11 listings
Lithium Hot Springs in California
Source water that tested at 1 mg/L of lithium or more. Lithium occurs naturally in many geothermal waters; we report lab values only, not health effects.
We list 11 in California, 9 of them near Calistoga: the hottest is Calistoga Spa Hot Springs (up to 104°F) and the lowest listed adult price is Vichy Springs Resort ($45).
Calistoga Motor Lodge and Spa
A retro-styled motor lodge at the north end of Lincoln Avenue, now part of JdV by Hyatt, with outdoor pools and a hot tub filled with mineral water from Calistoga's geothermal springs. MoonAcre Spa on site offers mud baths and massage. Day passes are sold through ResortPass.
Calistoga Spa Hot Springs
A downtown Calistoga resort built around four outdoor pools filled with geothermal mineral water from a well beneath the property, ranging from about 80 to 104°F. The covered, jetted octagonal Jet Pool is adults only. Pools are for room guests and people booking spa treatments, which include traditional volcanic ash mud baths.
Dr. Wilkinson's Backyard Resort & Mineral Springs
Calistoga's resort and spa running since 1952 on Lincoln Avenue, with three geothermal mineral pools, one indoor and two outdoor, set at about 85, 95 and 104°F. The 104°F Hot Spring is adults only. Day visitors can buy pool passes, daybeds and cabanas through ResortPass, and the spa still offers its original mud bath, The Works.
Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn & Spa
A large resort at Boyes Hot Springs, just north of Sonoma, built over thermal mineral springs. The adults-only Fairmont Spa has five geothermal mineral pools and a Roman-style bathhouse, while the family Main Resort Pool is also filled with naturally heated geothermal water and open year-round. Day visitors can book treatments or a spa pass through ResortPass.
Golden Haven Hot Springs Spa and Resort
A family-owned spa and lodge on a residential street near downtown Calistoga, using mineral water from a geothermal aquifer beneath the property. Its gated, partly covered pool runs about 85-88°F, with two adjoining hot spas at 98-100°F and 102-104°F. There is no day use; the pool comes with a stay or any spa treatment, including shared couples mud baths.
Indian Springs Calistoga
A historic Calistoga resort whose Olympic-size Main Pool, built in 1913, is fed by mineral water from on-site geysers that surfaces around 230°F and is cooled in reservoirs. A smaller Adult Pool sits next door and runs about ten degrees cooler than the Main Pool. Hotel guests use the pools; day visitors need a spa booking plus a pool pass.
Mount View Hotel & Spa
A 1917 art deco hotel on Lincoln Avenue in downtown Calistoga with a day spa. Its mineral whirlpool and hydrotherapy tubs use water from the spa's own geothermal well, which surfaces at about 120°F, alongside a heated pool. Details could not be confirmed on the hotel's own site.
Roman Spa Hot Springs Resort
A downtown Calistoga hotel with three soaking pools filled with geothermal water from the resort's own wells: a large outdoor pool at about 92-96°F, an outdoor jetted hot tub at 103°F and an indoor jetted pool at 100°F. The Baths at Roman Spa offers mud baths made with geothermal water, volcanic ash and peat. Pools are soaking-only, with no diving or splash games.
Solage, Auberge Resorts Collection
A resort on the Silverado Trail whose Spa Solage Bathhouse has five geothermal pools, from a 50-55°F cold plunge and an ambient magnesium pool to a 98°F relaxation pool and two jetted pools at 102-104°F. The signature Mudslide pairs a mud treatment with a private geothermal soak. The spa is 18+; non-guests can buy a Bathhouse Access Pass.
UpValley Inn & Hot Springs
A Lincoln Avenue hotel, formerly a Comfort Inn, whose outdoor swimming pool and whirlpool are filled with mineral water from its own geothermal well. A cedar dry sauna and steam room are included with the pool. Non-guests can buy a day pass through ResortPass.
Vichy Springs Resort
A historic resort and country inn in the hills east of Ukiah, operating since 1854 and listed as California Historical Landmark #980. Its signature is 14 tubs of naturally carbonated mineral water at about 90F, alongside a 104F hot pool and a seasonal 25-meter swimming pool. Day visitors pay by 2-hour, 3-hour or all-day blocks and can use trails on the 700-acre reserve; bathing suits are required.