Hot springs near Death Valley. Where to soak, and how far.

• Tecopa Hot Springs, CA: about 32 miles from Pahrump. Day passes at the county springs; private tubs for overnight guests at the resort.
• Shoshone, CA: about 25 miles from Pahrump. A naturally warm mineral-spring pool at the Shoshone Inn.
• Saline Valley Warm Springs, CA: inside Death Valley, about 40 miles of dirt from the nearest pavement. Lower Spring is closed after a September 2026 fire.
• Gold Strike Hot Springs, NV: about 31 miles from the Las Vegas Strip, then a hard hike. The trail closes May 15 to September 30.
• Fish Lake Valley Hot Springs, NV: free, about 105°F, about 59 miles from Tonopah.

Drive times are from a routing service, rounded.

Tecopa Hot Springs is a cluster of mineral baths in California, about 32 miles from Pahrump and 10 miles from Death Valley’s southeast entrance. Tecopa has no gas station; Shoshone, 8 miles north, has gas and a small store.

• Tecopa Hot Springs & Campground: the county springs. A day pass buys unlimited soaks. The water comes out at about 102°F and is about 28,000 years old. Bathing is nude under Inyo County code: no swimsuits in the baths.
• Tecopa Hot Springs Resort: five private tub rooms at about 104°F, for overnight guests only. Open October through May.

Every place to soak, with day passes, rules and weather, is in our Tecopa hot springs guide.

Shoshone

Shoshone is about 25 miles from Pahrump on the way to Tecopa. The Shoshone Inn has a naturally warm mineral-spring swimming pool for its guests.

Saline Valley Warm Springs is the soak inside Death Valley, in a remote northwest corner about 40 miles from the nearest paved road. Recreational users began building the soaking tubs in the 1950s, and the tubs at Lower Spring and Palm Spring are kept in their historic form. The springs are clothing-optional.

Fire closure: on the night of September 15, 2026, a fire burned through the Lower Spring area. The burned area is closed by order of the superintendent. Since September 17, the camping area around Palm Spring, and between Lower Spring and Palm Spring, is open again.

Getting there takes a high-clearance vehicle with all-terrain tires, and weather can make it a 4WD trip. Either way in crosses a pass: North Pass, above 7,000 feet, or South Pass, at 5,997 feet. The springs are inside Death Valley, so the entrance fee applies: $30 per car, or $25 for up to two motorcycles, good for seven days.

Roads, Steel Pass, Eureka Dunes and the motorcycle rules are in our Saline Valley guide.

Hot springs near Lone Pine, CA

As the crow flies, Saline Valley Warm Springs is about 22 miles northeast of Lone Pine. The road is less direct: Saline Valley Road’s South Pass end starts at Highway 190, and its North Pass end at Big Pine Road.

• Tecopa Hot Springs: about 32 miles, 50 minutes. West on the Charles Brown Highway (Nevada 372) into California, then south on Highway 127.
• Shoshone Inn pool: about 25 miles, under 40 minutes. Inn guests.
• Gold Strike Hot Springs: about 83 miles, under two hours, then the hike.
• Saline Valley Warm Springs: across Death Valley, then about 40 miles of dirt.
• Fish Lake Valley Hot Springs: about 217 miles, about 4 hours and 45 minutes.

Drive times are from a routing service, rounded. We’re based just outside Pahrump, and Tecopa is the easy one after a day in the dirt.

Natural hot springs near Las Vegas sit along the Colorado River below Hoover Dam, in Lake Mead National Recreation Area: Goldstrike Canyon, Arizona Hot Springs and Lone Palm. All three can also be reached by water on Lake Mohave.

Gold Strike Hot Springs

The trailhead is off Highway 93, just before the Mike O’Callaghan–Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge, about 31 miles from the Strip. The hike is just over 5 miles round trip, over house-sized boulders and down eight rope climbs of about 20 feet each. The pools run about 100°F; near the cliffs the water averages 109°F. No day-use permit is needed, and overnight camping is not allowed.

Summer trail closure

Every year from May 15 to September 30, the trails to Goldstrike Canyon, Arizona Hot Springs and Lone Palm close for heat. They can also close outside those dates when Willow Beach is forecast to reach 95°F. The springs stay open to people arriving by water.

Tecopa from Las Vegas

Tecopa Hot Springs is about 80 miles from the Strip, a little under two hours. Drive times are from a routing service, rounded.

Fish Lake Valley Hot Springs, also called Fish Lake Valley Hot Well, is a free soak run by Esmeralda County near the California line. It is about 20 minutes from Dyer on a county-maintained dirt road, and about 59 miles from Tonopah, an hour and a half. Drive times are from a routing service, rounded.

• The tub: a large, below-ground concrete tub, around 105°F depending on the season and the weather.
• Hours and cost: open year-round, no admission fee.
• Camping: a big parking area, primitive campsites and a vault toilet. Camp at least 100 feet from the spring.
• Wildlife: the outflow feeds marshy ponds, habitat for the critically endangered Fish Lake Valley tui chub, so fishing is restricted. The goldfish in the warm ponds are real.
• Views: the White Mountains, including 13,147-foot Boundary Peak, the tallest in Nevada.

Heading up from Pahrump, US 95 runs through Beatty on the way. More on the town in our Tonopah, Nevada guide.

Nevada has more hot springs than any other state. Most are holes in the ground off backcountry roads; others feed old cattle troughs, which Nevadans call cowboy tubs. A few public-land soaks Travel Nevada points to:

• Spencer Hot Springs, near Austin: cowboy tubs off the Loneliest Road, with Big Smoky Valley views.
• Soldier Meadows, near Gerlach: public hot springs, plus private ones that need the owner’s permission.
• Virgin Valley Warm Springs, near Denio: next to a campground in the Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge.
• Gold Strike and Fish Lake Valley: above.

Some springs are not for soaking. Trego Hot Springs has tested positive for E. coli and Vibrio cholera, according to the Nevada Bureau of Land Management. Double Hot Springs runs above 185°F and is fenced off. The pools at Black Rock Hot Springs are too hot to enter.

Free hot springs near Death Valley

Fish Lake Valley charges nothing. Gold Strike needs no permit, though Lake Mead National Recreation Area charges an entrance fee. Saline Valley is inside Death Valley, so the entrance fee applies. Tecopa sells day passes.

Hot springs in Nevada, on a map

Travel Nevada keeps a statewide hot springs finder you can filter by town.