thermal circulation, does not produce natural hot water at the surface. Historic 19th-century mineral spa resorts operated at Long Branch and Schooley's Mountain, but these tapped cool artesian mineral water rather than geothermal water. Travelers searching for hot springs in New Jersey, hot springs near Newark, or hot springs near Jersey City will find no in-state options. The closest true hot springs are Berkeley Springs, West Virginia (approximately 5 hours by car) and Bath County, Virginia (approximately 7 hours). A number of New Jersey spas offer heated mineral pools and Russian-Turkish bathhouses, including several notable Bergen County facilities, but these are not naturally geothermal. Reviewed and updated June 2026. See our Mid-Atlantic regional map for the nearest genuine hot springs.
