However, never forget while you are in even the cooler hot springs, you are perspiring more water than you realize and be sure to bring plenty of drinking water to keep yourself hydrated.īelow the two cement lined pools of the Iodine Springs is another natural hot spring that is underwater during the spring flood, and doesn’t emerge until the river level drops. The Iodine Springs are cement lined tubs that are deep enough to stand in and just cool enough to stay in without having to get in and out. However, this is a steep climb that many will find easier to reach Little Eden going back across the river to their cars and visit the other hot springs driving back out to Edison Lake Road and crossing the bridge over the San Joaquin and parking at the trailhead on the south side the bridge.Īnother 140 yards further down the path from where you climbed up to the Rock Garden and the Mud Baths are the Iodine Springs. With a hike that may be strenuous to those who have not yet gotten used to the altitude, you can also reach “Little Eden” which is a swimming pool size hot spring perched high on the ridge if you continue climbing through the steep meadows above Old Pedro and follow the water seepage running down the rocks and climb the cliff. You can walk about 300 yards east through a muddy meadow with stepping stones you can hop on to keep from sinking into the mud to the next group of springs which are the Iodine Springs. The natural mineral content of this hot spring is listed at the bottom of this page.įrom the hot springs in the vicinity of Old Pedro, a person has three alternate routes for reaching the other hot springs. This tank is also the source of the natural mineral hot springs that is piped across the river to the spa in the resort for people to enjoy without having to make the journey across the river and climb the slope above the river to the springs. If you look behind the circular cement water tank that are remnants of the old bath house you will sometimes find a hot spring outflow coming out of a pipe with a tub beneath it that’s a perfect place to sit and let the hot water pour over the top of your head that relaxes your entire being! If you climb another hundred yards above Old Pedro, there are more cement lined pools known as the Reed Pools that are cooler than Old Pedro and are refreshing on hot days. One way is to park your car at the day use parking lot when you reach the resort and walk through the campground to the river. There are three ways of accessing the hot springs at Mono. After nine miles of paved but much of it one lane road, turn onto the well-marked Edison Lake Road dropping down and crossing the San Joaquin with the turn off to the resort just past the bridge over river. Kaiser Pass Road with spectacular views of the “Range of Light” that is some of the most beautiful light colored granite in the Sierras Nevada. You can reach these rustic hot springs in the Mono Basin – not to be confused with Mono Lake on the east slope of the Sierra – by traveling over 9,100 ft. Located between Yosemite and Kings Canyon on the west slope of the Sierra’s you’ll find over a dozen natural mineral hot springs running along the south bank of the south fork of the San Joaquin River with cabins at the resort, a restaurant and camping. Mono Hot Springs Resort is about as remote as you can reach by automobile in California’s Sierra Nevada. Click above for our NEW VIDEO of the natural hot springs.
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