Skaggs Springs
Skaggs Springs, in Sonoma County about seven miles from Cloverdale, has water on record hot enough to scald, a hair short of the line where we would call it too hot to touch. The nearest camping is the boat-in sites on Lake Sonoma, under two miles away. No owner or access status is recorded.
Low ground, elevation in the low hundreds of feet, six tenths of a mile out from the road, unnamed in the file. Rain is heavy in winter, close to three feet, and there is no snow. The boat-in campsites on Lake Sonoma are the closest on record, under two miles. No land unit is listed.
The wet winter months are the ones rated best. This water can burn, so dip a finger before anything else. Access went unrecorded, which makes ownership a question to settle before you walk in. Boat-in camping on Lake Sonoma is the nearest option listed. No fee recorded.
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 Skaggs 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
- Canyon floor
- Steep ground climbs away on both sides of the spring.
- Highest ground nearby
- 374 ft above the spring
- Within a quarter mile, to the southwest
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 2½ times the US average of 65. It's higher than at 96% 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 Lake Sonoma's Boat-In Sites are scattered around beautiful Lake Sonoma, only a 45-minute drive north of Santa Rosa and a two-hour drive from San Francisco. BOAT-IN CAMPGROUNDS ARE ACCESSIBLE BY WATER OR HIKING ONLY, THERE IS NO VEHICLE ACCESS TO ANY BOAT-IN CAMPGROUNDWorld famous vineyards and a land rich in history surround the lake, where visitors enjoy boating, fishing and exploring the area's extensive trail network.Recreation The lake provides great boating and swimming opportun...
Skaggs Springs is road-accessible, so you can bring more gear. The water runs hot, so extra hydration is key.
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