Coso Hot Springs

Coso Hot Springs is a hot spring complex in the Coso Volcanic Field in the Mojave Desert of Inyo County, California.[2] The Springs are on the National Register of Historic Places.

Coso Hot Springs
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
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Nearest city	Little Lake, Inyo County, California
Area	510 acres (210 ha)
Built	1900
Architectural style	Hot springs & Rustic architecture
NRHP reference No.	78000674[1]
Added to NRHP	January 03, 1978

Geography

The Coso Hot Springs lie within the boundaries of the Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake (NAWS China Lake), near Little Lake, Inyo County, California and U.S. Route 395. They are near the Coso Mountains, north of Indian Wells Valley and south of the Owens Valley. The hot springs are part of the geothermal activity of the Coso Volcanic Field.

Water profile

The hot mineral water emerges from the ground at 207 °F (97 °C).[3]

History

The springs were a traditional Native American cultural and healing ritual site of the Coso people, and later the Northern Paiute and Timbisha. In the 1920s it was a "hot springs resort." Contemporary local Native American people periodically have ceremonies at the springs.

Coso Hot Springs, February 4, 1920

See also

Remains of a wooden sweat lodge used by the Paiute and Timbisha people for healing rituals.

• Fossil Falls

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. "Coso Hot Springs: A Condensate Fed Geothermal Feature". American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2007. Bibcode:2007AGUFM.V54C..02P. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
3. Berry, George; Grim, Paul; Ikelman, Joy (1980). Thermal Springs List for the United States. Boulder, Colorado: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.