Skip to content

Travertine Hot Spring

Travertine Hot Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Travertine Hot Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 2,060 m. Dunderberg Peak stands 3,774 m to the south-southwest, 13 miles off. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 23 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates38.24549, -119.20520

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs: 32
Historic sites: 15
  • Little Bodie Monument: 6.7 mi
  • Hunewill Upper Sawmill: 6.9 mi
  • Machinery: 10.6 mi
  • Red Cloud Mining Equipment: 10.6 mi
  • Parr House: 10.7 mi
Parks: 8
  • Bodie State Historic Park: 10.7 mi
  • Mono Lake Park: 16.2 mi
  • Bridgeport: 18.7 mi
  • Gus Hess Community Park: 20.3 mi
  • Bridgeport Training Range: 20.6 mi
Ghost towns: 7
Waterfalls: 5
Attractions: 4
  • Travertine Hot Spring: 0.0 mi
  • Upside-Down House: 20.3 mi
  • South Tufa Area: 23.0 mi
  • Navy Beach: 23.3 mi
Museums: 4
Hot springs: 4
  • Fales Hot Spring: 12.8 mi
  • Walker River Hot Spring: 20.9 mi
  • Booker Hot Spring: 21.0 mi
  • Warm Springs: 22.2 mi
Cliffs: 3
Beaches: 3
Picnic sites: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.9 miles of Travertine Hot Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dunderberg PeakSSW 197°3,774 m13.0 mi
Twin PeaksSW 217°3,756 m14.0 mi
Matterhorn PeakSW 222°3,749.3 m14.2 mi
Twin Peaks-East PeakSW 216°3,731 m13.8 mi
The DragtoothSW 224°3,695.4 m14.1 mi
Whorl MountainSW 219°3,667 m15.3 mi
Virginia PeakSW 214°3,657 m14.9 mi
Cleaver PeakSW 227°3,616.8 m14.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3419:09
June solstice05:3519:4520:24
September equinox06:4518:2118:55
December solstice07:1115:5916:41

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936424958646256453628
Precip in2.01.50.90.60.70.40.50.40.20.70.81.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bridgeport, 2 mi away.

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Apr–Jul — fullest in May, leanest in Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs11.212.616.126.438.834.220.510.59.09.811.012.1

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Virginia CK NR Bridgeport, CA, 4 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

  • Giant Blazingstar35 obs
  • apricot globemallow33 obs
  • Black-billed Magpie33 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard31 obs
  • singleleaf pinyon31 obs
  • Brewer's Blackbird25 obs
  • Rubber Rabbitbrush22 obs
  • Greasewood21 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/2628940784

More springs in California

Day trips start here

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Travertine Hot Spring.

Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens