Upper Warm Spring
Upper Warm Spring is a backcountry water source in Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, roughly 26 miles out from Lone Pine. Whatever is known about its temperature lives in the name. It is called warm, nothing more, no reading, so do not expect a soak. Public access is open and there is a photo on record. The nearest road is more than eight miles away.
Getting there is a walk of eight miles and change from the closest road, left unnamed in the record, inside a national park where the ground is managed by the Park Service. The elevation is modest, under two thousand feet, and the climate is desert: about six inches of rain in a year and the odd dusting of snow. Average temperatures run in the low seventies, which in this park means summer highs far beyond that. Nothing in the record describes the terrain or a trail.
Nothing is listed for best season or for camping, and no fee appears. The walk in is long and the water may be barely warm, so this is a destination for people who already know how to move through desert backcountry. Check with the park before setting out, since conditions change and the record here is thin. Temperature unknown, so do not bathe on the strength of the name.
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Upper Warm Spring requires a hike to reach, so pack light but prepared. Bring sun protection for exposed soaking.
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