Two resorts even chlorinate their water. The site is owned by the federal government but leased to a local entrepreneur. Two cabins have gas cooking stoves and lights, but visitors must bring their own food, cooking gear, sleeping bags and bear spray. You set the temperature using two tubes of hot and cold water. Check at the Alaska Public Lands Information Center , at 250 Cushman St. downtown, for help finding them.
Most people just drive to one of the three other hot springs.
It is the most developed site, with an extensive restaurant menu and both indoor and outdoor pools. The result, according to managers, is soft water with a salinity equal to about one teaspoon of salt per gallon of water. The next closest is Circle Hot Springs , approximately 140 miles down the Steese Highway. It has an Olympic-size outdoor swimming pool. Circle Hot Springs is the other resort which must also chlorinate their water, due to heavy public use.