We love nature so much and Bridgeport is filled with beautiful nature and sights. The best part is that almost everything we did in Bridgeport was free and if not free so dirt cheap that it was a joke. In this post I’ll share two of my most favorite places in the world which are located in Bridgeport. This wasn’t our first time to Bridgeport and will not be our last because some things you can never get enough of such as Mono Lake or Travertine Hot Springs.
The times that we did come here we stayed in hotels and we probably will not be the first to admit that their hotel options are not that great. We did buy a van which we are working on to fix up so that we can sleep in it and we are planning to come explore more of Bridgeport while staying in “our white school bus.” Camping is another great option.
Bodie State Historic Park
Bodie Ghost Town became to grow in 1876 for the purpose of collecting gold. Gold was discovered in 1859 and in the timeline they collected a quantity of gold that is worth 34 million today. Okay Bodie, we really think you are one of the coolest ghost town that we have ever visited. Even though only 5% (170) of the buildings are still standing this is one of the biggest ghost towns we have been to. Some of the buildings are completely closed and your able to peek through the windows. Other buildings you can walk into and see the three or four layers of wallpaper peeling away. There are a lot of photographers here. This is one place you won’t want to miss even if your not into ghost towns.
Located at CA-270, Bridgeport, CA 93517.
Travertine Hot Springs
Travertine Hot Spring has plenty of hot springs. It has hot springs of different sizes and temperatures. When you get to the first four hot springs here you can continue to walk on the trail to get to another small and private hot spring. We love natural and free hot springs especially with a view. We woke up at 5am just so that we could enjoy this hot springs all to ourselves. I love hot water. Now there is one things to note if you have never been to a wild hot springs. I’m not sure if clothing is required here but over the years of experience with natural hot springs is that a few will be sitting in the hot springs nude. We have had an experience like this in a different hot springs when our children were little but the good thing is that the water is not clear and our children were too young and did not notice anything. If you are like us and you would rather not see or have your children see nude people then come early or send your husband to check out the hot springs before you take your entire crew. Evenings are probably not the best times because many come here to relax. With all that said I hope that you will still make the effort to come to this hot springs. It is one of my favorites. The great thing about natural hot springs is the temperature of the hot springs varies. The closer you sit by the water source the hotter it is.
Located off highway 395.
Lundy Lake
This is a naturally formed lake. Now the lake is impressive because of the Lundy Canyon and fall colors. You can fish and canoe here. You can also camp here. We chose to just use their picnic tables so that we could enjoy our lunch without anyone around, just aspen trees. The roads are not as busy here so we were able to take some captures of my husband and I walking along the road with the Lundy Canyon and Lake behind us. This is such a beautiful place.
Located: off Highway 395 North of Lee Vining turn west onto Lundy Lake road and drive five miles.
South Tufa (Mono Lake)
South Tufa Trail is extremely enjoyable and easy to hike. There are plenty of Tufa here and you will be able to see the lake almost the whole time. This is one of the oldest lakes in Northern America. This is actually one of my favorite places ever because of the formations ” which show what nature can do with a few basic elements. The strange spires and knobs are formed when fresh water springs containing calcium bubble up through the carbonate-rich lake water.” -USDA.
Road to Lobdell Lake
We love a destination that requires you to take dirt roads which are steep, wide, and rough to get through. Those type of roads are hardly ever traveled on. Most of the time we are the only ones on them.
I’m not sure about you, but we love fall pictures especially with dense groves of aspen trees decorated in their beautiful fall colors. Now the best part is that no one else will be in your picture because you’ll have them all to yourself.
This lake is fed from Deep Creek. We tried fishing but we had no luck. The water was very low and the parts of the lake were beginning to freeze. We did enjoy the view and had lunch here.
Located at Humboldt -Toiyabe National Forest, Bridgeport Ranger District.
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