The best hot spring campgrounds near Big Bear City, California

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Big Bear City

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Public campgrounds near Big Bear City

A view of the south shore, from the north shore. In the fall, of course!

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Serrano Campground

109 sites · RVs, Tents In San Bernardino National Forest

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Crab Flats Campground

27 sites · RVs, Tents In San Bernardino National Forest

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Green Valley Campground

26 sites · RVs, Tents In San Bernardino National Forest

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San Gorgonio Campground

54 sites · RVs, Tents In San Bernardino National Forest

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Boulder Basin Campground

16 sites · RVs, Tents In San Bernardino National Forest

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Pineknot Campground

47 sites · RVs, Tents In San Bernardino National Forest

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Marion Mountain Campground

16 sites · RVs, Tents In San Bernardino National Forest

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Fern Basin Campground

15 sites · RVs, Tents In San Bernardino National Forest

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Black Mountain Yellow Post Sites

6 sites · RVs, Tents In San Bernardino National Forest

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Ironwood Group Campground

1 site · RV, Tent In San Bernardino National Forest

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Tanglewood Group Campground

1 site · RV, Tent In San Bernardino National Forest

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Skyline Campground

1 site · RV, Tent In San Bernardino National Forest

Stories from the community

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Shawn

2 weeks ago

1 night at Mineral Spring Date Farm

Campsite was amazing, Ron was a great host. Would recommend!

2 nights at DragonflyHill Desert Farm

Dragonfly Hill is such a cute little spot close to the desert communities near Joshua Tree. I wasn't able to use much of the facilities due to allergies that came up, so be sure to check the weather. Emma and Andy were so kind and accommodating to my needs and I look forward to visiting again.

Weekend Trip to Bowen Ranch Deep Creek Hot Springs

We went in mid June and it was gorgeous! Still got pretty cold at night as you are practically in the desert so bring a good quilt or blankets. The hike to the hot springs is amazing with some cool views. I would say its a pretty easy hike for experienced hikers but medium to hard for beginners. Make sure to bring plenty of water, snacks, and extra bags - I saw trash along the hike and down at the hot springs which is so sad to see and ruins it for others - Overall, it was a beautiful spot and much cleaner than other hot springs I've been to. Leave it better!! Leave No Trace!!

Weekend Trip to Bowen Ranch Deep Creek Hot Springs

The spot we got was secluded. We got visited by the host's horses and it made our night! Definitely will come back again and have a dip in the hot spring!

Weekend Trip to Bowen Ranch Deep Creek Hot Springs

Friendly, spacious, flushing toilets, running water, firewood, food/snack stand, nice hike to the hot springs, and beautiful skies at night

Weekend Trip to Mineral Spring Date Farm

Ron's date farm is a very unique and awesome place! The tent was huge and the beds were SOOO comfy! It was clean and the tub was awesome!! I was worried about spider webs but to our surprise there were none anywhere, no bugs or anything! We plan on going back soon...

Weekend Trip to Mineral Spring Date Farm

Great place! Friendly host. AC worked great in the yurt. Beautiful place. Highly recommend.

lisa

June 2025

2 nights at Mineral Spring Date Farm

Really enjoyed this Hipcamp and the hosts were awesome. It was baking hot but we love that. And the pools were awesome. Thanks!

1 night at DragonflyHill Desert Farm

Again another wonderful stay at Dragonfly Hill Ranch. I highly recommend to anyone seeking a clean safe peaceful location to camp and connect with nature!

Weekend Trip to Bowen Ranch Deep Creek Hot Springs

The site was one of the coolest sites I’ve camped at in a long time. Lots of privacy and space between campers. We got all sorts of visitors from horses to pigs. Clean bathrooms and showers. The host were super friendly. I will definitely come back. The only drawback was the drive up was a little confusing. But the directions the host gave on point.

Weekend Trip to Mineral Spring Date Farm

We had a great time! Favorite part was the mineral spring and the delicious dates.

