Spring
An unnamed thermal point recorded only as Spring, in Orange County about three miles from San Juan Capistrano. Soaking warm is the reading, a few degrees shy of body temperature. The record carries no owner and says nothing about access, so this is a dot on the map until someone confirms what is there.
Low hills under eight hundred feet, a short walk, a few hundred yards off an unnamed road. Winters are mild with a little rain. Summers dry. Snow does not happen. No land unit and owner is on record, which leaves the question of public ground wide open. San Juan Capistrano is the nearest town.
The record calls winter the best time. The water is at a comfortable soaking temperature, assuming there is anywhere to sit, and the record does not say there is. Access is undocumented; treat it as private. Falcon Group, thirteen miles off, is the only camping in the record. No fee appears.
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 Spring.
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
- Hillside
- The spring sits on a steep slope that climbs to the south.
- Highest ground nearby
- 251 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 close to the US average of 65. It's higher than at 6% 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 Falcon Group Campground has three individual group campsites just off the scenic Ortega Highway in Southern California, which connects San Juan Capistrano and Temecula Valley Highway. The pleasant climate, scenery, trail system and convenient location, make this a popular destination for groups from Los Angeles and San Diego. Hiking is especially popular among campers. Recreation Hikers of any level can find trails that challenge and accommodate their recreational goals around the...
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