A Volcanic Feature in Utah’s Geothermal West Desert. Bring your swim suit, flip flops and a towel!
The Loop requires Street Legal machine to make the trip. For this adventure head north and west out of Delta and follow the signs to the Topaz Internment Camp. These roads are paved most of the way to the camp. It is worth the time to stop there and ponder the fact that we made prisoners out of American citizens during the war. From there head north on dirt roads towards Baker Hot Springs. When you cross pavement, turn right and then again to the left when you see a stop sign. When you see the vault toilet, you are at Baker. Baker hot springs is open year round and it is one of the few places where you will find people congregating in the west desert (outside of a city). Sometimes it is busy, sometimes you are all alone. There is a vault toilet at the springs. Heading north from the springs towards the volcano cone, the roads change from maintained and wide enough for two vehicles to narrow dual track paths that make their way around the volcano. If you want to get the best picture of the cone, you will have to plan on a short hike, but you can drive pretty close.