Trego Hot Springs

Trego Hot Springs
Trego, Hot Springs, Kyles Hot Springs,
Butte Spring, and Butte Hot Spring
Ghost town
Trego hot springs
Trego hot springs
Etymology: Named after nearby Mount Trego[1]
Coordinates: 40°46′18″N 119°07′01″W / 40.77167°N 119.11694°W / 40.77167; -119.11694[2]
CountryUnited States
StateNevada
CountyPershing
Elevation
[2]
3,940 ft (1,200 m)
Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST)PDT (UTC-7)
1914 WPRR map with Gerlach, Ascalon, Trego, Cholona, Ronda, and Sulphur, Nevada

Trego Hot Springs is located in the Black Rock Desert at the location of Trego, Nevada, a former station on the Western Pacific Railroad. The name "Trego" dates from the 1910s, just after the railroad was built. Previously, the springs had names like Hot Springs, Kyles Hot Springs (1864), Butte Spring, and Butte Hot Spring.[2]

Today, Trego is known for its hot springs, which is a long ditch with a soft mud bottom. The springs are at the north end, near the railroad tracks, and the water flows south. Garside reports that the springs have a temperature of 187F.[3] Unlike nearby Frog Springs at the Garrett Ranch, Trego is on public land.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference carlson was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b c "Trego Hot Springs". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2014-06-15.
  3. ^ Garside, J. L.; Schilling, J. H. (1979). "Thermal Waters of Nevada" (PDF). Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Bulletin (91). Reno: 163. Retrieved 15 June 2014.