Harbin Hot Springs

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Harbin Hot Springs is a non-profit hot spring retreat center in Middletown, CA that has been a healing/gathering place from the early days of Native American occupation to the present.

The baths were first commercially developed by settlers and buildings erected in the 1860s. This included the first of several lodges that were rebuilt as they burned down over the years.

After a decline in the 1950's, Harbin was largely abandoned until the early 1970's when the area came under the care of the current owners, the Heart Consciousness Church. Currently maintained by 150+ residents, Harbin offers facilities for retreats, lodging, massage, watsu and five mineral water pools at various temperatures.

In the early 1970s, the property again was known by the name Harbin Hot Springs and it then came under the care of the present owners, the Heart Consciousness Church. Currently maintained by 150+ residents, Harbin offers rustic facilities for retreats, lodging, massage, watsu and five mineral water pools at various temperatures. Nudity is permitted but not enforced -- the term used is clothing optional. Many Bay Area New Age, Neopagan, Buddhist, yoga, and other organizations hold weekend retreats and week-long festivals at the faciltiy, which is also open to day-guests who simply come to enjoy the warm and hot pools.