General Description: A palm tree oasis in the Saline Valley with a car destroying drive to reach.
General Location: Saline Valley within Death Valley National Park
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Miracle Hot Spring
General Description: A concrete tub along a river with spring water flowing into it and is occationally destroyed by local athorities.
General Location: Southern Central Valley in the foothills of the Sierras outside of Bakersfield
Pool Type: Concrete pool
Pool Temps: Very Hot (104° - 106° F)
Mystery Hot Springs
General Description: A now you see me now you dont spring on the California coast.
General Location: Aint going to tell ya!
Pool Type: Tarp and Buoy slash Sand and Gravel.
Pool Temps: Very Hot (104° - 106° F)
Ojai Hot Springs
General Description: Small hot pots on the side of a creek.
General Location: Ojai
Pool Type: rock and gravel
Pool Temps: Hot (102° - 104° F), Slightly Hot (100° - 102° F), Warm (Below 100° F)
Owens Valley (Three Dish) Warm Spring
General Description: A warm spring creating a pond in a desert valley filled with crawdads.
General Location: Outside of Big Pine near the Owens Valley Radio Observatory.
Pool Temps: Warm (Below 100° F)
Remington Hot Spring
General Description: A artistic rock and concrete hot spring next to a river with a concrete box over the hot source and overflow into two larger pools that can barely get hot enough due to the low flow.
General Location: The southern foothills of the Sierras outside of Bakersfield
Pool Type: Rock and Concrete
Pool Temps: Very Hot (104° - 106° F), Slightly Hot (100° - 102° F)
Saline Valley Palm Springs
General Description: Two hot concrete hexagon pools surrounded by a couple palm trees on the side of Saline Valley.
General Location: Saline Valley within Death Valley National Park
Sespe Hot Springs *
General Description: Several extremely hot springs in a remote desert valley creating a hot river with several pools created as the water cools.
General Location: Southern California outside of Ojai in the Los Padres National Forest
Pool Type: sand and gravel in a hot creek
Pool Temps: Extremely Hot (106° - 110° F)
Shepherd Hot Spring
General Description: A beautiful stone and concrete pool with extremely hot water that is piped with an adjustable valve in the Hot Creek Geothermal Area.
General Location: Near Hot Creek Geothermal Area in the Eastern Sierra
Pool Type: stone and concrete
Pool Temps: Extremely Hot (106° - 110° F)
The Hot Tub
General Description: A popular well made rock and cement pool thats not as hot as many of the other pools near the Hot Creek Geothermal Area.
General Location: Near Hot Creek Geothermal Area in the Mammoth Lakes area.