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Welcome to Campbell Hot Springs ...

Campbell Hot Springs is located in Sierra County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Campbell Hot Springs: Campbell Hot Spgs. (or less commonly used: Campbell Hot Spngs. or Campbell Hot Sprngs.)

Campbell Hot Springs is 5,020 feet [1,530 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Campbell Hot Springs is about 1 mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Campbell Hot Springs lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Campbell Hot Springs: 530 & 837<3>

Communities near Campbell Hot Springs ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Campbell Hot Springs.

  • Truckee
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Portola
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Loyalton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Sattley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Calpine
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Meadow Lake ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Meadow Lake is located in Nevada County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Lake
  • Summit City ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Summit City is located in Nevada County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit City
  • Whitehawk
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Whitehawk is located in Plumas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehawk
  • Sierra City
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Baltimore Town
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Baltimore Town is located in Nevada County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltimore Town

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Campbell Hot Springs. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Campbell Hot Springs.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Campbell Hot Springs. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Campbell Hot Springs.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Campbell Hot Springs. See our Newspapers Page for Campbell Hot Springs.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Campbell Hot Springs ...

Looking for more information about Campbell Hot Springs? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Campbell Hot Springs, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Campbell Hot Springs.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Sierra, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Campbell Hot Springs - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 530 code has been Overlayed with the 837 area code. New phone numbers in the Campbell Hot Springs area will be assigned with one of these codes: 530 or 837. As a result, placing a call in the Campbell Hot Springs area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.