Alabama has 613 natural springs and spring-fed water bodies mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey 3DHP program, ranking it #20 nationally; 313 of them (51%) are formally named. Alabama has no hot or thermal springs in NOAA’s catalog — the state’s groundwater is uniformly cool to ambient.
The map below is filtered to Alabama only — zoom in, search a spring name, or click any marker to see what’s there. Toggle “Hot springs” off to see only cold springs, or turn on “Named only” to clear the unnamed clutter at low zoom.
Are there any hot springs in Alabama?
NOAA’s thermal springs catalog lists no hot or warm springs in Alabama. The bedrock here is too old and too stable for deep groundwater to be heated and pushed back to the surface. If you’re looking for a soak in this region, the closest hot springs are in the neighbouring states listed below.
Named springs in Alabama
Alabama has 313 formally named springs in the USGS gazetteer. Here is a sample — the map above shows all of them.
| Spring | Type | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott Spring | Spring | 34.9453, -85.7844 |
| Acuff Spring | Spring | 34.7798, -86.4918 |
| Alldredge Spring | Spring | 34.1556, -86.4830 |
| Ashburn Spring | Spring | 34.5252, -86.5135 |
| Austin Spring | Spring | 34.9157, -85.8378 |
| Bailey Springs | Spring | 34.8905, -87.5788 |
| Baker Spring | Spring | 34.6019, -86.4249 |
| Bales Spring | Spring | 34.8508, -86.3979 |
| Band Mill Spring | Spring | 34.9012, -87.1360 |
| Bankstons Spring | Spring | 34.9627, -86.5183 |
How Alabama compares to neighbouring states
| State | Mapped springs | Hot springs | Hottest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 613 | — | — |
| Florida | 141 | 2 | 86°F |
| Georgia | 21 | 7 | 88°F |
| Mississippi | 53 | — | — |
| Tennessee | 2,317 | — | — |
How to explore Alabama’s springs
- Zoom in on any cluster pin to break it down into individual springs.
- Search a known name (“Silver Spring”, “Hot Springs”, “Wakulla”) or a city to recentre.
- Near me uses your browser location to recentre on your area.
- Satellite basemap shows the actual spring run or pool emerging from the surrounding terrain — useful for landowner identification.
- Click a spring marker to see its name, type, coordinates, and links to Google Maps and the USGS GNIS record.
Data sources
- Cold springs: USGS 3DHP HydroLocation (FeatureServer layer 20), feature types 7 (Spring) and 3 (Waterbody outlet).
- Hot springs: NOAA NGDC Thermal Springs of the United States, the canonical 50-state catalog.
- See the full US picture on the US Springs Interactive Map.
