- Coso Hot Springs
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Coso Hot Springs
Nearest city: Little Lake, Inyo County, California Area: 510 acres (210 ha) Built: 1900 Architectural style: Hot springs
& Rustic architectureGoverning body: Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake NRHP Reference#: 78000674[1] Added to NRHP: January 03, 1978 Coso Hot Springs is a hot spring complex in the Coso Volcanic Field in the Mojave Desert of Inyo County, California.[2] The Springs are on the National Register of Historic Places.
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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.
See also
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ "Coso Hot Springs: A Condensate Fed Geothermal Feature". American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2007. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2007AGUFM.V54C..02P. Retrieved 2008-08-18.
Coordinates: 36°02′46″N 117°46′13″W / 36.04611°N 117.77028°W
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- Hot springs of California
- Native American history of California
- Former Native American populated places in California
- History of Inyo County, California
- Protected areas of the Mojave Desert
- Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in California
- Rustic architecture in California
- Landforms of Inyo County, California
- California Registered Historic Place stubs
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