Paso Robles Hot Springs
Paso Robles Hot Springs is a system of geothermal springs in and around Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo County. The record here points to a spot on Spring Street, less than thirty feet from the road, a few miles from town. No temperature is on file for this listing, so do not read it as a soak you can plan on from this page alone.
Lowland at the edge of a town, where it rarely snows and the rain comes in a short winter season. Spring Street runs right past it. The record gives no owner, land unit or access status. Development there dates back more than a century, and the spot on record lies beside a named street within a few miles of town.
No best months are listed and there is no temperature on record, so there is nothing here to plan a soak around. The climate is mild and dry. If you want to camp nearby, Cerro Alto Campground is about fourteen miles away. Check locally before you go looking for open water.
Wikipedia describes the springs as a system developed in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, part of the geothermal activity around Paso Robles.
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 Paso Robles 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.
- Setting
- Open ground
- Flat, open ground all around.
- Highest ground nearby
- 65 ft above the spring
- Within a quarter mile, to the west
A slice through the ground from west to east, about 0.6 miles end to end.
Elevation data: USGS 3D Elevation Program. Aerial imagery: USGS The National Map. Public domain.
That's about twice the US average of 65. It's higher than at 67% 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.
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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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