Shoshone Village (Shoshone Inn & RV Park)
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- 4 hr 37 min from Los Angeles
A small desert village with an inn, RV park and campground around a naturally warm mineral spring swimming pool. Inn guests use the pool free, and it sits beside the RV park and a short wetland trail through endangered pupfish and vole habitat. Shoshone is about a mile from the southeast entrance to Death Valley National Park.
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- Nearest town
- Shoshone
- From Los Angeles
- 4 hr 37 min
- Reservations
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Plan your visit
Hours & season
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Tickets & booking
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On site
| Pools | 1 |
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| Lodging | Yes |
Not stated by the venue: access, swimwear, ages, dogs.
Water temperature
This venue doesn't publish pool temperatures.
Mineral profile
Total dissolved minerals
1,027 mg/L
Moderately mineralized
- Temp at source
- 93°F
Lab analysis of the source water at “242 022n007e30es1s Shoshone Spring” (0.4 mi from Shoshone Village (Shoshone Inn & RV Park)), sampled 1998 by the USGS and partners (data). Pool water may be cooled, mixed or treated, and spring chemistry is generally stable over decades. We report measurements only; we don't make health claims.
The pools
| Pool | Temp |
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| Warm spring swimming poolNext to the RV park and the Shoshone Spring Interpretive Trail. | — |
As published by the venue. Temperatures shift with the seasons and the weather.
Facilities
- Showers: yes
- Food on site: yes
- Drinks / bar: yes
- Restrooms: yes
| Good to know | Stay on trails around the pupfish ponds and vole habitat |
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What's here
- natural warm spring swimming pool
- Shoshone Inn with 17 rooms
- 25 full-hookup RV sites and tent camping
- Shoshone Spring Interpretive Trail and pupfish ponds
- Crowbar Cafe & Saloon
- one mile from Death Valley's southeast entrance
Getting there
- From Los Angeles4 hr 37 min234 mi
- From Ontario (ONT)3 hr 57 min196 mi
Typical driving time without traffic or snow.
| Elevation | 1,577 ft |
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Things to do near Shoshone
Nearby springs
Death Valley Hot Springs
A Tecopa Hot Springs Road resort with a large outdoor geothermal pool ringed by four smaller hot pools of different sizes and temperatures. Four private pools with their own showers are also offered, and everyone on the property needs a $35 guest pass, valid 9am-10pm. Lodging is in bungalows, with an RV park and tent sites.
Tecopa Hot Springs & Campground
An Inyo County park in the Tecopa Valley with two bathhouses, each with separate enclosed pools for men and women, fed by artesian water of about 102F. Bathing is in the nude only, under a county code. A concessionaire took over under a 10-year agreement and sells $15 day soaking passes, plus more than 200 RV and tent sites.
The Oasis at Death Valley
A pair of hotels at Furnace Creek in Death Valley National Park, the Inn and the Ranch, each with a spring-fed swimming pool held at about 87F. The Ranch pool is open 8am-11pm to guests of both hotels, and the public can buy pool passes at the Ranch desk. The Inn's historic tiled pool is for Inn guests and sits beside a spa and poolside cafe.
Death Valley Hot Springs: 7 mi · Tecopa Hot Springs & Campground: 7 mi · The Oasis at Death Valley: 47 mi
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· checked November 2026
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