TECOPA HOT SPRINGS PARK
Tecopa, CA

MINERAL HOT SPRINGS BATHS
Mens and womens bathhouses are available along with a private invalid pool. . These baths are free to park users and the general public. The baths are open seven days a Week throughout the year. The average temperature of the baths is 108 F.

HISTORICAL INFORMATION
THE TOWN OF TECOPA derived its name from a Paiute Indian, Chief Tecopa. Chief Tecopa reportedly once saved the people from Pahrump Valley from being killed by the Indiana. "Tecopa La taken from the word "Tecopet" meaning "wildcat".

Celesta Lowe of Nevada State University writes that one of Tecopa's main reasons for existence has always been its abundance of water in an otherwise arid land, so its main claim to fame is the Hot Springs. The Springs are a classic example of what word-of-mouth advertising can do. It began with the Paiute Indiana, who tell of bringing their lame and sick ancestors to bathe in the hot mineral springs. Word has spread, until now people are coming from all parts of the world to help alleviate the miseries of arthritis, rheumatism, and other ailments.

RECREATION ACTIVITIES
A modern air-conditioned Community Center is located at the park. It is open every day (except Christmas) from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Center offers a library and reading area, television room, and multi-purpose room. Regularly scheduled activities are conducted daily. Among these activities are:

A. Free Programs, including:
1. Exercise Classes
2. Dance Classes
3. Slide Shows
4. Lectures
5. Game Nights
6. Dance Socials
7. Monthly Birthday Parties
8. Movies

B. Programs Requiring a Small Fee, including:
1. Pot Luck Dinners
2. Arts and Craft

Park visitors are welcome to take part in the programs offered at the Community Center.

Other recreational activities include: horse shoes pits, a picnic ramada with BBQ and an outdoor dance area.

ROCK-HOUNDERS & GEOLOGISTS
TECOPA has long been a favorite winter home of miners, prospectors. and retired people. Lately a new type of prospectors the rock hound, has discovered its wonders. 'There are places In the Kingston Mountains, a few miles East-of town, where amethysts are picked out of crevices in a cliff. South of town, is Sperry Wash, where there are beds of petrified wood of a quality hard enough to polish, which gemologists claim is rarely true of petrified rock. The opal beds near the old Amargosa Borax Works have long been a favorite spot for rock hounds, and have yielded some beautiful stones. The beds near the highway are depleted, but determined prospectors are pressing further back into the hills, and are finding still more of this semi-precious gem.

GENERAL INFORMATION
A trip to the Southeast section of Inyo County is a delightful experience. For those who have not had the pleasures of a mineral hot spring & bath, a visit to Tecopa Park is a must. The park features a campground with modern restroom facilities, showers, and bathhouses, and a Community Center.

There are 365 camping spaces. Some electrical hookups are available. Maximum stay is nine months. A tour of Death Valley National Monument will highlight your visit to Southeast Inyo County.

Tecopa Hot Springs Park is located via State Highway 127, 5 miles South of Shoshone, turn Southeast on the County Road, then 3 miles South to the Park.

FEES* ELECTRIC
Bathing Free NO WATER / NO SEWER
Camping $6.50 per day $8.00 per day
$30.00 per week $42.00 per week
$60.00 per month $110.00 per month

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Tecopa Hot Springs Park,
P.O. 158, Tecopa, CA. 92389
Phone: (760) 852-4264

* Subject to change without notice