California · Hot spring

Tecopa Hot Springs

64 mi from Las Vegas · ~1.9 hr drive

Tecopa Hot Springs is a hot spring catalogued in California by the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System — about 64 miles from Las Vegas, NV. Coordinates and the closest documented metro are listed below; for current access and soaking rules, check with the relevant land manager before visiting.

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.

State: California
Nearest city: Las Vegas, NV · 64 mi · ~1.9 hr drive
Type: Hot spring
Coordinates: 35.8734°, -116.2289°
County: Inyo
GNIS ID: 250294

From Wikipedia: Tecopa is a census-designated place (CDP) in the Mojave Desert in southeast Inyo County, California, United States. As of the 2020 census, Tecopa had a population of 120. Originally occupied by the Koso and Chemehuevi Indians, Pioneers began populating what would become the CDP in the late 19th century to support nearby mines. It is now better known for the natural hot springs in the northern part of the CDP. Excerpt from the Wikipedia article on Tecopa, California, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Visiting Tecopa Hot Springs

Trip planning

The exact location is at 35.8734°, -116.2289° — open in Google Maps for driving directions from your location.

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Sources

Public data

Location data for Tecopa 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.