Orr Hot Springs
Ukiah (Mendocino Coast Range) · near Ukiah · North Coast
Swimming & Hot Springs
At a glance
- Temperature
- ~100–106°F
- Cost
- Day use and lodging by reservation only
- Season
- Year-round
Worth knowing
- Dogs
- Not permitted
- Good for a first timer
- No
- Safety
- The mountain road is narrow and curvy; drive it in daylight your first time.
Swimming & Hot Springs detail
- Type
- hot-spring
- Temp
- hot
- Clothing optional
- Yes
- Directions
- Orr Springs Road, 13 winding mountain miles west of Ukiah (allow 40 minutes) — about 3 hours from San Francisco. Reservations essential; the small property caps visitors.
- Pools
- A historic, intimate collection: Victorian-era porcelain tubs, a stone-lined soaking pool, communal hot pool under the stars, cold plunge, sauna, and gardens — rustic, small, and beloved.
- Intl tip
- Montgomery Woods' old-growth grove — once home of the world's tallest known tree — is the essential pairing, and nearly empty compared to famous redwood parks. Continue west and the road eventually drops to the Mendocino coast.
The guide
Orr is the intimate one — a small, rustic, clothing-optional resort tucked in a redwood-fringed fold of the Mendocino Coast Ran…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Orr Hot Springs — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 39.227, -123.362