Blaney Meadows Hot Springs
Blaney Meadows Hot Springs belongs to the Sierra National Forest side of Mono County, with Mammoth Lakes the nearest town at about twenty-eight miles. The recorded temperature is hot, at the upper edge of what most people will sit in. Access is open to the public and the ground is Forest Service.
High country at close to seventy-seven hundred feet. The nearest road has no name on file and is a short walk away, around two tenths of a mile. Snow is the defining fact: over seventeen feet in an average winter, with precipitation near three feet a year. That much snow sets the calendar here.
The months listed as best are December through February, which collides with seventeen feet of snow; in practice the season for reaching it is whatever the snowpack allows. Jackass Meadow campground lies about five and a half miles distant. Hot enough that easing in slowly makes sense. Nothing on file about a fee.
Aircraft with laser scanners measured this ground to within inches. The scan strips out trees and buildings, leaving the bare shape of the land around Blaney Meadows Hot Springs.
Drag the handle to compare the two views. The orange dot marks the spring, in a frame about three quarters of a mile wide.
- Setting
- Valley floor
- Gentle slopes rise on both sides.
- Highest ground nearby
- 259 ft above the spring
- Within a quarter mile, to the southwest
A slice through the ground from north to south, about 0.6 miles end to end.
Elevation data: USGS 3D Elevation Program. Aerial imagery: USGS The National Map. Public domain.
That's about twice the US average of 65. It's higher than at 86% of the springs on this site.
Heat flow measures the warmth working its way up through the ground from deep inside the earth. Where it runs high, rain and snowmelt that seep down through cracks in the rock come back up hot.
See every spring on the geothermal heat map →
Heat flow estimate: Stanford Thermal Earth Model (Aljubran & Horne, 2024), CC BY 4.0.
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Overview Jackass Meadow Campground remains closed until further notice due to hazard tree removal. Jackass Meadow Campground is situated below Florence Lake on the San Joaquin River, surrounded by the craggy peaks of the John Muir Wilderness. Jackass Meadow is shaded by a stand of Aspen and Lodgepole Pine, and the South Fork of the San Joaquin runs through the campground. This camp is located near several Native American archaeological sites.Recreation There is a .7 mile accessible hiking tr...
Blaney Meadows Hot Springs sits at 7,676 feet above sea level, way above the mile-high mark. You may not feel the altitude strongly, but hot water still dehydrates you faster at elevation. UV is about 31% stronger than at sea level, so bring sunscreen and drink more water than you normally would.
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Blaney Meadows Hot Springs is road-accessible, so you can bring more gear. Cold air temperatures make a changing robe or warm layers essential.
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