Table of Contents
Acknowledgments xii
Introduction 1
Hot Springs in History 1
Geology of Hot Springs 2
Microbes 3
Precautions 4
Heat 5
Amoebae 6
Responsible Behavior 6
Author's Favorites 7
How to Use This Book 9
How to Follow the Directions and Maps 10
Map Legend 11
The Hot Springs
Northern California
Surprise Valley Region 12
1 Leonards Hot Springs 13
2 Seyferth (Applegate) Hot Springs 16
3 Eagleville Hot Spring 18
4 Surprise Valley Hot Springs 20
Southern Cascade Mountains Region 22
5 Big Bend Hot Springs 23
6 West Valley Warm Springs/West Valley Hot Springs 25
7 Hunt and Kosk Hot Springs 28
8 Drakesbad Guest Ranch 31
9 Stewart Mineral Springs 34
Northern Sierra Nevada Region 37
10 Woody's Hot Spnngs 38
Mendocino National Forest and Northwestern California 40
11 Vichy Springs Resort and Inn 41
General California
Carson River Area 45
12 Carson River Hot Springs 46
13 Grover Hot Springs 49
The Eastern Sierra: The Hot Spring Jackpot 51
14 Fales Hot Springs 52
15 Travertme Hot Springs 57
16 Buckeye Hot Spring 61
17 Mono Basin Warm Springs 65
Long Valley Primitive Hot Springs 68
18 The Hot Tub 69
19 Shepherd Hot Spring 72
20 Crowley Hot Spring (Wild Willy's) 74
21 Hilltop Hot Spring (Pulky's Pool) 76
22 Alkali Lake Hot Spring 78
23 Little Hot Creek Hot Springs 80
24 Benton Hot Springs 82
Owens Valley Region 85
25 Keough Hot Springs 86
26 Keough Hot Ditch 88
27 Owens Valley Warm Spring 90
28 Dirty Sock Hot Spring 94
The Saline Valley 97
29 Saline Valley Hot Springs 98
California Central Coast
Paso Robles Area 102
30 Franklin Hot Springs 103
31 River Oaks Hot Springs Spa 105
32 Sycamore Mineral Springs 107
33 Mercey Hot Springs 109
Point Sur and Los Padres National Forest 114
34 Sykes Hot Spring 115
35 Tassajara Hot Springs 118
36 Mono Hot Springs 122
Southern California
Lake Isabella and the Kern River 125
37 Remington Hot Spring 127
38 Pyramid Hot Spring 131
39 California Hot Springs 133
Mojave Desert Region 135
40 Deep Creek Hot Springs 136
Death Valley Region 142
41 Tecopa Hot Springs Resort 143
42 Tecopa Hot Springs Campground and Pools 147
43 Tecopa Hot Tub 150
44 Tecopa Hot Pond (Tecopa Mud Baths) 152
45 Shoshone Inn Hot Springs 154
Santa Barbara Region 157
46 Big Caliente Hot Spring 158
47 Little Caliente Hot Spring 160
48 Gaviota State Park Hot Spring (Las Cruces) 162
Inland Empire Region 164
49 Spa Resort Casino 165
San Diego and Imperial Counties Desert Region 166
50 Highline Hot Well 167
51 Agua Caliente Hot Spring 168
52 Palm Oasis 169
Northern Nevada
Reno Area 172
53 Steamboat Villa Hot Springs Spa 173
Black Rock Desert Region 175
54 Trego Hot Springs 177
55 Jackson Mountain Hot Springs (Macfarlane) 180
56 Black Rock Hot Springs 183
57 Double Hot Springs 186
58 Soldier Meadows Hot Springs (Chukar Gulch) 189
59 Soldier Meadows Warm Pond 192
The Denio Region 195
60 The Bog 196
61 Bog Warm Spring 198
62 Virgin Valley Hot Spring 200
63 Dyko Hot Springs 202
North-Central Nevada
Paradise Valley Area 205
64 Paradise Valley Hot Spring (Little Humboldt) 206
65 Midas Hot Spring 209
66 Greenhorn Hot Springs (Hot Sulphur, Dry Susie) 211
Region South of I-80 214
67 Crescent View (Hand-Me-Down Creek) Hot Springs 215
68 Reese River Valley Hot Springs (North and South) 218
69 Leach Hot Springs 221
70 Kyle Hot Springs 223
Dixie Valley Area 226
71 Jersey Valley Hot Springs 227
72 Hyder Hot Springs 229
Northeastern Nevada
Elko Region 231
73 Twelve-Mile Hot Springs (Bishop Creek) 232
Central Nevada
Gardnerville, Minden, and the Carson Valley 236
74 Bowers Mansion 237
75 Carson Hot Springs 238
76 Walley's Hot Springs Resort 239
Fallon and the Carson Sink 241
77 Lee Hot Springs 242
Monitor Valley and the Toiyabe National Forest 244
78 Spencer Hot Springs 245
79 Monitor Valley Hot Spring (Potts) 248
80 Diana's Punch Bowl 250
Warn Springs Region 253
81 Warm Springs 254
82 Ash Meadows 256
83 Ash Springs 259
84 Crystal Springs 261
Pahranagat Valley 263
85 Panaca Warm Springs 264
86 Kirch Hot Creek 266
Tonopah end Goldfieid Region 268
87 Alkali Hot Spring 270
88 Fish Lake Valley Hot Well 272
Southern Nevada
Death Valley Region 274
89 Bailey's Hot Spring 275
Lower Colorado River Region 277
90 Gold Strike Hot Spring 278
91 Boy Scout Hot Spring 281
92 Arizona Hot Spring 282
Lake Mead Region 285
93 Rogers Warm Spring 286
Appendix A Honorable Mentions 288
A Boiling Springs Lake and Terminal Geyser Hot Spring 288
B Hot Creek Geothermal Area 290
C Crab Cooker 291
D Cahuilla Warm Spring 293
E Baltazor Hot Spring 294
F Stony Point Hot Springs 295
G Dixie Valley Hot Springs 297
H Elko Hot Springs 298
I Lower Oxley Peak Hot Springs 300
J Three-Mile Hot Springs (Sulphur) 301
K Soda Lake 302
Appendix B Closed, but Not Forgotten 304
Appendix C Further Reading 306
Index 307
About the Author 308