Umpqua Hot Springs Trailhead

We loved the vibe here and had a great time, but there was trash—literally a pile of beer cans left right next to the spring—and my husband ended up catching a pretty bad case of ringworm from the pools. Yikes

Once there was a beautiful, clean, well kept hot spring but because of tourism and disrespectful people coming and going it quickly became a dumpster. There was once a shack that gave shelter over the main pool, which was blown over by winds. Once upon a time people came weekly to clean the pools along with the trail which is no more. There used to be a bathroom along the trial and it has since been torn down. One or 2 of the pools have been torn apart and are no longer there. The bathroom at the parking lot most of the time has fences smeared all over the walls and urine everywhere. The water in the hot springs is often filthy with Ecoli and is cloudy. It’s really sad to see what people have done to such a beautiful natural wonder. I’ll always have such good memories here but never again will I go.

This place is breathtaking, however there was a literal human shit sitting right outside one of the hot springs. Very filthy and overrun with people