Hot Springs Near Glacier National Park: Where to Soak and How Far

Hot Springs Near Glacier National Park: Where to Soak and How Far

Are There Hot Springs in Glacier National Park?

No. Glacier itself has no developed or natural hot springs open to visitors. Every option below is outside the park, and most are a real drive rather than a side trip. West Glacier is the useful starting point for distances, since it sits on the park's west side where most visitors base themselves; if you are coming from St. Mary or Many Glacier on the east side, add the time it takes to cross Going-to-the-Sun Road or drive around the park's south end, since none of these springs are any closer from the east.

Symes Hot Springs Hotel

Symes sits in the small town of Hot Springs, Montana, northwest of Kalispell. It is the closest option to West Glacier by drive time, at roughly 2 hours. The hotel has been running since 1928 and has both indoor and outdoor mineral pools fed by the springs the town is named for, plus rooms if you want to make a night of it rather than a stop.

Quinn's Hot Springs Resort

Quinn's, in Paradise, Montana along the Clark Fork River, runs several natural flow-through hot springs pools plus a cold plunge and treated pools. The resort has two lodges and cabins if you want to stay rather than just soak. It is about 2 hours 30 minutes from West Glacier, closer to a half day trip than an evening stop.

Fairmont Hot Springs Resort

Fairmont, near Anaconda in southwest Montana, is a full resort built around two large mineral pools, with a golf course and a waterslide alongside the soaking. At about 3 hours 45 minutes from West Glacier, this is really a stop on a longer Montana road trip rather than a Glacier day trip.

Crossing Into Canada: Lussier and Radium

Two more options sit across the border in British Columbia, both worth considering if you are already continuing north toward Banff or Kootenay National Park.

Lussier Hot Springs was closed as of September 2026. As of September 2026, BC Parks has the site shut to all access under a Regional Director's Order dated January 2026, after staff found large dislodged rocks in the upper pool and a compromised retaining wall. BC Parks has discussed a partial reopening of the lower pools, but no confirmed date has been set. Do not plan a drive around Lussier without checking the current status on bcparks.ca/whiteswan-lake-park first.

Radium Hot Springs is the developed option: a Parks Canada pool inside Kootenay National Park with changing rooms and a full facility. Entry requires a Parks Canada day pass for the park plus a separate pool admission fee, paid at reception; tickets are not sold online. Getting there requires a passport and a working US-Canada border crossing at the time you travel, so check current wait times before you commit a whole day to it.

Planning the Soak

None of these are close enough to fold into a normal hiking day in Glacier. If a hot spring is a priority, build it into your route on a driving day, either on the way in from Missoula or Kalispell, or on the way out toward Canada. Trying to add one after a full day on Going-to-the-Sun Road usually means arriving late and tired rather than relaxed, so spend that day inside the park instead; our 3-day Glacier itinerary lays out how to use it.