4 nights at DragonflyHill Desert Farm

We tented under a tree on this beautiful property. The setting was lovely, with gardening everywhere and wild bunnies at home there, too. The amenities were deluxe — the instant-on hot shower was stronger than ours at home and the outdoor kitchen was very 'mountain lodge,' with everything we might need. We loved the drive to the site, passing wind turbines and wild desert, and on two of our four nights we got a taste of wildness with the wind blowing. Talking with Andy was a pleasure.

Weekend Trip to DragonflyHill Desert Farm

Lovely little quiet spot about 20 minutes from Palm Springs. Spots were well kept, spacious and flat. Hosts Emma and Andy were very friendly and helpful. It does get hot there so be prepared. We made use of the large, well maintained pool to cool off (us and the new family of mama duck with her 8 ducklings 🐣). If you are looking for somewhere chilled, away from the crowds then this is for you.

Weekend Trip to Mineral Spring Date Farm

Wonderful time. Hidden tents among the date Groves was so private and relaxing. The individual mineral spring jacuzzi at each camping location was a nice touch as well as the mineral spring swimming pool. The dates very yummy. At first we where worried about the heat but the tents are set up nicely with air-conditioned. Overall, a great place.

Weekend Trip to Mineral Spring Date Farm

What a wonderful place for glamping. My family had a good time. We where at first afraid it would be to hot to stay since it is out in the dessert but Ron had each tent set up with air-conditioned and the placement of the tents where shady and private. We loved that each spot had its own little mineral water jacuzzi like tub to use. There is also a large mineral pool to enjoy. The property is fun to explore and we felt very safe on it. Ron is also very personal and great host. He left us some amazing dates that they harvest right there on the farm as a treat and remembrance of our trip. We will make sure to come back.

2 nights at DragonflyHill Desert Farm

I always enjoy staying at DFH. The weather was great the grounds were tidy as usual, and the staff as always lovely.

Weekend Trip to DragonflyHill Desert Farm

Had a wonderful stay at Dragonflyhill. The hosts were very hospitable and went above and beyond to make my stay enjoyable. It also felt very safe to stay there as a solo female traveler. Thank you, Emma and Andy!

4 nights at DragonflyHill Desert Farm

Excellent stay once again. I thoroughly enjoy this place it's like coming home each time I visit. 10 out of 10 highly recommend!

Weekend Trip to Mason's RV Ranch

The place is so nice and safe because of gated properties. The host is kind person. We played golf around there for two days. It took a within 25 min to get golf courses.

1 night at Wild Wash Regenerative Ranch

Roy did a great job of creating a super private little camp site. The views were spectacular and it was close to a lot of cool activities! I would definitely recommend!!

3 top hot spring campgrounds near Big Bear City

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Mineral Spring Date Farm

11 sites · Lodging, RVs, Tents20 acres · Desert Hot Springs, CA

Get cozy with your Private Hot Spring ( Just for you to use) . This is a working Date Farm that is above an aquifer with a natural mineral spring water well. We are rehabilitating our Date Farm. Private Hot Spring fed tubs at each site located on a private 20-acre Date Farm on a Mineral Spring aquifer. **~18 minutes from Downtown Palm Springs. ** ~ 30 minutes from Joshua Tree **Perfect late-night check in** If you love traveling, nature, and adventure this place has features to help you maximize your travel experiences. Comfortable and right in the middle of the desert. Experience the best of both worlds. ** We keep trimmed Palm fronds on the side of our road for our goats to eat and to use as mulch. ** We are not the Hilton, a Spa or Resort. We are a working Date Farm on top of a Mineral Spring Aquifer.

