Tecopa Hot Springs
Tecopa (south of Death Valley) · near Tecopa / Pahrump NV · California Desert
Swimming & Hot Springs
At a glance
- Temperature
- 100–108°F
- Cost
- Bathhouses and resorts from ~$10–20 · Free mud/marsh pools outside town
- Season
- October–April prime (summer is dangerously hot) · Winter nights are the magic
Worth knowing
- Dogs
- Allowed
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
- Safety
- Summer heat is extreme — this is a winter destination. The free marsh pools have soft, muddy bottoms; enter carefully.
Swimming & Hot Springs detail
- Nickname
- The Desert Soaking Town
- Type
- hot-spring
- Temp
- hot
- Clothing optional
- No
- Directions
- Tecopa Hot Springs Road off Hwy 127, about an hour south of Death Valley's Furnace Creek and 1.5 hours from Las Vegas. Several small resorts and county bathhouses line the road; free wild pools dot the marsh north of town (ask locally).
- Pools
- A whole tiny town of soaking: Japanese-style sentō bathhouses, small resort tubs, Delight's and Tecopa Hot Springs Resort's pools, and free natural pools in the mineral wetlands outside town.
- Intl tip
- China Ranch Date Farm, a green oasis in a badlands canyon 15 minutes away, is one of the desert's great surprises — date shakes and slot-canyon hikes. Death Valley's Badwater Basin is an hour north. Winter only; summer here exceeds 115°F.
The guide
Tecopa is the desert soaking town — a scattering of bathhouses, date shakes, and mineral wetlands on the southern doorstep of D…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Tecopa Hot Springs — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 35.877, -116.232