Use Marker Groups Wolf 2002
Piru 2003
Day 2006
Zaca 2007
Gap 2008
La Brea 2009
Sespe Hot Springs - Los Padres National Forest
34.59472, -118.99806
Details
- Longitude: -118.99806
- Latitude: 34.59472
Recent Water Reports:
| Date | Surveyor | Water Report |
| 11-12-2022 | Marcus | Trickle |
| 05-01-2022 | Nancy Aguilar | Flowing |
| 04-22-2022 | the_fog | Flowing |
| 12-18-2021 | Yertle | Flowing |
| 07-03-2021 | Braulio Aguilera | Dry |
| 04-30-2021 | Anonymous Surveyor | Flowing |
| 01-16-2021 | Anonymous Surveyor | Flowing |
| 11-23-2020 | M Lyon | Flowing |
| 11-14-2020 | anonymous | Flowing |
| 03-18-2019 | Oh Three | Flowing |
| 02-05-2017 | anonymous | Flowing |
| 11-11-2016 | Anonymous Surveyor | Flowing |
| 08-10-2016 | Colin Riordan | Flowing |
| 07-03-2016 | "Oh Three" | Flowing |
| 06-11-2016 | Anonymous Surveyor | Flowing |
| 05-29-2016 | Yamato Seki | Flowing |
| 03-30-2016 | Shaddus Maximus | Flowing |
Photo By: Yertle - Website Link
Photo By: Yertle - Website Link
Photo By: Yertle - Website Link
Description:
Sespe Hot Springs is located in the Los Padres National Forest. The spring is on the Devils Heart Peak Topo Map, If you have recently visited this spring, please give us some feed back on the water quality.
Survey Photos:
Anonymous Surveyor - 06-11-2016
Hot Water flowing doen the creek
Anonymous Surveyor - 06-11-2016
Sespe Hot Spring Source
"Oh Three" - 07-03-2016
"Oh Three" - 07-03-2016
"Oh Three" - 07-03-2016
"Oh Three" - 07-03-2016
Oh Three - 03-18-2019
Big Horned Sheep herd (21?), high up east of the Palm Tree campsite
Nancy Aguilar - 05-01-2022
Nancy Aguilar - 05-01-2022
Weather Forecasts for Sespe Hot Springs
Submitted Reports
Sespe Hot Springs Survey - 11-12-2022 - by Marcus Link: Sespe Hot Springs Date: 11-12-2022 Surveyor Name: Marcus Camp Description: To find water, go to the lower camp with the oaks below the main valley. The pools next to the lower camp are dry but if you follow the stream up 50-100 yards just outside the main cam to the left, there is cold water trickling down, You need a cup to pull water from the pool but there is nice clean tasting water flowing.The water crossings on the road were both dry!The sespe hot spring pools were wash out in the winter of 2021 and people have not rebuilt them as of 11/22. I recommend people hike in a shovel and rebuild the pools to their former glory!Water Source: Trickle Water Source Details: Cold stream above lower camp was flowing Weather Conditions: 38 low, 75 high - Sespe Hot Springs Survey - 05-01-2022 - by Nancy Aguilar
Link: Sespe Hot Springs Date: 05-01-2022 Surveyor Name: Nancy Aguilar Camp Description: We were so fortunate to see the Big Horned Sheep! Very exciting. The Hot Springs were amazing. We found the rock that the Spring of water runs off of. The rock is steaming. The water is scalding hot. A touch to with a finger tip is more than a person can handle. The pools further down do cool down. Any of the pools close to the Mama rock are too hot to touch.The pools by the palm tree and beyond are absolutely delightful. In the evening and in the morning dips. There was one down tree from the campground to the pools. Also brush overhang.Water Source: Flowing Water Source Details: Plenty of water along the campgrounds Weather Conditions: 80's day night temps were probably 60's Images: - Sespe Hot Springs Survey - 04-22-2022 - by the_fog
Link: Sespe Hot Springs Date: 04-22-2022 Surveyor Name: the_fog Camp Description: large herd of bighorns around the higher springs/boulder field, probably 20-30 of them. lovely hot soaking pools near the palm camp Water Source: Flowing Water Source Details: plenty of flow in the hot streams, cold streams were just seeping Weather Conditions: - Sespe Hot Springs Survey - 12-18-2021 - by Yertle
Link: Sespe Hot Springs Date: 12-18-2021 Surveyor Name: Yertle Camp Description: https://youtu.be/NVkTMkQzWhE Water Source: Flowing Water Source Details: Lots of algae Weather Conditions: - Sespe Hot Springs Survey - 07-03-2021 - by Braulio Aguilera
Link: Sespe Hot Springs Date: 07-03-2021 Surveyor Name: Braulio Aguilera Camp Description: Stayed at the lower camps before the fork to Johnston Ridge and the palm camp. Hot spring had a strong flow. The cold spring wasn’t flowing when I got there, but when I got up in the morning there was a very small trickle of water, just enough to fill up my pack and get back home. Water Source: Dry Water Source Details: Cold spring is not flowing. Weather Conditions: - Sespe Hot Springs Survey - 04-30-2021 - by Anonymous Surveyor
Link: Sespe Hot Springs Date: 04-30-2021 Surveyor Name: Anonymous Surveyor Camp Description: We hiked a loop from Sespe river trailhead to the hot springs, up Johnston ridge to cedar creek and down the Gene Marshal Trail back to the car. By day 2 we were both ill. We shared no food. We filtered our water separately with sawyers. When we got home we tested the water and the dissolved solids were extremely high. Be warned that there might be heavy metals or dissolved solids in some water sources that will make you ill. Our symptoms matched low level heavy metal exposure. Water Source: Flowing Water Source Details: Weather Conditions: - Sespe Hot Springs Survey - 01-16-2021 - by Anonymous Surveyor
