Saline Valley Hot Springs

Saline Valley Hot Springs is a remote cluster of three thermal spring areas in Death Valley National Park, reached by a long undeveloped desert road and known for its isolated soaking setting. The springs are arranged as Lower Warm Springs, Palm Spring, and Upper Warm Spring, with water emerging at roughly 102 to 112 degrees Fahrenheit and feeding primitive pools built by local users from rock, concrete, and tile. Amenities remain minimal, though the National Park Service has added vault toilets and allows limited overnight parking. Because recreation in this protected desert landscape has posed continuing management challenges, the park finalized a 2019 plan to balance visitor use with protection of cultural and natural resources.

California · United States