Circle Hot Springs is an unincorporated community in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area

Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska

Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area is a census area located in the state of Alaska, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 5,588. It is part of the unorganized borough and therefore has no borough seat...

, Alaska

Alaska

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, United States

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. The community is located about 7 miles (11.3 km) south of Central

Central, Alaska

Central is a census-designated place in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 134. Every February, Central hosts a checkpoint for the long-distance Yukon Quest sled dog race.-Geography:...

 and the Steese Highway

Steese Highway

The Steese Highway is a highway in the Interior region of the U.S. state of Alaska that extends from Fairbanks to Circle, a town on the Yukon River about 50 miles south of the Arctic Circle. The highway was completed in 1927 and is named for U.S. Army General James G. Steese, a former president...

. Circle Hot Springs has an airport

Airport

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, Circle Hot Springs Airport

Circle Hot Springs Airport

Circle Hot Springs Airport is a state-owned public-use airport serving Circle Hot Springs, in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska.- Facilities and aircraft :...

. The community is home to a hot spring

Hot spring

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and was the site of a now-closed resort.The community is in a gold rich area that draws many miners to the central area for the summer. There are only a couple of year round residents.