President Franklin Delano Roosevelt first recognized Warm Springs when he visited the town's naturally heated springs to soothe the aches and pains of his polio-related paralysis. The springs maintain a constant 88 degrees Fahrenheit temperature year round.  Warm Springs is now a state park and rehabilitation center.  Most of the pools are empty.  A touch pool still exists where visitors can feel the actual spring and listen to the history of Warm Springs. Warm Springs State Park is located 1 hour south of Atlanta, Georgia.

The springs maintain a constant 88 degrees F year round.

HOW THE WARM SPRINGS WORK

Warm Springs is the most famous of Georgia's seven known warm springs. This park takes its name from the springs that flow beneath the north slope of Pine Mountain.  The springs are 88 degrees Fahrenheit which is almost body temperature (which is 98.6 degrees F).  The water is heated by geothermal energy which is estimated to range from 95 degrees Fahrenheit to 120 degrees Fahrenheit.