The Soda Springs Geyser is a lot of fun if it is on your route. Be there at the top of the hour. It is a mineral geyser, and the town has thoughtfully posted signs warning visitors not to park cars too close to the geyser as the spray may damage a car's paint. The geyser and surrounding park are near the middle of town. Adjacent to the geyser is a marker commemorating the service of Soda Springs' Ground Observer Corps, a WorldWar II/Cold War initiative of the U.S. Air Force designed to protect the U.S. from air attack. The visitor's center provides additional information about the geyser, the Ground Observer Corps, the Oregon Trail and area atractions.
This is a really neat out of the way attraction. It is the worlds only man-made geyser, accidentally created, capped, and now goes off on the hour for about five minutes. If you want you can right up to it, it's cold water, I didn't know until some little kid in a bathing suit went up. There are a few interpretive signs on the geyser, and next to it, is a original Cold War lookout building, where volunteers would watch for any unidentified planes. Also go across the street to the Enders Hotel and Museum, it is AWESOME, and the Oregon Trail sites in Soda Springs. WARNING, try to avoid parking in the lot next to the geyser, the wind will get the geyser water all over your car and get your car super dirty, if it does happen, go over to the Food Mart in Soda Springs and get vinegar, water and a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser, it gets most of it out. But definitely worth visiting.
This is really not far of the road to see if you are driving through Soda Springs. We came out purposefully for an afternoon, and it is amazing just how enclosed it is by the rest of the town. It goes of once an hour, on the hour and is really quite amazing. Expect to be showered if there is a breeze blowing. If you are coming specifically for a visit don't expect to find a huge amount to fill a long space of time. There is a tour of things of interest in the area but none of them take very long to see. There is a small museum beside the geyser which is quite interesting but is just information for reading and would not be of such interest for young children. We also drove up the hill to Hooper Spring, which was worth doing as you are able to see (and taste if you wish) some naturally sparkling spring water!!
An old water well that hit an artesianal pocket of carbonated water (soda water). Easy to plan a visit to since it goes off every hour on the hour. The viewing area is fairly neat. Does not compete with Yellowstone but neat if you're in the area. Also recommend trying Hooper springs, the original soda spring. It tastes awful (copper and sulfur) but is a unique experience. Make sure you get your water from the flowing portion of the spring. Also, you should only drink it fresh, do not bottle it. Algae will grow inside your bottle if you wait too long.
It was very pretty. There is a nice park nearby with lots of history. The whole town is cute. Right on the Oregon Trail
We stopped there on our way. they say its the only captive geyser in the world. The geyser is controlled by a timer and erupts every hour on the hour for about 10-15 min, it was enough time to take pictures. The geyser reaches heights of 100 ft. there is a board walk and you can also step on orange ground. I don't know if its safe to drink it, but I had a sip and my stomach didn't like it :( Overall, we enjoyed the experience.
The geyser goes off every hour on the hour and it lasts about 8 minutes. We had a few minutes before the geyser was expected to go off so we made some coffee and enjoyed the beautiful Idahoan blue skies. The geyser water is a little cold but refreshing. It was a fun stop. Would do it again if my travels broufht me this way. Now we are off to the next adventure. Can't wait to see what we will find a long the way!
Just before the church bells go off the geyser starts spouting water for 5 minutes! Cool! Also check out the Cold War lookout station and the cemetery nearby!
We were sitting in the car at the entrance of our hotel, when my husband looked up and spotted the geyser of water, just a couple of blocks away. Cool! So we figured out how to get there, and walked up to watch it blow. We checked out the interpretive signs, and took a lot of photos. It's a very interesting, unexpected thing to find in the middle of Soda Springs. Check it out if you're passing through; it blows off once an hour on the hour, and it's worth waiting around for.(catching up on reviews from a September 2014 road trip)
We found this very easily by following the signs. We arrived just as the geyser went off. It was pretty cool and we easily occupied an hour reading the plaques and visitor center info until it went off again. Then we went across the street to the park where they have restored engine "Dinkey" which the kids loved. There's also a stagecoach - not well displayed - and the "Galloping Goose" bus. The kids - 2 & 3 - played on the playground as well before we had lunch at the Geyser View. We finished lunch just in time to see the geyser one last time before leaving. We got some really cool pictures, too. Excellent afternoon thanks to Soda Springs!