San Juan Hot Springs

San Juan Hot Springs
San Juan Capistrano Hot Springs
Public access to San Juan Hot Springs has been restricted since approximately 1993
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LocationOrtega Highway, Ronald W. Caspers Wilderness Park, Orange County, California, United States
Coordinates33°35′27″N 117°30′34″W / 33.5908°N 117.5095°W / 33.5908; -117.5095
Typegeothermal
Discharge35 US gallons (130 L; 29 imp gal) per min
Temperature122 °F (50 °C)

San Juan Hot Springs, also San Juan Capistrano Hot Springs, is a geothermal area in what is now Ronald W. Caspers Wilderness Park, near Cleveland National Forest, in Orange County, California in the United States. The springs were used by the Indigenous peoples of the region, and were an integral part of the dominion of Misíon San Juan Capistrano. They were later developed and used, on and off for a hundred years, as a resort area of post-settlement Southern California. The 52 springs were designated Orange County Historic Landmark No. 38 in 1989.