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Stewart Mineral Springs
FIRE WARNING! (8/8/2009) – contact Caltrans 1-800-427-7623 (road conditions)
California North
Resort
Description: In the beautiful Trinity Mountains of Shasta National Forest.
$$: Showers $3, mineral baths and sauna $13-$20 (depending on season).
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Clothing optional? unknown
Accommodation: Private one-room cabins with wood stove, kitchen, bathroom $60/night. Teepees, tent camping and RV spaces on site. Apartment units and one upscale A-frame house available for larger groups. Conference Hall available for meetings and retreats. No smoking in rooms.
Address: Stewart Mineral Springs, 4617 Stewart Springs Road
Weed, CA 96094
phone: 530-938-2222 FAX:
Email: info@smspringresort.com
Website: www.stewartmineralsprings.com
Details: Cold mineral springs are piped from the source and heated, for soaking tubs. Bathhouse has 15 individual bathing rooms with old-fashioned tubs and music. Large wood-heated sauna. The bathhouse is surrounded by wide wooden decks overlooking Parks Creek, nice for sunbathing and relaxing.
Big Caliente
California South
Photos courtesy of Tracey V, USA
outdoor concrete tub
bathing suit req officially, clothing optional unofficially
no fee
notes: Changing rooms. Toilets. This hot spring will be
further researched in the future.
address: Santa Ynez Valley, CA 93460
how to get there: about 20 minutes north of Santa Barbara
by
dirt road through wooded Romero Canyon.
Very rough road, 4-wheel drive or dirt bike motorcycle recommended.
phone: none
shelter: camping/RV hookups/cabins
food: none known
massage: no
temperature: adjustable from 118 degree F flow
Glen Ivy Hot Spring
California South
outdoor swimming pools, and indoor tubs, cold plunge, sauna, steamroom
bathing suit req
fee $$ (cold season $42 F-Sun, $30 weekdays; hot season is higher)
notes: Unconfirmed hours: 9am to 5:30pm.
address: 25000 Glen Ivy Rd., Corona, CA 91719
how to get there: 8 miles south of Corona, on Glen Ivy
Road off Temescal Canyon Road.
phone: 909-277-3529
shelter: none on site, but many lodging choices in the
city of Corona. Many package deals include admission to Glen Ivy.
food: two snack bars serving sandwiches, drinks
including wine and beer.
payment accepted: unknown
massage: yes, plus mud baths, theraputic body treatments, and full service salon.
temperature: variety incl cold plunge
Jacumba Hot Springs Spa
California South
One hot mineral tub (enclosed and open all night) and an outdoor cool pool for swimming
bathing suit requirements: unknown
fee $$
notes: High desert, sulfur smell.
address: 44500 Old Hwy 80, P.O. Box 371, Jacumba, CA 91934
how to get there:: Located 100 yards north of the Mexican Border between San Diego and Yuma just off I-8. Use the Boulevard or Jacumba exits from the interstate.
phone unknown
shelter: hotel (at least)
food: restaurant with bar
payment accepted: unknown
massage: unknown
temperature: unknown
Sespe (CLOSED? / CAUTION)
California South
(CLOSED) (CAUTION)
Primative
Description: Out in the boonies! Beware during flash flood season. Extremely hot.
$:
Clothing optional? Yes
Accommodation:
Address:
phone: none FAX: none
Email:
Website:
Photos: Sespe Hot Spring photos – camels anyone?
Status: Sept 2006, Sespe and surrounding areas were closed because of the fire. It’s unknown if it’s been opened since. See comments below for details.
Details: Described as a “gem”, in the back country of Ventura, it is not for the faint hearted. Because of the extreme danger of flash floods that turn the nearby Sespe river deadly, and otherwise difficult access, please check on weather / road conditions and think through your preparations. This is reputed to take 2 days of difficult hiking to get to. According to one contributor in 9/2009 “There is a motorcycle trail in from the north, much shorter and not dangerous in the same sense as crossing the Sespe can be.” Perhaps taking a camel, is indeed the best way to go!
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