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Bowen Ranch Deep Creek Hot Springs

17 sites · Lodging, RVs, Tents200 acres · Lake Arrowhead, CA

Peaceful Off-the-Grid Property in the Mountains of the Mojave Desert, Hot Springs and Numerous Hiking and Off-Roading Trails Nearby... Surrounded by 1,000s of Acres of Undeveloped BLM and US Forestry Land, With Endless Views of the San Bernardino Mountains and High Desert Scenery. Bring Your Tent, Trailer, RV or Camp in your Car . Picnic Tables and Fire Pits (grills available). Flushing Toilets, Pits Toilets, Potable Water, and Showers On-Site. Breakfast Lunch Dinner Served on the Weekends *Warning! The hike to the Deep Creek Hot Springs is fairly steep and can be difficult for some people, especially in warm weather, so everyone’s physical fitness needs to be considered when deciding to hike to the hot springs with pets, children, elderly people, or out-of-shape/over-weight people in your group. Even though Deep Creek has never had any known cases of amoeba outbreaks, be advised that the warm waters around hot springs can carry a sometimes fatal amoeba. *Although children are permitted at most sites on the property (children are not permitted at the cabin or spring pool sites), we do not recommend bringing them due to occasional nudity that may be seen in the area and the degree of difficulty for the hike. In order to be prepared with the correct gear to make the hike to the hot springs and know the USFS rules that apply to the area, please educate yourself before coming by visiting the USFS website page for the Deep Creek area. Know before you go! The Deep Creek Hot Springs Campground is part of the historic Bowen Ranch property that was homesteaded in 1924 and has been the camping and parking area for the Deep Creek Hot Springs for nearly a century. The Bowen Ranch property is under new ownership as of 2020. See our webpage deepcreekhotspringscampground.com for more information and detailed driving directions to our property.

