Welcome to Fish Springs ...

Fish Springs is located just east of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

Fish Springs is located in Inyo County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fish Springs, you might consider that their post office opened in 1866.

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

Fish Springs is 3,930 feet [1,198 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Fish Springs is ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

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

Area Codes for Fish Springs: 760 & 442<3>

The community of Fish Springs has also been called Tinemaha. and Tinnemaha. For more information about the names of Fish Springs, see The Names of Fish Springs on our Genealogy Page.

Communities Also Named Fish Springs ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Fish Springs - it's located in Tennessee.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Fish Springs.

Communities near Fish Springs ...

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

Monola ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monola have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monola
- Monola is located in Inyo County
Aberdeen Station ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Aberdeen Station. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberdeen Station
- Aberdeen Station is located in Inyo County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Aberdeen Station
- From Fish Springs to Aberdeen Station
Aberdeen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberdeen
- Aberdeen is located in Inyo County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Aberdeen
- From Fish Springs to Aberdeen
Big Pine
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Pine
- Big Pine is located in Inyo County
- Former name for Big Pine:
- Bigpine
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Big Pine <6>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Big Pine
- From Fish Springs to Big Pine
Zurich ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zurich
- Zurich is located in Inyo County
- Zurich has also been known as:
- Zurich Station
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Zurich
- From Fish Springs to Zurich
Chrysopolis ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chrysopolis have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chrysopolis
- Chrysopolis is located in Inyo County
Sage Flat
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sage Flat. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sage Flat
- Sage Flat is located in Inyo County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Sage Flat
- From Fish Springs to Sage Flat
Blackrock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackrock
- Blackrock is located in Inyo County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Blackrock
- From Fish Springs to Blackrock
Glacier Lodge ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Glacier Lodge. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glacier Lodge
- Glacier Lodge is located in Inyo County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Glacier Lodge
- From Fish Springs to Glacier Lodge
Keough Hot Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keough Hot Springs
- Keough Hot Springs is located in Inyo County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Keough Hot Springs
- From Fish Springs to Keough Hot Springs

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 Fish Springs. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Fish Springs.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Fish 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 Fish Springs.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fish Springs ...

Looking for more information about Fish 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 Fish Springs, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Fish Springs.

Adding Fish Springs to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Fish Springs in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Fish Springs was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Fish Springs post office opened in 1866.

We also found Fish Springs in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Fish Springs.

Footnotes ...

<1>	If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Inyo, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Fish 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 760 code has been Overlayed with the 442 area code. New phone numbers in the Fish Springs area will be assigned with one of these codes: 760 or 442. As a result, placing a call in the Fish Springs area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>	The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>	An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>	While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/