Gilman Hot Springs

This article is about a hot springs and resort. For the area, see Gilman Hot Springs, California.

Gilman Hot Springs
San Jacinto Hot Springs
Relief Springs
Relief Hot Mud Springs
Gilman's Hot Springs, San Jacinto, California
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LocationGilman Hot Springs, California, near San Jacinto
Coordinates33°50′01″N 116°59′13″W / 33.8335°N 116.9869°W / 33.8335; -116.9869
Elevation1,480 feet
Typegeothermal
Discharge76 liters/minute[1]
Temperature47 °C (117 °F)[1]
Cottages at Gilman's Relief Hot Springs in 1920

Gilman Hot Springs, also known as San Jacinto Hot Springs or the Relief Springs, is a hot spring system in the Inland Empire area of Southern California. Located near Potrero Creek, the San Jacinto River, and California State Route 79,[2] the springs system consists of "about half a dozen" springs named for the Mexican land grant Rancho San Jacinto Viejo.[3]

The springs emerge from a granitic alluvium formation that formed a marsh area.[4] Gilman Hot Springs, along with Eden Hot Springs and Soboba Hot Springs, was one of a cluster of geothermally heated water sources along a fault line at the western base of the San Jacinto Mountains.

  1. ^ a b Higgins, Chris T.; Therberge, Albert E. Jr.; Ikelman, Joy A. (1980). Geothermal Resources of California (PDF) (Map). NOAA National Geophysical Center. Sacramento: California Department of Mines and Geology.
  2. ^ Buie, Earl E. (November 9, 1971). "Memories of Gilman Springs". They Tell Me (column). The San Bernardino County Sun. p. 10. Retrieved 2023-11-15.
  3. ^ "San Jacinto History". sanjacintoca.gov. Retrieved 2023-11-14.
  4. ^ Waring, Gerald Ashley (January 1915). Springs of California. Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey Water-Supply Papers. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 38. no. 338–339. Retrieved 2023-11-01 – via HathiTrust.