Travertine Hot Springs
Bridgeport · near Bridgeport (2 miles north) · Eastern Sierra
Swimming & Hot Springs
At a glance
- Temperature
- 100–110°F
- Cost
- FREE · BLM land · No permit
- Season
- Year-round · Access road may be difficult after rain or winter storms · Spring and fall best
Worth knowing
- Dogs
- Allowed
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
- Safety
- Source water can reach 120°F — test before entering any pool. No camping at or near the springs (enforced). Road is passable for standard cars in dry conditions; high clearance helpful after rain.
Swimming & Hot Springs detail
- Nickname
- THE FIND — The Hot Springs Most Hwy 395 Drivers Miss
- Type
- hot-spring
- Temp
- hot
- Clothing optional
- Yes
- Directions
- Hwy 395 south of Bridgeport — turn LEFT onto Jack Sawyer Road just before the Ranger Station (about 1 mile south of town). Road forks after 0.2 miles — bear LEFT on the dirt road and follow ~1 mile to the parking area. GPS: 38.2465, -119.2059. Vault toilet at parking lot.
- Pools
- 10+ pools varying from ~98°F (downstream) to ~120°F at source · Rock-bottomed natural pools · One small cemented tub near parking area · Volunteers have built pools to divert and cool the flow
- Intl tip
- Bridgeport is 30 miles north of Mono Lake (the alien-looking alkaline lake with tufa towers, worth 2 hours) and 1 hour north of Mammoth Lakes. Bodie State Historic Park — the finest gold-rush ghost town in California — is 13 miles east of Bridgeport on dirt road. Combine Travertine morning soak with Mono Lake and Bodie for one of the finest Eastern Sierra day trips.
The guide
Most of the millions of people who drive Highway 395 between Mammoth Lakes and Reno every year pass the Jack Sawyer Road turnof…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Travertine Hot Springs — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 38.2465, -119.2059