Santa Ysabel Springs (Sulphur Spr)
Drag the handle to compare the two views. The orange dot marks the spring, in a frame about three quarters of a mile wide.
Santa Ysabel Springs, carried on the record as Sulphur Spring as well, sits well under two miles from Paso Robles. That is San Luis Obispo County. The water is at the low end of soaking temperature. Five hundred feet of walking from Hanging Tree Lane gets you there. Owner and access are both unrecorded, and this close to town you should assume you need permission until you learn otherwise.
Low country on the edge of Paso Robles, dry most of the year, no snow, short wet winters. Hanging Tree Lane is the nearest road. Nothing on file identifies a land unit, which leaves the practical question of who you ask. Paso Robles is close enough that this sits on the fringe of town.
Midwinter is what the record suggests. Camping is at Cerro Alto, eleven miles or thereabouts. The water is warm enough to soak and nowhere near hot enough to hurt. The big unknown is access, so learn who holds the land before you walk in from Hanging Tree Lane.
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 Santa Ysabel Springs (Sulphur Spr).
- Setting
- Hillside
- The spring sits on a steep slope that climbs to the southwest.
- Highest ground nearby
- 234 ft above the spring
- Within a quarter mile, to the southwest
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 54% 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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