The Crystal Hill quartz collecting location is in Inyo County near the small community of Deep Springs just west of State Route 168. It is some 25 miles east  from the community of Big Pine which is on Route 395 south of Bishop. The small farming community of Oasis is found about 11 miles to the north. The collecting site is clearly visible on the west side of the road as a relatively small hill with brownish color protruding east from the main mass of granitic rocks in the range of hills. It is about half a mile from the highway. Near the center of this bowl-like valley is a cattle guard with a gate and electric fence on the west. A dirt track follows the south side of the fence line about .3 miles to a fork where the access to the collecting area continues to the right following the fence another .3 miles to a parking area at the base of the hill.

Nearby collecting areas of interest are Crystal Ridge (quartz crystals) northeast of Independence and Gem Valley (amazonite, beryl, quartz) east of Lone Pine. Both are reasonably accessible and, as described, have great potential for an active collector. The writer has not yet visited either site.