California · Hot spring

Willett Hot Springs

27 mi from Oxnard · ~45 min drive

Willett Hot Springs is a hot spring catalogued in California by the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System — about 27 miles from Oxnard, CA. Coordinates and the closest documented metro are listed below; for current access and soaking rules, check with the relevant land manager before visiting.

Willett Hot Springs
Photo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Safety & access

Read before visiting
Verify access before driving in. The U.S. Geological Survey catalogs the geographic feature, not its access status. Hot springs in our database span the full range from developed public soaking pools to private resorts to wild thermal water on federal/state land. Some require entry fees; some are on private property; some are in National Park Service units where soaking is prohibited.

Before you go: check current conditions and access rules with the relevant land manager — National Park Service unit, U.S. Forest Service ranger district, Bureau of Land Management field office, state-park department, or the property owner if it's private. Wild thermal water can be unsafe to enter without a thermometer; surface temperatures can vary dramatically from the deeper pool. When in doubt, don't soak.

Nearest city
Oxnard, CA · 27 mi · ~45 min drive
Type
Hot spring
County
Ventura
GNIS ID
276473
From Wikipedia: Willett Hot Springs is located in the Sespe Wilderness, North of Ojai, California. This natural hot spring has been augmented by a man made collection basin. The most popular approach to the hot spring is by an approximate 11 miles (18 km) hike from the Piedra Blanca trailhead in Los Padres National Forest. Nearby Sespe Hot Springs has a reputation as one of the hottest springs in California. Excerpt from the Wikipedia article on Willett Hot Springs, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Visiting Willett Hot Springs

Trip planning

The exact location is at 34.5758°, -119.0515° — open in Google Maps for driving directions from your location.

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Sources

Public data

Location data for Willett Hot Springs comes from the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System (public domain), feature class "Spring". We filter the GNIS Spring catalog to thermal features by name pattern (hot spring, warm spring, geyser, boiling spring, thermal). The GNIS records the geographic feature itself; access rules, ownership, and current conditions come from the relevant land manager. To suggest corrections, see our methodology page or contact us.