Sheep Creek Spring
BLM land in the San Bernardino County desert holds Sheep Creek Spring, a tepid spring roughly thirty miles from Fort Irwin, the nearest town on file. The Barstow Field Office manages it and entry is open. The spring is within five hundred feet of Sheep Creek Spring Road, signed D233 in the record. The water is barely warm, cooler than a bath.
Low Mojave desert, rain scarce and snow absent. Public land, no fee on record. The walk from Sheep Creek Spring Road is short. A 1967 water sample is on file showing a mildly alkaline pH and moderate dissolved solids, with calcium, sodium, sulfate and chloride among the minerals measured, plus magnesium and iron.
Go in winter. There is no camping on record anywhere close. Entry is open, no fee. The chemistry on record is from a survey in early 1967, decades old, so the figures shown here are a snapshot from then. Burns are not a concern at this temperature.
The water at Sheep Creek Spring is slightly alkaline (pH 7.9) with 801 mg/L total dissolved solids. It is notably rich in magnesium (known for muscle relaxation and stress relief) and sulfate (traditionally used for skin conditions and inflammation).