Keough Hot Springs, Natural hot spring in Owens Valley, California, US

Keough Hot Springs is a commercial resort in the Owens Valley with a large swimming pool built by Philip P. Keough and first opened in August 1918. The pool is fed by geothermal water, and the site also has a small community of homes nearby.

Philip P. Keough, a former superintendent of the Wells Fargo stage company, built and opened the pool in August 1918. The City of Los Angeles bought the property in 1926 as part of its Owens Valley water-rights acquisitions. After the pool closed to the public in 1934, it reopened under another operator, and a lessee renovated it in 1955 before insurance rules made it a membership-only club in 1985.

The Paiute people of the Owens Valley regarded the spring waters as sacred before any commercial use. The resort's own name comes from Philip P. Keough, the Wells Fargo stage company superintendent who opened the pool in August 1918. In the 1920s and 1930s the pool served as a social gathering place for residents of nearby communities.

The springs lie about seven miles south of Bishop on US Highway 395, reachable by car. The site is a small community of homes with a commercial resort; the pool has operated as a membership-only club since 1985, so access is not open to the general public.

Hot water naturally flows as a waterfall into the main pool, creating a natural temperature gradient zone within the basin itself. This continuous cooling process allows swimmers to move between intensely hot areas and more moderate zones without leaving the water.