Soboba Hot Springs
| Soboba Hot Springs | |
|---|---|
| San Jacinto Lithia-Phosphate Springs Soboba Lithia Springs Ritchey Hot Springs Soboda Hot Springs | |
Undated penny postcard depicting "Mirror Pool, Soboba Hot Springs, San Jacinto, Calif." | |
| Location | 2,200 feet (670 m) |
| Coordinates | 33°48′00″N 116°55′37″W / 33.800°N 116.927°W |
| Type | geothermal |
| Discharge | 95 liters/minute |
| Temperature | 39 °C (102 °F) |
Soboba Hot Springs are a historic hot springs and resort in Riverside County, California, United States. The springs issued from the side of a steep ravine "with narrow, precipitous sides, and the rock exposed is largely a crushed gneiss...the thermal character of the springs is due to crushing and slipping of the rocks". The Soboba Hot Springs resort was adjacent to the reservation of the Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians. Soboba means hot water in the Luiseño language.
Located along the San Jacinto Fault a little more than a mile from the city of San Jacinto and about five miles southeast of the Gilman Hot Springs, a resort based around the springs was first attempted in 1885. The resort closed in 1969, and the remaining buildings burned in a 1979 arson-ignited wildfire. Soboba Resort Casino, a Native American gaming hotel opened in 2019, is located close to where the springs resort once stood.