17 springs within 120 miles
Hot springs near San Jose
17 hot springs are within 120 miles of San Jose: the closest is Mercey Hot Springs (72 mi) and the lowest listed adult price is Morton's Warm Springs ($23). Distances are straight-line; driving distances in the mountains can be much longer.
- Mercey Hot Springs72 mi
- Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn & Spa75 mi
- Sykes Hot Springs76 mi
- Tassajara Zen Mountain Center79 mi
- Morton's Warm Springs81 mi
- Esalen Institute85 mi
- Calistoga Motor Lodge and Spa94 mi
- Calistoga Spa Hot Springs94 mi
- Dr. Wilkinson's Backyard Resort & Mineral Springs94 mi
- Golden Haven Hot Springs Spa and Resort94 mi
- Indian Springs Calistoga94 mi
- Meadowlark Country House and Resort94 mi
- Mount View Hotel & Spa94 mi
- Roman Spa Hot Springs Resort94 mi
- Solage, Auberge Resorts Collection94 mi
- UpValley Inn & Hot Springs94 mi
- Harbin Hot Springs109 mi
Mercey Hot Springs
An off-grid resort in the Little Panoche Valley, 13 miles west of I-5, where salty mineral water emerges at about 112F. Outdoor tubs run 102-106F and are clothing-optional and adults-only, while the heated swimming pool is 85-90F and needs swimsuits. Day use is by reservation from noon to 5pm, and stays range from cabins and Airstreams to RV and tent sites.
Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn & Spa
A large resort at Boyes Hot Springs, just north of Sonoma, built over thermal mineral springs. The adults-only Fairmont Spa has five geothermal mineral pools and a Roman-style bathhouse, while the family Main Resort Pool is also filled with naturally heated geothermal water and open year-round. Day visitors can book treatments or a spa pass through ResortPass.
Sykes Hot Springs
Backcountry hot springs beside the Big Sur River in the Ventana Wilderness, reached on the Pine Ridge Trail from Big Sur Station. The Forest Service notes that several river crossings are required and can be impassable in winter high water. The trail and trailhead have been closed since August 2026 because of the Timber and Plaskett Fires.
Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
A San Francisco Zen Center monastery at the end of a 14-mile dirt road in the Ventana Wilderness, with a historic stone bathhouse on the hot springs. The baths have indoor and outdoor plunges, steam rooms and a sauna; they are clothing-optional and separated by gender. Guests visit only in the summer season, from late April to early September, by reservation.
Morton's Warm Springs
A family-oriented summer swimming resort in the Valley of the Moon with two geothermal mineral pools and a toddler wading pool, all around 90-94°F. The grounds along Sonoma Creek have picnic lawns and BBQs, and the deep pool is reserved for adult swim each morning. It is closed for the off-season and reopens May 1, 2027.
Esalen Institute
A retreat center on the Big Sur cliffs whose hot springs baths sit above the Pacific, fed by springs that emerge at about 119F. The baths have four communal stone tubs, individual claw-foot tubs and an upper-level tub with a lift, and they are clothing-optional. They are open only to overnight guests, and Esalen's public night-bathing reservations are currently closed.
Calistoga Motor Lodge and Spa
A retro-styled motor lodge at the north end of Lincoln Avenue, now part of JdV by Hyatt, with outdoor pools and a hot tub filled with mineral water from Calistoga's geothermal springs. MoonAcre Spa on site offers mud baths and massage. Day passes are sold through ResortPass.
Calistoga Spa Hot Springs
A downtown Calistoga resort built around four outdoor pools filled with geothermal mineral water from a well beneath the property, ranging from about 80 to 104°F. The covered, jetted octagonal Jet Pool is adults only. Pools are for room guests and people booking spa treatments, which include traditional volcanic ash mud baths.
Dr. Wilkinson's Backyard Resort & Mineral Springs
Calistoga's resort and spa running since 1952 on Lincoln Avenue, with three geothermal mineral pools, one indoor and two outdoor, set at about 85, 95 and 104°F. The 104°F Hot Spring is adults only. Day visitors can buy pool passes, daybeds and cabanas through ResortPass, and the spa still offers its original mud bath, The Works.
Golden Haven Hot Springs Spa and Resort
A family-owned spa and lodge on a residential street near downtown Calistoga, using mineral water from a geothermal aquifer beneath the property. Its gated, partly covered pool runs about 85-88°F, with two adjoining hot spas at 98-100°F and 102-104°F. There is no day use; the pool comes with a stay or any spa treatment, including shared couples mud baths.
Indian Springs Calistoga
A historic Calistoga resort whose Olympic-size Main Pool, built in 1913, is fed by mineral water from on-site geysers that surfaces around 230°F and is cooled in reservoirs. A smaller Adult Pool sits next door and runs about ten degrees cooler than the Main Pool. Hotel guests use the pools; day visitors need a spa booking plus a pool pass.
Meadowlark Country House and Resort
An adults-only country inn on Petrified Forest Road outside Calistoga with a mineral-water lap pool, mineral hot tub and Finnish sauna. The inn says its well water is warmed by volcanic activity; the pool is seasonally heated and not heated in winter. The pool area is clothing-optional, and day visitors can call ahead for a day or evening pass.
Mount View Hotel & Spa
A 1917 art deco hotel on Lincoln Avenue in downtown Calistoga with a day spa. Its mineral whirlpool and hydrotherapy tubs use water from the spa's own geothermal well, which surfaces at about 120°F, alongside a heated pool. Details could not be confirmed on the hotel's own site.
Roman Spa Hot Springs Resort
A downtown Calistoga hotel with three soaking pools filled with geothermal water from the resort's own wells: a large outdoor pool at about 92-96°F, an outdoor jetted hot tub at 103°F and an indoor jetted pool at 100°F. The Baths at Roman Spa offers mud baths made with geothermal water, volcanic ash and peat. Pools are soaking-only, with no diving or splash games.
Solage, Auberge Resorts Collection
A resort on the Silverado Trail whose Spa Solage Bathhouse has five geothermal pools, from a 50-55°F cold plunge and an ambient magnesium pool to a 98°F relaxation pool and two jetted pools at 102-104°F. The signature Mudslide pairs a mud treatment with a private geothermal soak. The spa is 18+; non-guests can buy a Bathhouse Access Pass.
UpValley Inn & Hot Springs
A Lincoln Avenue hotel, formerly a Comfort Inn, whose outdoor swimming pool and whirlpool are filled with mineral water from its own geothermal well. A cedar dry sauna and steam room are included with the pool. Non-guests can buy a day pass through ResortPass.
Harbin Hot Springs
A rustic, clothing-optional retreat center north of Middletown run by the non-profit Heart Consciousness Church, with eight Mainside pools ranging from a very hot enclosed pool to cold plunges, plus a sauna and steam room. Visitors buy a membership and a 3-, 6- or 24-hour pass, and the property bans alcohol, drugs, phones and cameras. Rebuilding after the 2015 Valley Fire continues, with two new Mainside hotels under construction.