10 springs within 120 miles
Hot springs near South Lake Tahoe
10 hot springs are within 120 miles of South Lake Tahoe: the closest is David Walley's Resort (8 mi), the hottest is Sierra Hot Springs (up to 112°F), and the lowest listed adult price is Grover Hot Springs State Park ($10). Distances are straight-line; driving distances in the mountains can be much longer.
- David Walley's Resort8 mi
- Grover Hot Springs State Park18 mi
- Carson Hot Springs21 mi
- Steamboat Hot Springs Healing Center & Spa33 mi
- Sierra Hot Springs48 mi
- Buckeye Hot Springs60 mi
- Travertine Hot Springs64 mi
- Feather River Hot Springs94 mi
- Wild Willy's Hot Springs (Crowley Hot Spring)110 mi
- Benton Hot Springs (The Inn at Benton Hot Springs)111 mi
David Walley's Resort
A Holiday Inn Club Vacations resort at the foot of the Sierra Nevada, 1.5 miles from Genoa, on a hot springs site developed in the 1860s. Day visitors pay one fee for the mineral spas (98-104°F), a geothermally heated swimming pool, steam rooms and dry saunas. Lodging ranges from studios to three-bedroom cottages, and the 1862 Restaurant & Saloon is on site.
Grover Hot Springs State Park
A California state park 4 miles west of Markleeville with a concrete hot mineral pool fed by six springs and a separate cooler swimming pool, run with a lifeguard on duty. The hot pool is kept at 102-104°F, and pool entry is sold separately from the $8 vehicle day-use fee. The park also has a forested campground, picnic area and trails to a waterfall and Burnside Lake.
Carson Hot Springs
A historic hot springs on the east side of Carson City, run as a resort since the 1880s, with four outdoor pools and hot tubs at 98-104°F and nine private indoor pools. The 121°F mineral water flows through the pools with no chemicals or city water added, and every pool is drained and refilled daily. Admission is sold in 2-hour blocks without reservations, and a restaurant and brewery share the property.
Steamboat Hot Springs Healing Center & Spa
A small nonprofit bathhouse on South Virginia Street in south Reno, on a geothermal site used for bathing since the 1850s. Visitors book private mineral-bath rooms or an outdoor mineral tub with a cold plunge, filled with water pumped straight from the ground, and massage and spa treatments are offered alongside. Children under 12 are not admitted.
Sierra Hot Springs
A nonprofit hot springs retreat on more than 600 acres outside Sierraville, about 30 minutes north of Truckee. Its four soaking areas run from the 95-96F Phoenix Baths to the 110-112F Temple Dome Hot Pool, which sits under a geodesic dome with two cold plunges, and all soaking areas are clothing optional. Every visit needs an advance reservation and at least one member in the party, and stays are in the Main Lodge, the Globe Hotel or the campground.
Buckeye Hot Springs
Undeveloped pools beside Buckeye Creek in the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, about 10 miles from Bridgeport and just east of Buckeye Campground. The Forest Service says the 140°F spring spills over a rock overhang into a cave-like pool, with a smaller spring upstream. A 2022 project added a vault toilet, a formal parking area, a single trail to the pools and interpretive signs.
Travertine Hot Springs
Hot springs and soaking tubs on BLM land off Jack Sawyer Road just southeast of Bridgeport, managed by the Bishop Field Office. The site has a long history with the region's Native people, and BLM has closed it to all public access for Tribal ceremonial use (Oct 30-Nov 6, 2024). BLM's closure map shows a gated access road, a parking lot and a trail to the tubs.
Feather River Hot Springs
A small, rustic private campground and cabin site on the Feather River off Highway 70 near Twain, with two riverside tubs at 99 to 104F. Soaks are booked by text in two-hour slots, swimsuits are required, and children are not allowed at the springs. The operator has posted that the springs and all lodging are temporarily closed for medical reasons.
Wild Willy's Hot Springs (Crowley Hot Spring)
Undeveloped hot pools on BLM land in Long Valley, reached by a dirt road off Benton Crossing Road and a short boardwalk walk from the parking area. The BLM and Mono County maintain and rerouted the access road, which the BLM says carries more than 500 vehicles on busy days. Mono County notes that natural pools like this are not maintained and asks visitors to pack out what they bring.
Benton Hot Springs (The Inn at Benton Hot Springs)
A historic ranch and inn in the old mining town of Benton, where spring water rising at about 140°F feeds private hot tubs at numbered campsites, Inn tubs and rental houses. Every tub is booked overnight; the inn offers no day use or hourly rentals. Tub sites take tents or RVs without hookups, and clothing is optional at the sites with discretion required.