California · Hot spring

Delonegha Hot Springs

26 mi from Bakersfield · ~45 min drive

Delonegha Hot Springs is a hot spring catalogued in California by the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System — about 26 miles from Bakersfield, CA. Coordinates and the closest documented metro are listed below; for current access and soaking rules, check with the relevant land manager before visiting.

Delonegha Hot Springs
Photo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Safety & access

Read before visiting
Verify access before driving in. The U.S. Geological Survey catalogs the geographic feature, not its access status. Hot springs in our database span the full range from developed public soaking pools to private resorts to wild thermal water on federal/state land. Some require entry fees; some are on private property; some are in National Park Service units where soaking is prohibited.

Before you go: check current conditions and access rules with the relevant land manager — National Park Service unit, U.S. Forest Service ranger district, Bureau of Land Management field office, state-park department, or the property owner if it's private. Wild thermal water can be unsafe to enter without a thermometer; surface temperatures can vary dramatically from the deeper pool. When in doubt, don't soak.

Nearest city
Bakersfield, CA · 26 mi · ~45 min drive
Type
Hot spring
County
Kern
GNIS ID
270832
From Wikipedia: Delonegha Hot Springs are located in Kern County, California, United States, northeast of the city of Bakersfield and southwest of Lake Isabella. Delonegha is one of several hot springs adjacent to the Kern River and State Route 178. The springs lie within the boundaries of Sequoia National Forest, "100 yd (91 m) down a steep dirt trail" from the highway. Except for a brief period in the first years of the 20th century when there was a small resort at the site, the Delonegha springs have remained largely undeveloped. Excerpt from the Wikipedia article on Delonegha Hot Springs, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Visiting Delonegha Hot Springs

Trip planning

The exact location is at 35.5577°, -118.6129° — open in Google Maps for driving directions from your location.

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Sources

Public data

Location data for Delonegha Hot Springs comes from the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System (public domain), feature class "Spring". We filter the GNIS Spring catalog to thermal features by name pattern (hot spring, warm spring, geyser, boiling spring, thermal). The GNIS records the geographic feature itself; access rules, ownership, and current conditions come from the relevant land manager. To suggest corrections, see our methodology page or contact us.