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Big Bend Hot Springs (CLOSED)
California North
Big Bend, California coordinates: 41.019803, -121.907881
(REOPENED or CLOSED?): [3/14/2015 – I’m currently waiting to hear back from the caretakers of Big Bend Hot Springs. – Editor ]
Despite a neighbor kindly reporting that the hot spring is “reopening”, the website says it’s closed. Big Bend Hot Springs has been closed and undergoing many years of attending to Shasta County-required repairs and code upgrades.
Primitive, Developed
Indoor and oudoor hot tubs, natural pools
Clothing optional? Yes
fee: $, Payment accepted: unknown, cash, Credit Cards
Shelter: camping/ RV hookups/ cabins
Food: community organic garden, diet programs
massage:
Nearby activities:
Address: 196 Hot Springs Row, P.O. Box 186, Big Bend, CA 96011
phone: 1-530-337-6606 (updated May 2008)
Email: info [at] bigbendhotsprings.org (updated May 2008)
Website: www.bigbendhotsprings.org
Directions: Just outside Big Bend,on Hot Springs Row.
Details: NO smoking, alcohol or drugs. Attracts new-age health seekers. Variety of tubs in and outside of bathhouse. Natural pools are beside the Pit River.
Campbell Hot Springs
California North
(renamed Sierra Hot Springs in 1989)
There seems to be some confusion between this and Sierra Hot Springs. They are listed as 2 separate places in the book “Great Hot Springs of the West” ’93, yet the descriptions and locations sound very familiar though PO box’s different. Anyone know the truth here?
outdoor hot swimming pools, indoor and outdoor hot tubs
clothing optional in bathing areas
fee $
notes: According to our readers “Actually Campbell HS is not used but owned by Sierra HS. Sierra has their own wells that feed to only hot tub opened in winter.” “Harbin bought it in like 1989 and named it Sierria hot springs…the spring comes out of the ground in 2 different places… where google map shows is where the one of the springs comes up by the main lodge and to the northwest on the hill about ¼ away the other spring comes up. Harbin also bought a hotel in the town Seirraville a few miles from the springs so one of the addresses might just be for the hotel.”
address: P.O. Box 38,Sierraville,CA 96126.
how to get there: About one mile Southeast of Sierraville, off Lemon Canyon Road. Turn off Lemon Canyon Road onto Campbell Hot Spring Road, past the airport and continue to end of road.
phone: 530 994-3773 (916 994-3737 outdated)
email:
shelter: camping/lodging
food: picnic area/ vegetarian meals from produce on site.
payment accepted: Visa, MC & Discover plus personal checks accepted.
massage: yes/ plus a wide range of programs including rebirthing.
Drakesbad Guest Ranch
FIRE WARNING! (8/8/2009) – contact Caltrans 1-800-427-7623 (road conditions)
California North
Seasonal, outdoor hot-spring-fed swimming pool, indoor tubs.
bathing suit req in pool
fee $
address: 2150 N. Main St., no. 5 Red Bluff, CA 96080
how to get there: In Lassen National Park, at the end
of Warner Valley Road. c/o California Guest Services, Inside the Park
phone: 530/529-1512
Fax 530/529-4511
Website: www.drakesbad.com
Rates: $115-$140 per person, double occupancy. Rates include meals
Payment accepted: DISC, MC, Visa
shelter: Upscale rustic lodging/cabins (some with electricity, most with
kerosene lamps). 19 units, no phone.
food: restaurant
payment accepted:
massage: no
temperature:
Map: Lassen Volcanic Park Detail, or Google Map http://tinyurl.com/86ds9
DIRECTIONS to Lassen:
About 3 hrs and 40 min from San Francisco.
