Sespe Hot Springs

General Description: Several extremely hot springs in a remote desert valley creating a hot river with several pools created as the water cools.
General Location: Southern California outside of Ojai in the Los Padres National Forest
Pool Type: sand and gravel in a hot creek
Pool Temps: Extremely Hot (106° - 110° F)
(Click to enlarge.)
Accessibility: Year round, a 9 mile hile from one direction and 16 miles from another and located in a valley subject to flash floods
Restrictions: None
Elevation: 2800 feet.
Distance from road: 9.00 miles.
Book Reference: Hot Springs and Hot Pools in the Southwest
Map Reference: Devils Heart Peak CA USGS 7.5 minute quadrangle

Videos

Login or register to add Trip Reports.

Sespe is GREAT. Feels like

Submitted by davidsquall351 on Sat, 2011-10-08 01:29.

Sespe is GREAT. Feels like you miles away from anyone here. We took the long way from Piedra Blanca Trailhead. A little while after Willits the trail is GONE until you get close...lol

Post new comment

The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.
  • Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.
  • Lines and paragraphs break automatically.
CAPTCHA
This question is for testing whether you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions.
Image CAPTCHA
Enter the characters shown in the image.
By submitting this form, you accept the Mollom privacy policy.