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Fish Springs
Fish Springs is located in California
Fish Springs
Fish Springs
Location in California
Fish Springs is located in the United States
Fish Springs
Fish Springs
Location in the United States
Country United States
State California
County Inyo County
Elevation
3,937 ft (1,200 m)

Fish Springs (formerly, Tinemaha and Tinnemaha) is a set of springs in Inyo County, California.

It is located in the Owens Valley, 6.5 miles (10 km) south-southeast of Big Pine, at an elevation of 3937 feet (1200 m).

A post office operated at Fish Springs during part of 1866, and from 1868 to 1876. A post office operated at Tinnemaha from 1895 to 1910. Tinemaha is the name of a legendary Piute of the region.

The Tinemaha Reservoir, of the Los Angeles Aqueduct system, is located nearby.

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