NRHP Reference # 78000674 Year built 1900 | Area 206 ha Added to NRHP 3 January 1978 | |
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Architectural style Hot springs& Rustic architecture Similar Coso Volcanic Field, Coso Range, Crabtree Hot Springs, Willett Hot Springs, Maturango Museum | ||
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Coso Hot Springs is a hot spring complex in the Coso Volcanic Field in the Mojave Desert of Inyo County, California. The Springs are on the National Register of Historic Places.
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- Geography
- History
- References
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.
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.
