West Virginia has at least 4 documented hot springs, all historic warm mineral spas rather than wild soaks. All 4 are paid spa or resort sites. Berkeley Springs State Park and The Greenbrier at White Sulphur Springs are the best known, two of the oldest spa destinations in the country, drawing bathers to warm mineral water since the colonial era.
The Eastern Panhandle town of Berkeley Springs holds the oldest grouping, a colonial spa town where Berkeley Springs State Park offers warm mineral baths and Atasia Spa adds a modern day spa, both fed by the springs George Washington once visited.
The Greenbrier Valley in the south centers on The Greenbrier at White Sulphur Springs, a grand historic resort built around mineral springs with a spa, golf, and lodging in the Allegheny Mountains.
Between them, Capon Springs Resort near Wardensville keeps a family-run mineral spring resort tradition alive in the mountains, rounding out the historic hot springs in West Virginia along the state's eastern edge.
West Virginia offers some of the oldest spa history in America rather than wild backcountry soaking. Berkeley Springs claims to be the country's first spa, used before the Revolution and visited by George Washington, while The Greenbrier has hosted presidents and guests for more than two centuries. The warm mineral water holds a steady temperature year-round, and the compact Eastern Panhandle and Greenbrier Valley settings pair soaking with colonial and Gilded Age resort history that few states can match in the eastern United States.
Highlights are drawn from the hot springs documented in this directory. All are historic mineral spas, and others may exist nearby.
Colonial spa park: Berkeley Springs State Park in Berkeley Springs offers warm mineral baths in a state park once visited by George Washington, among the oldest documented spa sites in our records in the country.
Grand historic resort: The Greenbrier at White Sulphur Springs is a grand mineral-spring resort that has hosted presidents for more than two centuries, with a spa, golf, and lodging in the Alleghenies.
Family mineral resort: Capon Springs Resort near Wardensville keeps a family-run mineral spring resort tradition, with warm spring water and lodging in the mountains.
Modern day spa: Atasia Spa in Berkeley Springs offers a modern spa experience drawing on the town's historic warm mineral springs.
