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Oak Springs - Los Padres National Forest
34.63972, -119.42194
Details
- Longitude: -119.42194
- Latitude: 34.63972
Recent Water Reports:
| Date | Surveyor | Water Report |
| 05-23-2020 | Tim Cameron | Flowing |
| 09-05-2015 | LKasko | Dry |
Description:
Oak Springs is located in the Los Padres National Forest. The spring is on the Rancho Nuevo Creek Topo Map, If you have recently visited this spring, please give us some feed back on the water quality.
Survey Photos:
Tim Cameron - 05-23-2020
The view from the tent site, looking in the direction of Oak Spring. You need to reach the meadow in the distance and descend to the spring. Good luck!
Tim Cameron - 05-23-2020
This is the campsite from a distance. The two picnic tables are hidden behind the trees. It's a pretty, shady site with awesome views.
Weather Forecasts for Oak Springs
Submitted Reports
Oak Springs Survey - 05-23-2020 - by Tim CameronLink: Oak Springs Date: 05-23-2020 Surveyor Name: Tim Cameron Camp Description: I spent one night at Potrero Seco campground. It was totally deserted and very pretty, with expansive views to the East and West. There's space for a large number of tents at the main camp combined with the nearby dispersed camp. The grass is starting to get messy, but the tent sites are still mostly clear and usable. Two worn but sturdy picnic tables are great for cooking. This was my first visit and I wasn't expecting the water to be so difficult to reach. Oak Spring is unreachable on a direct route from the campsite: there's too much vegetation to bushwhack through. You need to walk further along the fire road until it opens out into a meadow, then cross that meadow downhill to the spring. It's at the bottom of a very awkward gully made of soft clay. It took me two full hours to reach the spring, filter 10 liters (I was overnighting with a partner) and hike back to camp. As mentioned, the water tastes awful even after multiple filterings. If I'd known these conditions, I would have tried La Jolla spring or filled up at the small brackish pond near Oak Spring, which looks like it'll be dry by the end of June.It might be possible to reach Oak Spring by climbing a little up the hill to the north of the camp, then making your way carefully down into the gully. There seems to be less vegetation that way. I plan to come back and try the alternate routes soon.ÂWater Source: Flowing Water Source Details: Oak spring has a small but usable flow at the source, growing bigger as it goes downhill. It's an unpleasant scramble to reach, and the water tastes very muddy even after filtering. La Jolla spring is close by: I would try that first. Weather Conditions: High of 80, low in the mid 40's Images:
The view from the tent site, looking in the direction of Oak Spring. You need to reach the meadow in the distance and descend to the spring. Good luck!
This is the campsite from a distance. The two picnic tables are hidden behind the trees. It's a pretty, shady site with awesome views.- Oak Springs Survey - 09-05-2015 - by LKasko
Link: Oak Springs Date: 09-05-2015 Surveyor Name: LKasko Camp Description: Water Source: Dry Water Source Details: Not sure this is the right spring; the one I visited was at the trailhead of the Judell Canyon, with two big tanks. The tanks were totally dry, and so was everyting around. Weather Conditions:
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