Grover Hot Springs State Park
Markleeville (Alpine County) · near Markleeville (4 miles east) · South Lake Tahoe (45 miles north) · Sierra Nevada / Yosemite
Swimming & Hot Springs
At a glance
- Temperature
- 102–104°F (pool) · Cold plunge available
- Cost
- ~$10 day use · California State Parks fee
- Season
- Year-round · Open Thursday–Monday typically · Call ahead for current hours
Worth knowing
- Dogs
- Not permitted
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
- Safety
- Managed facility with lifeguards in season. Maximum pool temperature maintained for safety. Swimming suits required — this is a developed state park facility, not a primitive hot spring.
Swimming & Hot Springs detail
- Type
- hot-spring
- Temp
- hot
- Clothing optional
- No
- Directions
- Take Hwy 89 south from South Lake Tahoe to Markleeville. Follow Hot Springs Road west from Markleeville approximately 4 miles to the state park. Well-signed. Paved road throughout. Dogs not permitted in hot springs pool area.
- Pools
- Developed concrete pool fed by natural hot springs (102–104°F) · Adjacent cold plunge pool · Gravel-bottom pools surrounded by pine trees and meadow · Changing rooms and showers on-site
- Intl tip
- Markleeville's Wolf Creek Restaurant has earned a devoted following out of all proportion to the town's size — a genuine culinary destination in the middle of Alpine County. Plan a hot spring afternoon and a Wolf Creek dinner for a complete Markleeville experience.
The guide
Grover Hot Springs is the civilized option in the California hot spring landscape — a state-managed facility with concrete pool…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Grover Hot Springs State Park — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 38.6897, -119.8448