Orenda Spring, Saratoga County New York Postcard

"Orenda Spring, Saratoga County, New York" by Catherine Sherman. Visitors to Saratoga Spa State Park in Saratoga Spa State Park, New York, can drink the mineral water gushing from Orenda Spring. Saratoga Spa State Park is a 2,379-acre (9.63 km2) state park located in Saratoga County, New York. Orenda Spring is on the Geyser Creek Loop Walk. The Saratoga Springs area has the only active spouting geysers east of the Mississippi River in the United States. The mineral springs for which the area is famous arise from fissures in the Saratoga Fault, which runs 65 miles (105 km) from Whitehall to Albany. The carbonated water that vents in springs and geysers is rich in minerals and salts. The water isn't hot.