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This weekend the GF and I headed out to Portland, and along the way finally stopped in at Renova Hot Springs. It is the last of the free, public, undeveloped hot springs in my neck of the Montana woods. There are lots of Hot Springs around the Montana Rockies, but most are developed, or on private land, or deeep in the Yellowstone backcountry. Renova is a little stone pool right off of the road on the Jefferson River, south of Whitehall. It’s convenient that it’s right off of the road, but it’s not all that private or scenic. We got there at dusk, so my pictures didn’t turn out that well but it was nice watching night fall. The only hiccup in our fun detour was that we knocked of the rusty muffler on our car. But not serious harm was done.

The best guide I have found for Renova is in the guidebook: Touring Montana and Wyoming Hot Springs by Jeff Birkby- (Amazon.com link)

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Tags: Hot Springs, Jefferson River, Montana, primitive, renova hot spring, Tobacco Roots, undeveloped, Whitehall
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