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Landmark information
- Location:
At end of Gilroy Hot Springs Rd, near Gilroy - Plaque:
Official State Plaque - Site:
Existing - Date First Visited:
2/2/2025 - Date Most Recently Visited:
2/2/2025 - GPS Coordinates:
N 37 6.539, W 121 28.739 - Other Designations:
National Historic Landmark
National Register of Historic Places
About this landmark
Plaque text:
Gilroy Yamato Hot Springs Resort
Under the guidance of the George Roop and William McDonald families during the years 1865 of Francisco Cantua's discovery to the 1930's, Gilroy Hot Springs was a popular health and family resort oriented around a single hot mineral spring located near Coyote Creek. In 1938 the resort was purchased by H. K. Sakata, a successful Japanese American farmer from Watsonville. Renamed the Gilroy Yamato Hot Springs, it was the only Japanese American owned commercial hot springs in California. The resort served as a recreational and spiritual center for Japanese Americans before World War II and briefly as a hostel after the war for those returning from internment camps.
Note
Access to the site is currently only available via guided tour.