Naked Ph.D. , You can still hike to DCHS from the area around the dam. I would'nt recommend parking around the spillway or the tube since vandalism does occur at times in these areas. Best to park at a pull out at the western side of the dam where the paved road passes by. I know a couple of regulars who park there and I would say thats the safest place in the area of the Mohave Dam. The Bowen Ranch road conditions varies from week to week. It is graded periodically since it is a county maintained road. Sometimes the washboard can get pretty high. There's no smoother road that gets you as close to the springs. You might also consider hiking in on the Bradford Ridge trail from south of the springs. Its about 2 and a half miles and directions for finding it can be found in these forum archives about a couple of months back. Happy Soakin :-)