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The unmarked parking turnout for the Pyramid Hot Spring, facing east.
The rock formations on the left hide the hot spring.
If the rock formations in the center of the river are not visible above the waterline, the hot spring will be submerged beneath cold river water.
The spring sits underneath a rock behind the larger boulder.
The hot spring pool is on the right beside the Kern River on the left.
A pool with a view.
Pyramid Hot Spring.
The hot waterfall from the source.
Even in late August, the only thing keeping out the cold water were these rags in the rock cracks.