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Favorite Area Activities: Star gazing, bird watching, rock hounding, hiking, bicycling, photography, sketching, and other art forms, soaking in hot springs, getting a massage, meditation, great dining in Shoshone and Tecopa, touring museums or the art gallery.

Star Parties!
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View our deep starry night sky through a spectacular telescope. Nebulas, galaxies and more.  Read more.

More information also at www.astrochannels.com. 

Therapy, Massage & Fitness

Tecopa Hot Springs Massage, Karin Pine.  Make the most of your stay with a choice of effective healing treatments; easy walking from all Tecopa campgrounds. 760.852.4478

Essential Oil Raindrop Therapy & Spiritual Journey/Sound Therapy with Daniel Cieslak. Ozone Steam Sauna, Yaga Labyrinth at Tecopa Hot Springs Resort.  760.852.4420

Tecopa Basin Artist Group (TBAG) Gallery open 10-4 at the Tecopa Hot Springs Resort, 860 Tecopa Hot Springs Road   Call 760 852 4420 for information.

Dining, Hiking and More

Pastel's Bistro at historic Tecopa Hot Springs Resort, Chef John Muccio   760-852-4505, menu and reservations.  Open daily.
Recent reviews: One   Two

Internet Cafe C'est Si Bon (right) in nearby Shoshone, Wed-Sunday 8-4 

Visit area museums for in depth local history:  The Shoshone Museum, home of Milton the Mammoth, and the Borax Museum & Visitor's Center in Furnace Creek.

Death Valley CA

NYT: #8 of US Top 10
National Geographic
Sunset Magazine
Back Country Death Valley Safaris  

The neighboring village of Shoshone: Shoshone Museum, the Crowbar Cafe & Bar, Walking Tours, General Store & Gas. 

China Ranch Date Farm: Hiking trails, cactus nursery, gift shop, bakery & date shakes.

Amargosa Conservancy: Driving tours in 08

Desert USA's two-day driving tour of Death Valley
Itineraries at
Death Valley Chamber of Commerce
Death Valley  National Park    Map
www.WildDeathValley.com
The Death Valley 49ers  Annual Nov. Reenactment
Death Valley Natural History Ass.
The Furnace Creek Inn
Scotty’s Castle    Stovepipe Wells Village
BLM Barstow Field Office

The Amargosa Canyon: BLM is installing a new trailhead in 2007/08. Hike and photograph this amazing desert oasis from either end- Tecopa or China Ranch.

Inyo County Parks Dept.   Tecopa Park
Death Valley Chamber of Commerce  
Old Spanish Trail Ass.     Map of Trail
The Amargosa Opera House: Marta Becket

 

First Americans of the Mojave
About
Chief Tecopa of the Paiutes

Tecopa description and links from Onroute.com 

Las Vegas Review-Journal, 3/3/02,  Desert towns worth a stop on way to Death Valley The Southwest Blend, #1 guide to the Southwest USA and Mexico, on Tecopa area
Tourism, hiking, camping, shopping and more in the Eastern Sierra area

Inyo Register- Current      
Clippings, 1903-1909   
The Pahrump Valley Times (nearest town)

More About The Amargosa River

The Amargosa Conservancy The Saratoga Springs Area- USGS
The Amargosa River (Friends of the River)   Photos Wild & Scenic River designation for the Amargosa River. Wild & Scenic Rivers Act.
Nature Conservancy Amargosa River project  USGS Report on Amargosa Flooding
USGS 1998 Water Study w/photos
Endangered Species- the Amargosa Pupfish Additional Amargosa River Resources 

UC Berkeley site on diary of Carl Purpus, late 1800’s plant collector- photos and narrative include Amargosa River, headwater springs.

Other Hot Springs Links

Other Natural Hot Springs of CA

SoakNet.com Great Hot Springs resource Breitenbush Retreats, Oregon
 

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