Eastern Sierra hot springs (6)
Checked October 2026 · Sources
Eastern Sierra has 6 hot springs you can soak in: 0 free, 3 paid and 3 whose fee is not posted; 4 wild and 2 developed.
Drive times computed with GraphHopper; map data OpenStreetMap contributors.
All 6 hot springs: Eastern Sierra
Springs (6). Each number is how many you would see.
Type
Walk, one way
Water
Month you're going
Hides springs where snow is likely that month.
Walk, drive and snow figures are computed; the Method page names each method.
Photos, each free to reuse with credit: Travertine: noelwaters (Wikimedia Commons); Grover: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA (Wikimedia Commons); Saline Valley: Peretz Partensky from San Francisco, USA (Wikimedia Commons); Little Hot Creek: Eeekster (Wikimedia Commons). All credits
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What is in this list
By county: Mono County, CA (3): Travertine, Buckeye, Little Hot Creek; Inyo County, CA (2): Keough, Saline Valley; Alpine County, CA (1): Grover.
Inyo, Mono and Alpine counties, the east slope of the Sierra Nevada.
Paid: Grover, Keough, Saline Valley. Fee not posted: Travertine, Buckeye, Little Hot Creek.
Wild: Travertine, Buckeye, Saline Valley, Little Hot Creek. Developed: Grover, Keough.
Roadside: Grover, Keough. Under 1 mile: Travertine, Buckeye. 1 mile or more: Saline Valley, Little Hot Creek.
The 6 springs are in 1 state: California (6).
Hottest water at the source: Travertine Hot Springs, 180 F. Coolest: Saline Valley Hot Springs, 110 F.
2 of 6 springs with a known walk are roadside; the longest walk is 6.32 miles (Saline Valley Hot Springs, computed).