Hot Spring
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
Hot Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 137 m. Junipero Serra Peak stands 1,784 m to the east-northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Landels-Hill Big Creek Nature Reserve, a nature reserve 1.1 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 1.2 miles off.
How to reach it
- 1.2 mi off the Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1, National
- 24.1 mi off the San Luis Obispo North Coast Byway - Route 1, National
Overlooks nearby
- Bench · 8 mi
- Julia Pfieffer Burns Vista Point · 8 mi
- Breaker Point · 26 mi
- Sea Otter Refuge View Point · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Lion Peak: 3.3 mi
- Round Tree Hill: 3.3 mi
- Twin Peak: 4.9 mi
- Cone Peak: 5.5 mi
- Lost Peak: 5.8 mi
- Landels-Hill Big Creek Nature Reserve: 1.1 mi
- Big Creek State Marine Reserve: 2.7 mi
- John Little State Natural Reserve: 3.5 mi
- Big Creek State Marine Conservation Area: 5.0 mi
- Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park: 7.5 mi
- Canogas Falls: 2.2 mi
- Devil's falls: 3.1 mi
- Middle Fork Falls: 6.2 mi
- Eagle Creek Falls: 6.8 mi
- McWay Falls: 7.0 mi
- Redondo Spring: 3.7 mi
- Redwood Spring: 8.7 mi
- Jackhammer Spring: 9.1 mi
- Cold Spring: 10.3 mi
- Quail Spring: 10.9 mi
- Rigdon Drinking Fountain (disused): 1.9 mi
- Devil's Falls: 3.1 mi
- Esalen Institute: 4.0 mi
- Drinking Fountain (abandoned): 6.9 mi
- Pelton Wheel: 6.9 mi
- Bill Cotta Memorial: 5.0 mi
- Limekilns: 6.0 mi
- Tin House: 8.4 mi
- Suzuki-Roshi: 10.4 mi
- Santa Lucia Adobe: 11.1 mi
- Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park Day Use Area: 15.8 mi
- Cachagua Community Park: 22.1 mi
- Point Sur State Historic Park: 22.9 mi
- Point Sur Lighthouse Reservation: 23.3 mi
- Old oak park: 23.8 mi
- Mill Creek Day Use Area: 8.8 mi
- Arroyo Seco Day Use: 12.2 mi
- Sand Dollar Picnic Area and Beach: 13.0 mi
- Willow Creek Picnic Ground: 15.0 mi
- Sand Dollar Beach: 12.8 mi
- Wreck Beach: 15.7 mi
- Pfeiffer Beach: 16.8 mi
- Puente Big Creek Bridge: 1.2 mi
- Father Junipero Serra: 19.5 mi
- Sykes Hot Spring: 12.9 mi
- Keyhole Arch: 16.7 mi
- Ventana Wildlife Discovery Center: 19.9 mi
- Los Padres Dam Slide: 21.4 mi
- Point Sur Lighthouse: 23.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.6 miles of Hot Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junipero Serra Peak | ENE 65° | 1,784 m | 10.3 mi |
| Pinyon Peak | ENE 63° | 1,602 m | 12.9 mi |
| Cone Peak | ESE 113° | 1,572 m | 5.5 mi |
| Chews Ridge | N 4° | 1,549 m | 15.8 mi |
| South Ventana Cone | NNW 348° | 1,517 m | 13.5 mi |
| Black Butte | NNE 11° | 1,497 m | 12.9 mi |
| Ventana Double Cone | NNW 334° | 1,477 m | 16.4 mi |
| Twin Peak | ESE 116° | 1,468 m | 4.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:45 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 19:49 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:31 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 16:17 | 16:56 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 51 | 52 | 54 | 55 | 58 | 61 | 63 | 64 | 64 | 61 | 55 | 51 |
| Precip in | 9.5 | 8.6 | 6.7 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.9 | 4.2 | 9.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — BIG SUR STN, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/866119132
Day trips start here
- King City · 27 mi
- Monterey County · 28 mi
- Soledad · 28 mi
- Carmel Valley · 29 mi
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