Southern California hot springs (3)
Checked October 2026 · Sources
Southern California has 3 hot springs you can soak in: 1 free, 0 paid and 2 whose fee is not posted; 3 wild and 0 developed.
Drive times computed with GraphHopper; map data OpenStreetMap contributors.
All 3 hot springs: Southern California
Springs (3). Each number is how many you would see.
Type
Walk, one way
1 spring has no walk on file; it is hidden while Walk is chosen.
Water
Month you're going
Hides springs where snow is likely that month.
Walk, drive and snow figures are computed; the Method page names each method.
What is in this list
By county: Kern County, CA (1): Remington; Santa Barbara County, CA (1): Montecito; Ventura County, CA (1): Sespe.
the ten counties usually counted as Southern California (Imperial, Kern, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura).
Free: Remington. Fee not posted: Montecito, Sespe.
Wild: Remington, Montecito, Sespe.
Under 1 mile: Remington, Montecito. No walk on file: Sespe.
The 3 springs are in 1 state: California (3).
Hottest water at the source: Sespe Hot Springs, 194 F. Coolest: Montecito Hot Springs, 118 F.
0 of 2 springs with a known walk are roadside; the longest walk is 0.5 miles (Montecito Hot Springs, computed).