Gilroy Hot Springs

Gilroy Hot Springs is a historic natural hot spring located in the Diablo Range mountains east of Gilroy, Santa Clara County, California, where natural bicarbonate springs flowing through the chaparral and oak woodland landscape of the Mount Hamilton Range have provided thermal bathing opportunities since the nineteenth century, when the springs were developed as a resort serving travelers on California's early roads. The bicarbonate-enriched waters here emerge from the geological formations of the Coast Ranges in a remote canyon setting of dramatic California chaparral landscape, offering a genuine wilderness hot spring experience within range of the San Francisco Bay Area. Gilroy Hot Springs represents California's tradition of natural wild hot springs accessible to hikers and outdoor enthusiasts willing to venture into the chaparral-covered hills of the Diablo Range, where the state's geothermal resources emerge from the Coast Range fault systems in settings of remarkable natural beauty far from commercial spa development.