Soda Springs (Yosemite National Park)

Soda Springs is in Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park, and is almost but not quite synonymous with Soda Springs Cabin, which is a cabin, built over the springs.[1] They are mineral springs.[2]

Soda Springs
LocationTuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park, California
Coordinates37°52′44.3″N 119°21′58.6″W
Elevation8,600 feet (2,600 m)

Drinking the water is not advised.[3][4]

Some history

The original inhabitants were Indians, but in 1869, John Muir visited the area, grazing sheep.[5] In 1885 John Baptiste Lembert made a seasonal homestead at Soda Springs, also filing a claim under the Homestead Act. In 1898, John McCauley used the homestead at Soda Springs as a seasonal pasture for his livestock. In 1915, The Sierra Club built Parsons Memorial Lodge at Soda Springs .[6]

Soda Springs

References
  1. McNair, Josh (2016-09-23). "Soda Springs & Parsons Memorial Lodge in Tuolumne Meadows". californiathroughmylens.com. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  2. "Soda Springs, Spring in Yosemite National Park". Lonely Planet. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  3. roundtheworldmagazine (November 20, 2017). "Best things to do at Yosemite National Park, California". roundtheworldmagazine.com. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  4. 1962penny (December 21, 2018). "Natural Soda Springs - Tuolumne Meadows". geocaching.com. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  5. Wierbinski, Alex (September 16, 2018). "History of Tuolumne Meadows". tahoetowhitney.org. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  6. "National Park Service Cultural Landscapes Inventory 2007" (PDF). NPS. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
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