Berkeley Springs/United States
Berkeley Springs State Park
The oldest spa in the United States — warm mineral springs bathed in by George Washington, still running in a small public park.
Photo: Andrew Bossi, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.5)
- Bathing
- Indoor / Outdoor
- Established
- 1776
The springs at Bath, West Virginia — universally called Berkeley Springs — were used by Native peoples and then by colonial visitors including George Washington, who bathed here in 1748. The town was chartered as a spa in 1776, and the springs now sit inside a small state park with Roman-style bathhouse tubs and an outdoor pool.
Balnevia view
Why visit
The water is warm rather than hot, and the appeal is historical: a public spring, a stone tub said to be Washington's bath, and an American spa town that never became grand.
The water
Thermal water
- Source
- Berkeley warm springs
- Mineralisation
- Low-mineral warm spring water
- Character
- Constant warm springs flowing at around 74°F year-round.
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