Grovers Hot Springs
Grovers Hot Springs comes out of the ground scalding in the Toiyabe National Forest, on Forest Service land, filed under Douglas County, nearest town Gardnerville Ranchos. The source water is too hot to touch. Access is open.
About a thousand feet of walking from an unnamed road. The spring lies near six thousand feet on national forest ground, in a place that records well over twelve feet of snowfall in an ordinary winter and an annual mean in the high forties. For camping the record points to Silver Lake East (Eldorado), about three miles off.
The listed best months are December through February, a strange pick given the snowfall; be ready for winter road conditions or go when the snow is off. The source is scalding. Soaking means finding water that has cooled, and the record does not describe any pool, so look before you commit. No fee on file. Forest Service land, open access.
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 Grovers 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
- Gentle slope
- The ground tilts gently up to the southwest.
- Highest ground nearby
- 236 ft above the spring
- Within a quarter mile, to the southwest
A slice through the ground from southwest to northeast, 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 76% 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 Silver Lake East is located 50 miles east of Jackson, California, just a short distance from the shores of Silver lake, where activities like boating, fishing, swimming and hiking, provide campers with the perfect outdoors retreat. Numerous trails leaving the campground connect with the lake and swimming beaches. Silver Lake West is adjacent to Silver Lake East on the other side of Highway 88, and offers additional trails and access to the Silver Fork of the American River. Recrea...
Grovers Hot Springs sits at 5,880 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 24% stronger than at sea level, so bring sunscreen and drink more water than you normally would.
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Grovers Hot Springs is road-accessible, so you can bring more gear. The water is dangerously hot, so bring water shoes and test pools carefully.
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