Wasatch Springs Plunge

Warm mineral water still rises here along the Wasatch Fault, as it has for millennia. Long before the city, Shoshone, Ute, and Paiute people gathered at these springs for their healing warmth. What followed is a hard truth worth stating plainly: after Mormon settlers began using the water in the 1840s, many Native people who bathed here caught measles—a settler disease—and died. The pioneers built bathhouses anyway, and in 1921 the city raised this Mission-style plunge over the springs. It later held the Children's Museum; today it stands empty, the water still flowing beneath it.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Ensign Peak — 0.8 mi
  A short hike to the spot where Brigham Young surveyed the valley
• Temple Square — 1.3 mi
  The spiritual and architectural heart of Salt Lake City
• Salt Lake City — 1.3 mi
  Utah's capital and largest city — where the Wasatch Range meets the Great Salt Lake.
• Liberty Park — 3.3 mi
  Salt Lake Citys beloved 80-acre urban park since 1882

More markers nearby

• Warm Springs (2) Markers — steps away
• Fur Trappers and Traders — steps away
• Ensign Peak - Top — 0.6 mi
• Ensign Peak - Trailhead — 0.6 mi