Howard Springs, California
Howard Springs is set of springs turned into a resort in the 1870s in Lake County, California. The resort catered primarily to people interested in the curative powers of the mineral waters. Guests were accommodated in cabins or tents. At one time it had an official post office. The resort changed hands many times over the years, with various changes to the lodge, accommodations and bathhouses, until closing in 1970. For a period it was leased for geothermal exploration. Today it has reopened as a health resort. Location Howard Springs is located north-northeast of Whispering Pines. They are southwest of Lower Lake and northwest of Middletown. It is at an elevation of 2165 feet (660 m). Springs The springs are in a line about long at the foot of a slope along the south side of a drainage course. They are on the edge of a small basin, surrounded by rolling hills. There are about 40 separate flows, with temperatures that range from . The springs all rise in an area of serpentinite within the shales and sandstones of which the hills in the vicinity are composed. As of 1909 about 26 springs had been dug out and cemented to