Deep Creek Hot Springs, DCHS, are natural hot springs located in the northern Mojave Desert section of the San Bernardino National Forest, near Hesperia in San Bernardino County, Southern California.
[1] The springs are in the rain shadowed desert foothills of the San Bernardino Mountains on the Deep Creek fork of the Mojave River.
[1] The Southwestern Arroyo Toad—Bufo californicus, an endangered species, lives along Deep Creek.
The hot pools contain a rare and sometimes fatal disease called primary amoebic meningoencephalitis.
[6] The PCT passes through Deep Creek Hot Springs and can be reached from the Lake Arrowhead area, 6 miles each way.