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DragonflyHill Desert Farm

27 sites · Lodging, RVs, Tents3 acres · Desert Hot Springs, CA

About Welcome to DragonflyHill Desert Farm & Wildlife Habitat where you can experience desert magic, starry skies, and natural mineral water from our private well. Remote enough for a quiet retreat yet easy to get to and only a short drive to amenities and outdoor adventures! Please review our rules and read our entire listing description prior to requesting to stay here, to assure we’re the right space for you. Copies of our rules, registration documents, liability waiver and amenities are provided in our photos. Guests must agree to adhere to our rules and honor our cancellation policy to book with us. If you have any questions, please make an inquiry and we will get back to you very quickly. We really do love this work. LOCATION: We are located one mile down a well maintained and navigable dirt road, 20 minutes to Palm Springs, Desert Hot Springs and Palm Desert, and 15 minutes to the 10 freeway. We're near the Cabazon outlets, 2 hours to Los Angeles, San Diego, Disneyland, mountain areas, and beaches. Nearby there are local wildlife preserves, hiking and outdoor activities. We are 45 minutes to Joshua Tree and a half hour to Coachella. We truly are in the middle of nowhere and the center of everything. For folks traveling in winter, we’re considerably warmer than Joshua Tree and the High Desert. In summer we are cooler than Palm Springs. Immediate neighbors are small farmers and ranchers. Local spas and resorts are available for day use and access to their pools and ponds for as little as $10 a day ($5 seniors). We can provide space for events and entertainment for a small fee. ARRIVAL: Upon approving your reservation we'll send you a welcome message with information we need prior to your arrival to process your reservation, prepare for your arrival and provide you with check in information and accurate directions as gps apps to our location are often wrong. Please answer that initial email as soon as possible. We'll follow up with check in information and driving directions. Once in the gate, stay on the driveway and meet us on the patio with the blue shade sails. We will provide you with an approximately 15 minute orientation and tour, register you, check identification and show you to your campsite. Guests are required to fill out a liability waiver and a simple registration form. (See photos for copies of these forms.) OUR SPACE: Our land is 130 feet wide by an eighth of a mile deep in a residential neighborhood with lots 2.5-10 acres. We can see and hear our neighbors. We maintain a very quiet space but occasionally our neighbors have their own activities and events. Let us know if the neighborhood gets too noisy and we'll try to mitigate those situations. We can also provide free earplugs for those very rare occasions. Guests wanting a totally isolated experience may want to book elsewhere. DragonflyHill Desert Farm is a working farm in a wilderness area. Guests should check weather forecasts prior to arrival and assure that they have the right equipment. We have a moderate cancellation policy that allows guests to cancel 3 days prior to their arrival date to receive a refund. This allows enough time to check weather reports. There are occasional heavy rains and frequent high winds. It can get very hot in summer and reach freezing temperatures in winter. Despite our proximity to the freeway and nearby cities, and our location in a residential neighborhood, this is very much a wilderness area. DragonflyHill is not responsible for the weather. We are not a resort. Expect dry plants and patches during summer and into the fall. As a farm, we may be a bit more rustic than your typical farm to allow for shelter for local wildlife. Our cultivation methods encourage biodiversity and though we are growing food, many of our crops resemble landscaping or natural habitat rather than garden patches. Currently we have habitat viewing areas, an herb garden, an orchard, an outdoor classroom, a sheltered social distancing patio, an outdoor kitchen, meditation gardens, our (seasonal) mineral pool, community library, game boards and toys, and a tree bath. Plant varieties, wildlife and presentation may vary by season. Our farm specializes in herbs, fruit trees, desert and native plants, and edible flowers. We also grow some sprouts and microgreens indoors. We cultivate community and share what we grow with our neighbors and our guests. Guests have shared access to the outdoor kitchen and BBQ area, the orchards, gardens, patios, and grounds of the Desert Farm and Wildlife Habitat, and (for safety reasons) limited access to the pool pond and spa -both unheated. The pool pond is filled with local mineral water from our own well. The pool pond is cleaned regularly & is chlorinated. The pool pond is not cleaned daily and is shared with wildlife. including bees and birds who drink water pool side. Debris from high winds and wildlife may contribute to the pool pond environment. Currently neither the pool pond nor the spa is heated. We also have wheelchair accessible hot water outdoor showers and wheelchair accessible porta potties. The pool area is accessible to guests year round but the pool itself is winterized and unavailable from mid October through mid to late April. We work hard to keep the home well maintained & clean; we're vigilant & do due diligence with professional quarterly visits from Truly Nolen 4 Season Pest Prevention (a green company.) We doubt you'll see any unwanted critters inside or near the house or other structures during your stay, but if you do, please advise us & we will promptly address the situation. DragonflyHill Desert Farm and Wildlife Habitat is in a remote area of the desert with lots of wildlife. To help us keep wildlife OUT of the house and campsites, please keep food out of reach of critters & clean up after every meal. We affirmatively welcome children, but as this is a working farm in a wilderness area, parents will need to be vigilant of their child's safety and activity while here. We are constantly adding activities and features for children and adults. We are child friendly and we are a good location for groups. (Just message us with your details and we can tailor your stay to meet your needs.) We have 1 cat and 1 service dog. Other guests may have pets or assistance animals. Neighbors have chickens, farm animals and pets. There are a few feral cats in the vicinity as well as a variety of desert wildlife. At night you can hear the coyotes though we’ve never seen them or their tracks on our land. Common sightings of road runners, rabbits, hares, lizards, snakes, hawks, doves, desert wrens, migrating ducks (in the Spring), scorpions, mantises, crickets, mockingbirds, insects and spiders. WHO WE ARE: DragonflyHill is a community of artisans, activists, craftspeople and farmers, working together to cultivate community, develop methodologies for living and working together in ever increasing paradigms of social justice and sustainability. We are a safe and sober space that is disability and LGBTQIA affirmative, anti-racist, anti-sexist, anti-imperialist and de-colonialist, because anything else is just a bandaid. Core values of our work include attention to detail, fine craftwork and cultivating community. Some members of the Dragonfly Team live on the premises at all times and will be here for the duration of your stay. The rest of the team are community members. All Team members work at DragonflyHill Desert Farm and Wildlife Habitat in different capacities, in cooperation and collaboration with each other. It should be noted that we are not a museum community and our collective is not on display. Only 2-3 members of the community are currently responsible for hosting guests. Community members are autonomous and, much of our community functions virtually. There are also occasional community events at the farm, including farming, though many activities are just coming back after the pandemic. We hope to offer activities in the Fall. All activities will continue to be held outdoors and social distancing is required. We speak: English and Spanish. We can communicate somewhat in French, Italian and Portuguese. DRAGONFLYHILL CONSEIRGE We love to hear about your travels and share our knowledge of our community and Southern California with our guests. Our library, located on the Blue Patio, offers children’s books, local history including indigenous history, farming and gardening, wildlife guides, hiking trails, entertainment and tourist attractions. We can recommend activities on and off site including places to go with children, local hiking, museums, restaurants and shopping. In addition to campsites, for additional fees, we offer reiki, a private jacuzzi hot water mineral bath, farm tours, firewood, tutoring, tax preparation, vehicle storage, event and space rental, and classes. Three of us are licensed to officiate weddings. RULES, DOCUMENTS & AMENITIES Carefully read our listing description and our rules to determine if we're the right space for you. We know we have excellent reviews but take the time to assure that we offer what you are looking for. Each Hipcamp host is autonomous and has their own rules, amenities and features. Hipcamp does not provide guests a copy of the house rules until after you have selected a location and then requires you to agree to the house rules before finalizing your decision. There is not enough space in the listing description to include the rules so guests can see them prior to booking. If you would like to see our rules, registration documents or a list of amenities please find them in our photos or message us prior to booking and we will send you a copy. We welcome guests new to Hipcamp but please take the time to familiarize yourself with the Hipcamp platform. Hipcamp travel is very different from public campgrounds. At DragonflyHill Desert Farm and Wildlife Habitat you will be guests in our home. We welcome and encourage guests with service and support animals to stay with us. All animals must have current vaccination records.

