Keough Hot Springs is located in the Owens Valley of California, about seven miles south of the city of Bishop on US Highway 395.

Today there is a very small community of homes, and a commercial resort featuring a large swimming pool which was built and first opened in August 1918 by Philip P. Keough, a former local superintendent of the Wells Fargo stage company.

The resort reportedly continued to be a very popular social gathering site for residents of the nearby communities up until the World War II era.

In 1926 the City of Los Angeles purchased the property as a part of its famous water-rights land grab in the Owens Valley.

A new lessee in 1955 performed renovations and the pool once again regained its vitality as a public swimming and recreation area until insurance considerations dictated that it become a membership-only club in 1985.