Springs
Listed only as Springs, this unnamed thermal point in Inyo County sits on land the city of Los Angeles holds through its water and power department, about twelve miles from Lone Pine. The water is warm, a little below what most people want for a soak. The record marks access open. The Old State Highway passes within a couple hundred yards.
Thirty-six hundred feet, in dry country that sees about ten inches of rain and some snow most winters. Walk in from the Old State Highway, under two hundred yards, on city-owned ground, the Los Angeles water agency's holdings. Tuttle Creek Campground is fourteen miles off. The file has no more to say about the surroundings than that.
The months on file run December through February. Snow is possible in those months. Access, per the record, is open. Tuttle Creek is the camping, fourteen miles. The water is warm, short of hot, so bring no expectations of a hot soak. No fee is listed.
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 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
- Open ground
- Flat, open ground all around.
- Highest ground nearby
- 32 ft above the spring
- Within a quarter mile, to the northeast
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 1½ times the US average of 65. It's higher than at 60% 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 $10.00 per site per night. No reservations. Open all year. Tuttle Creek Campground offers 83 RV/tent sites, with ten pull-through trailer spaces, maximum recommended RV length is 30 feet. All sites include a fire pit, picnic table and a lantern holder. No hook-up. Potable water is available seasonally. Dump station fee is $10.00, no passes accepted, closed in winter. Closest amenities are 5 miles northeast in Lone Pine. Tuttle Creek Campground SignTuttle Creek Campground siteTuttle...
Springs is road-accessible, so you can bring more gear.
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