Saline Valley Hot Springs, Natural hot springs in Death Valley National Park, United States

Saline Valley Hot Springs are three thermal springs in Death Valley National Park: Lower Warm Springs, Palm Spring and Upper Warm Spring. Lower Warm Springs has intermittent rock pools at 110°F. Palm Spring holds the Wizard Pool, a 3.5-foot-deep hexagonal pool built in the 1980s from rock and concrete, and the above-ground Volcano Pool, 15 feet across. Upper Warm Spring feeds a small sand-bottomed pool and a cool water pool.

The area was originally Timbisha Shoshone territory before later becoming a mining location. In 1994, the springs became protected as part of Death Valley under the California Desert Protection Act.

Visitors have shaped these springs since the 1950s by building soaking tubs and adding artistic touches that remain visible today. The handmade character of these improvements reflects how people connect with this remote place over time.

The springs are reached only by a 50-mile undeveloped dirt road with no facilities along the way, so a high-clearance vehicle is needed. Overnight parking is permitted up to 30 days per year. Vault toilets stand near the springs, and locals built nearby showers and a dishwashing station.

The Chicken Strip is a non-towered, makeshift dirt landing strip near the springs, used by small aircraft. It sits in the same remote valley reached by the 50-mile undeveloped dirt road, so pilots can land close to the pools instead of driving in.