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Wagner Mobile Home & RV Park

1 site1 acre · Desert Hot Springs, CA

Wagner Mobile Home and RV Park stands out as a unique haven for those aged 55 and over, offering an impeccably maintained retreat nestled in the serene desert landscape of Desert Hot Springs. This isolated oasis is almost entirely surrounded by the natural beauty of the desert, yet it remains conveniently close to shopping, sightseeing, golfing, and the rich culture and elegance found in the nearby cities of Palm Springs. Residents and visitors alike can bask in the warmth of Wagner's inviting winters while enjoying the shade provided by numerous age-old trees. The park is adorned with hundreds of majestic palm trees that stretch toward the sky, complemented by beautiful landscaping that has taken decades to cultivate. Wagner Park features four large mineral water spas—two hot and two cool—along with the best pool in the area, ensuring ample opportunities for relaxation and recreation. Here, you can escape the hustle and bustle of everyday life, yet still be just eight miles from the city center, where a variety of retail stores and services await. Whether you choose to visit or make Wagner your permanent home, this park offers a perfect blend of tranquility and accessibility, making it an ideal destination for those seeking a vibrant yet peaceful lifestyle.

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Hot spring camping near Big Bear City guide

Overview

Looking to experience the great outdoors near Big Bear City, California? Hipcamp has over 330 camping options with hot springs in the area. Whether you're a seasoned camper or a first-timer, we have a variety of accommodations to suit your needs. Check out top campsites like Diana's Descanso Camp (138 reviews), Bowen Springs Camp Retreat (127 reviews), and Dragonfly Hill Desert Farm (121 reviews). With popular amenities like campfires, showers, and cooking equipment, and activities such as off-roading, hiking, and biking, you're in for an unforgettable camping experience. Prices start as low as $20 per night, so book your adventure today!