Northern California hot springs (10)
Checked October 2026 · Sources
Northern California has 10 hot springs you can soak in: 0 free, 7 paid and 3 whose fee is not posted; 4 wild and 6 developed.
Drive times computed with GraphHopper; map data OpenStreetMap contributors.
All 10 hot springs: Northern California
Springs (10). 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; Mendocino County, CA (2): Orr, Vichy; Alpine County, CA (1): Grover; Lake County, CA (1): Harbin; Sierra County, CA (1): Sierra.
California minus the ten Southern California counties (the usual ten-county Southern California definition).
Paid: Harbin, Grover, Orr, Sierra, Keough, Saline Valley, Vichy. Fee not posted: Travertine, Buckeye, Little Hot Creek.
Wild: Travertine, Buckeye, Saline Valley, Little Hot Creek. Developed: Harbin, Grover, Orr, Sierra, Keough, Vichy.
Roadside: Grover, Orr, Sierra, Keough. Under 1 mile: Harbin, Travertine, Buckeye, Vichy. 1 mile or more: Saline Valley, Little Hot Creek.
The 10 springs are in 1 state: California (10).
Hottest water at the source: Travertine Hot Springs, 180 F. Coolest: Vichy Hot Springs, 85 F.
4 of 10 springs with a known walk are roadside; the longest walk is 6.32 miles (Saline Valley Hot Springs, computed).