Promoting All of Sierra County throughout New Mexico, the United States and the World A project of the Sierra County Recreation and Tourism Advisory Board. Paid for in part by Lodgers Tax.

HOT SPRINGS / SPA TREATMENTS

Spa Services

Two Sierra County hotels, the Elephant Butte Inn & Spa and the Sierra Grande Lodge & Spa, offer a full line of pampering spa services.

Other hotels and/or hot springs facilities can arrange for treatments on site. Check with the front desk of your lodge or at one of our Visitor Centers to find out more.

Hot Springs

Truth or Consequences' Hot Springs Bathhouse Historic and Commercial District sits above one of the largest aquifers in North America, estimated to produce 2.26 million gallons of hot, perfectly balanced mineral water per day. 

Charmingly restored, most of the hot spring establishments date from the 1920s and '30s when T or C was still named Hot Springs. Hot mineral water treatments were an accepted medical practice then, and the town advertised with slogans like "City of Health" and "Health Capital of the Southwest."

The first bathhouse is believed to have been built circa 1882 by the John Cross Cattle Company for use by its cowboys. But long before Europeans came to the area, the Southwest’s indigenous people considered the site to be a place of healing.

Today, most of the baths in T or C are open to walk-ins who can pay to soak by the half hour or hour.

Lodgers seeking in-room private baths will find several to choose from in the downtown area.

(See the Hot Springs District MAP or our Lodge and Soak section for more information.)

 

Truth or Consequences Mineral Water Analysis

courtesy of the Charles Motel & Spa

Element ppm Ag Silver 0.001 Al Aluminum 0.050 Ar Arsenic 0.050 Au Gold 0.005 B Boron 0.250 Ba Barium 0.200 Br Bromine 2.600 Ca Calcium 163.000 Cd Cadmium 0.001 Cl Chloride 1360.000 Co Cobalt 0.001 Cr Chromium 0.002 Cs Cesium 0.120 Cu Copper 0.002 F Floride 3.060 Fe Iron 0.020	Element ppm Li Lithium 1.300 Mg Magnesium 15.300 Mn Manganese 0.010 Mo Molybdenum 0.002 Na Sodium 751.000 Ni Nickel 0.002 Pb Lead 0.002 Rb Rubidium 0.700 Sb Antimony 0.050 Se Selium 0.050 Si Silicon 21.000 Sr Strontium 3.820 Hg Mercury 0.050 K Potassium 56.000 U Uranium 0.100 Zn Zinc 0.010

 

Compound		ppm
HCO3	Bicarbonate	220.000
NH4	Ammonium	0.050
NO3	Nitrate	0.200
PO4	Phosphate	0.200
SiO2	Silicate	45.000
SO4	Sulfate	75.100