Welcome to Red River Hot Springs ...
Red River Hot Springs is located in Idaho County<1>.
The location of Red River Hot Springs has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>
While we don't have a date for the founding of Red River Hot Springs, you might consider that their post office opened in 1910.
A typical abbreviation for Red River Hot Springs: Red Riv. Hot Spgs. (or less commonly used: Red Riv. Hot Spngs. or Red Riv. Hot Sprngs.)
Red River Hot Springs is 5,000 feet [1,524 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Red River Hot Springs is about 1 mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.
Time Zone: Red River Hot Springs lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time
Note: If you leave Red River Hot Springs and travel east, you will leave Pacific Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).
Area codes for Red River Hot Springs: (208) and (986)<4>
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Red River Hot Springs ...
Looking for more information about Red River Hot Springs? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.
While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Red River Hot Springs, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Red River Hot Springs.
Adding Red River Hot Springs to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Red River Hot Springs in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Red River Hot Springs was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>
From that list, the Red River Hot Springs post office opened in 1910.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Red River Hot Springs.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Red River Hot Springs. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Idaho County: www.idahocounty.org/
The official website for State of Idaho: www.state.id.us/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Idaho's counties, including Idaho, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Red River Hot Springs - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <4> | Area code (986) is an overlay for area code (208). |
| <5> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |