Franklin Hot Springs
Drag the handle to compare the two views. The orange dot marks the spring, in a frame about three quarters of a mile wide.
Franklin Hot Springs is a hot spring inside Paso Robles in San Luis Obispo County, so close to town that the distance on file rounds to zero. The record holds no temperature and no access status. OpenStreetMap maps it under the same name, which is about the only corroboration on file.
Fifty feet from a road, unnamed in the record, at low elevation where eleven inches of rain fall and snow does not. Cerro Alto Campground is the nearest on the list, about twelve miles. Who holds the ground is not stated anywhere on file.
No temperature on file means no claim here about soaking. The record also skips best months. Whether the spring is open to the public, and who runs it, is not on record, so ask in town. The campground on file is Cerro Alto, a dozen miles out.
Aircraft with laser scanners measured this ground to within inches. The scan strips out trees and buildings, leaving the bare shape of the land around Franklin Hot Springs.
- Setting
- Open ground
- Flat, open ground all around.
- Highest ground nearby
- 51 ft above the spring
- Within a quarter mile, to the south
A slice through the ground from north to south, about 0.6 miles end to end.
Elevation data: USGS 3D Elevation Program. Aerial imagery: USGS The National Map. Public domain.
That's about 1½ times the US average of 65. It's higher than at 53% of the springs on this site.
Heat flow measures the warmth working its way up through the ground from deep inside the earth. Where it runs high, rain and snowmelt that seep down through cracks in the rock come back up hot.
See every spring on the geothermal heat map →
Heat flow estimate: Stanford Thermal Earth Model (Aljubran & Horne, 2024), CC BY 4.0.
Overview Cerro Alto Campground is a well-known hiking and mountain biking paradise. It is located a short distance from the sandy beaches of Morro Bay, where visitors enjoy surfing, fishing, kayaking, sailing, scuba diving and more. While the campground offers a serene, relaxed environment, both Morro Bay and the nearby town of Atascadero offer numerous dining opportunities, shopping, museums and other activities. Wine Tasting in the Tempelton, Paso Robles Area is also a very popular experi...
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