From San Francisco, I-80 E entry ramp to Bay Bridge/Oakland – go 53 mi
Take the I-505 N ramp to Winters/Redding – go 0.2 mi
Take the I-505 N ramp – go 34 mi
Continue on I-5 N – go 95 mi
Take the CA-36 E/CA-99 S exit 649 to Central Red Bluff/Chico – go 0.4 mi
Bear right at CA-36/CA-99 – go 40 mi
Turn right at CA-172 – go 5.8 mi
Turn left at Tamarack Way – go 0.1 mi
Continue on Birch Way – go 0.1 mi
Turn left at Dogwood Way – go 0.1 mi
NOTES: Seasonal, only open early June to early Oct. Children’s center. The only lodge in Lassen Park, in a high mountain valley. It is located on the south side of the park and accessed through the town of Chester. Surrounded by meadows, lakes, and streams. Very popular and often booked as far as 2 years in advance. Call May or June regarding cancellations. Drakesbad as a historic cultural landscape has recently been listed on the National Register of Historic Places. First homesteaded by Edward Drake in the late 1800s and purchased by Alex Sifford in 1900 as a business endeavor, Drakesbad consists of a historic lodge, dining hall, cabins, hot spring fed pool, recreational lake, and trail system nestled in a beautiful meadow in Warner Valley with views of Mt. Harkness and Flatiron Ridge. The Siffords owned and managed Drakesbad for nearly 60 years to provide recreation and tourism opportunities for many people. The property was sold to the National Park Service in 1958. Lassen Volcanic National Park continues to operate Drakesbad as guest accommodations in a fashion similar to the historic ways that the Siffords did.
Sierra Hot Springs
(AKA Campbell Hot Springs?) California North
There seems to be some confusion between this and Campbell Hot Springs. They are listed as 2 separate places in the book “Great Hot Springs of the West” ’93, yet the descriptions and locations sound very familiar though PO box’s different. Anyone know the truth here?
Highly developed yet attractive private and public, indoor and outdoor hot pools. Seasonal outdoor sand bottom faux-natural pool.
clothing optional
fee $$$ membership fee required; Sierra Hot Springs and Harbin Hot Springs are sister retreats and honor each other’s memberships. (Spring use day rates $10-15, free with lodging of $20-$70/person depending on situation )
notes: Over 700 acres bordering National Forest land, so biking and hiking possibile. Less than one hour from major Tahoe ski resorts. Please Note: “NO PETS, NO SMOKING, NO DRUGS, NO ALCOHOL, NO OPEN FLAMES/FIRES on our property. Engaging in any of these activities is grounds for removal! ” Sierra Hot Springs is a membership retreat center. At least one person in your party must hold a current membership. Membership fees do not include use of the facilities. Sierra Hot Springs and Harbin Hot Springs are sister retreats and honor each other’s memberships. Membership Rates: 1 month – $5; 1 year – $20; Lifetime – $200
address: P.O. Box 366, Sierraville, CA 96126
how to get there: From I-80 take exit 188B in Truckee, go North on Hwy 89 approximately 30 minutes to Sierraville. The Globe Hotel is at the intersection of Hwys 89 and 49. To reach the Main Lodge and the Springs, turn right onto Hwy 49, then turn right on Lemon Canyon Road. Turn the next road right again onto Campbell Hot Springs Road. Follow this road to the Main Lodge.
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You can also get here with your small airplane. Local airport info: Sierraville Dearwater Airport
phone: 530 994-3773
email: info@sierrahotsprings.org
shelter: European-style private rooms or dormitory at the “charming Main Lodge” by the Springs, or at the “elegant and historic” Globe Hotel in nearby Sierraville. Tent campers or RV’s (no hookups). “Out of respect for other guests we ask that campers arrive in time to setup before dark.” No cooking stoves or any open flames allowed in camping areas, but campers can use newly remodelled Lodge guest kitchen.”
food: Kitchen use, Restaurant
payment accepted: major credit card
massage: Yes, and other health services and programs.
temperature:
Links:
http://www.sierrahotsprings.org
Complex lodging and meal Schedules and rates: http://www.sierrahotsprings.org/rates.htm
map: http://www.sierrahotsprings.org/map.htm