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Is Matilija Hot Springs Open?
The Ecotopia Ojai Hot Springs are open and accessible to people all year long. However, the Facility requires reservations through their official website in advance.
How do you get to Willett Hot Springs?
Go 5 miles to the the Piedra Trailhead. Follow signs for either Piedra Blanca or Sespe River Trail. It’s a paved road all the way to the parking lot. Use the Piedra Blanca Trailhead and hike 10 miles to the hot springs.
What is special about Ojai?
Ojai is a tourism destination known for its boutique hotels, recreation opportunities, hiking, and farmers’ market of local organic agriculture. It has small businesses specializing in local and ecologically friendly art, design, and home improvement.
What is Ojai close to?
Located in Ventura County northwest of Los Angeles and east of Santa Barbara, the charming city of Ojai is about a 30 minute drive from the coast. And if you’re visiting a nearby beach town, we highly recommending stepping away from the sand for a day to explore it.
Why is Ecotopia closed?
Unfortunately, the springs and Ecotopia are currently closed due to Covid-19.
What does Ecotopia mean?
Noun. ecotopia (plural ecotopias) Any ecologically ideal place or situation.
Why is Ojai so spiritual?
Ojai is also considered by many to be a vortex of spiritual energy. From around 1874 people came to the town in horse and carriage, and later, train to “take the water” in the various hot springs in the area. Today, Ojai remains a place of prominent spiritual appeal. Ojai means “moon nest” in Chumash.
Where is the Ojai vortex?
Deep in Ventura County and 14 miles inland from the Pacific Ocean lies this peaceful haven of 8,000 people. Surrounded by the Topa Mountains and juniper oak trees, Ojai is known for its “pink moment,” a fleeting period before sunset that washes the jagged mountains with a rosy glow.
What does the word Ojai mean?
Valley of the Moon
The city was renamed Ojai, a Chumash word meaning “the Nest” or Valley of the Moon, when the name Nordhoff was deemed too German post-World War I.