Do not take FS 038, which leads to Buckeye Campground. Instead, stay on FS 017 and drive up the hill a few minutes to the parking lot. Follow the path down, turning right past the clearing, to the springs. Camping is OK in the clearing past the bridge and along the road before the bridge. In addition to several springs next to a creek, there is a also a shallow pool next to a tree near the parking lot and a newer lukewarm pool below that.
Most visitors prefer the upper pool.
Then visit Travertine Hot Springs. But first make sure your vehicle is in good working order. This Bridgeport-area spring is accessible only via dirt roads that can be rocky, rutted, or muddy. From town, drive south on Highway 395 for .3 mile and turn left onto Jack Sawyer Road. Coming from the south on 395, Jack Sawyer is the first paved road on the right after the Bridgeport Ranger Station.