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Travertine Hot Springs

Travertine Hot Springs is a hot spring with developed pools near Bridgeport in Mono County, California. Water at the source is recorded at 180°F (82°C), hot enough to scald. Records place it on public land. Clothing-optional soaking is common there.

180°F82°C recorded at the source
Scalding at the source. Do not enter without a cooled, mixed pool.

Travertine is the easiest wild spring in the Eastern Sierra: a graded dirt road off Highway 395 ends in a parking lot, and the first pools are a two-minute walk. Hot water runs down a travertine fin into a line of shallow pools, cooling as it goes, so you can pick a temperature by moving downstream.

The pools nearest the source are too hot to enter. The lower pools below the ridge sit around 100 to 104°F most of the year. Expect mud on the bottom and a small crowd on weekends.

Getting there

From Bridgeport, drive south on US 395 for about half a mile, turn left on Jack Sawyer Road, and follow the dirt road roughly a mile to the parking area. Passenger cars manage it in dry conditions. In winter the road is often snowed in and the walk is about a mile.

Facts

Coordinates
38.2454, -119.2053 (Google Maps, OSM)
Source temperature
180°F (82°C)
Access
Public land
Type
Developed pools
Fee
Not recorded
Clothing optional
Yes, commonly
Nearest town
Bridgeport
Data sources
NOAA NCEI, OpenStreetMap, Wikipedia, Wikidata, Official sources (linked below). See sources

Map

Larger marker is Travertine Hot Springs; smaller markers are other springs within 50 miles.

Quick answers

Can you soak at Travertine Hot Springs?
Records place Travertine Hot Springs on public land. That is not a guarantee of current access: closures, fire restrictions and road conditions change, so check with the land manager before you go.
How hot is Travertine Hot Springs?
The hottest recorded reading at the source is 180°F (82°C). That is the outlet temperature, not a pool temperature; water cools as it flows away from the source. Water this hot can cause serious burns, so test any pool by hand first.
Is Travertine Hot Springs clothing optional?
Sources describe clothing-optional soaking as common at Travertine Hot Springs. Follow any posted rules.
Where is Travertine Hot Springs?
Travertine Hot Springs is near Bridgeport in Mono County, California, at coordinates 38.2454, -119.2053.
What other hot springs are near Travertine Hot Springs?
The closest listed springs, in straight-line distance, are The Hot Spring (Mono County), 2 mi; Warm Spring (Mono County), 5 mi; and Buckeye Hot Springs, 7 mi.

Before you go

  • Temperatures are measured at the source and can be far hotter than any soaking pool. Test with a hand before stepping in.
  • Access, fees, and road conditions change. Verify with the land manager or owner; "public" here reflects survey records, not a current right of entry.
  • Water in natural springs is untreated. Keep your head above water and avoid soaking with open wounds. Some springs carry Naegleria fowleri risk.
  • Pack out everything, including soap residue. Many springs have been closed because of trash and overcrowding.

Sources

Guide updated October 10, 2026. Dataset last rebuilt October 11, 2026. Not yet checked on site by a person. Access, fee, clothing and closure details appear only when a source below states them. How this data is built.

Checked against

  1. Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travertine_Hot_Springs
  2. Bureau of Land Managementblm.gov/announcement/travertine-hot-springs-will-be-tempora…

Merged from

  1. NOAA NCEI Thermal Springs List (archived 2025): survey location and source temperature, public domain
  2. OpenStreetMap: mapped feature and its tags, ODbL
  3. Wikipedia: short description, CC BY-SA 4.0
  4. Wikidata: name, county and website, CC0