Link: Sespe Hot Springs Date: 01-16-2021 Surveyor Name: Anonymous Surveyor Camp Description: over 35 bighorn sheep. 1 had a collar Water Source: Flowing Water Source Details: flowing and low enough to rock hop. lower camps in nice condition. Weather Conditions: - Sespe Hot Springs Survey - 11-23-2020 - by M Lyon
Link: Sespe Hot Springs Date: 11-23-2020 Surveyor Name: M Lyon Camp Description: Water Source: Flowing Water Source Details: Hot spring is flowing well Weather Conditions: Cold, windy - Sespe Hot Springs Survey - 11-14-2020 - by anonymous
Link: Sespe Hot Springs Date: 11-14-2020 Surveyor Name: anonymous Camp Description: This place is trashed. Any where you can find camping is also covered in toilet paper and litter. There is so much unburied was paper and feces it was horrifying. Water Source: Flowing Water Source Details: Strong flow. Plenty of water. Weather Conditions: sunny, 77F - Sespe Hot Springs Survey - 03-18-2019 - by Oh Three
Link: Sespe Hot Springs Date: 03-18-2019 Surveyor Name: Oh Three Camp Description: I backpacked Gold Hill trailhead to Sespe Hot Springs via Stonehouse Trail 3/17-20/19. One guy was at the Palm Tree when I got there. He'd day hiked in from Willet, and said that the Sespe was "belly button deep" when he crossed it. I hope he got back to Piedra Blanca safely! The herd of Big Horned Sheep that I saw in Oct 2018 was there again. See photo. I lounged in a separate mini-hot spring 40' from the Palm Tree campsite. The creek is flowing so fast with rain water that the hot water gets diluted real quick.  Water Source: Flowing Water Source Details: Every stream is flowingm, including cold water from up Hot Springs Canyon Weather Conditions: Probably high 30's at night, but with geothermal ground, ... it's always nice! Images:
Big Horned Sheep herd (21?), high up east of the Palm Tree campsite - Sespe Hot Springs Survey - 02-05-2017 - by anonymous
Link: Sespe Hot Springs Date: 02-05-2017 Surveyor Name: anonymous Camp Description: Water Source: Flowing Water Source Details: Nice flow at Coldwater Fork Weather Conditions: - Sespe Hot Springs Survey - 11-11-2016 - by Anonymous Surveyor
Link: Sespe Hot Springs Date: 11-11-2016 Surveyor Name: Anonymous Surveyor Camp Description: No water along sespe river trail until about half a mile from willet Water Source: Flowing Water Source Details: Weather Conditions: - Sespe Hot Springs Survey - 08-10-2016 - by Colin Riordan
Link: Sespe Hot Springs Date: 08-10-2016 Surveyor Name: Colin Riordan Camp Description: Water Source: Flowing Water Source Details: Plentiful clean hot water flowing well Weather Conditions: - Sespe Hot Springs Survey - 07-03-2016 - by "Oh Three"
Link: Sespe Hot Springs Date: 07-03-2016 Surveyor Name: "Oh Three" Camp Description: My first visit here since 1994. Wow. The entire valley is now hot water with multiple streams flowing. The west fork above hot springs used to be a cold water stream. Rainstorms in the past (2005?) wiped out the flats where we used to camp right beside the hillside hot spring. About 1 mile downstream, 1/4 mile below the junction with Johnson Ridge trail, I found a pool, still hot, but cool enough to lower my aching carcass into, after my long hike into the Hot Springs. Nice!I ended up filtering the hot water to drink, afraid I'd melt my MSR filter. It turned out ok, and with some coffee powder, I had my morning joe, with no need to use my stove!Absolutely the most fascinating geological oddity in Southern California.ÂWater Source: Flowing Water Source Details: Weather Conditions: 90 degrees Images: - Sespe Hot Springs Survey - 06-11-2016 - by Anonymous Surveyor
Link: Sespe Hot Springs Date: 06-11-2016 Surveyor Name: Anonymous Surveyor Camp Description: Water Source: Flowing Water Source Details: Great flow rate from the springs and down the creek. Weather Conditions: Images:
Hot Water flowing doen the creek
Sespe Hot Spring Source - Sespe Hot Springs Survey - 05-29-2016 - by Yamato Seki
Link: Sespe Hot Springs Date: 05-29-2016 Surveyor Name: Yamato Seki Camp Description: If you enter the campground from the Johnston Ridge Trail, the water was just right for a dip around the campsite entrance. A cool stream trickles to the right of the campground where you can purify water. I did not see any bear droppings and another backpacker told me bears do not frequent the area much. Water Source: Flowing Water Source Details: Stayed at the campground and a cool stream trickled to the right of the campsite Weather Conditions: 50s to 90s - Sespe Hot Springs Survey - 03-30-2016 - by Shaddus Maximus
Link: Sespe Hot Springs Date: 03-30-2016 Surveyor Name: Shaddus Maximus Camp Description: Water Source: Flowing Water Source Details: Weather Conditions:
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