Warner Springs, California

Warner Springs is a small unincorporated community in northern San Diego County, California.GeographyThe town has a post office and the ZIP code is 92086. It is near the Palomar Observatory and Warner Springs Ranch.Warner Springs is also a popular area for gliding, due to the topography of the Peninsular Ranges in the area.HistoryThe Cupeño people were long time indigenous inhabitants of the Warner Springs area. The Cupeño/Cahuilla Agua Caliente rancheria village was located at the hot springs (Spanish: agua caliente) located here.The hot springs were "rediscovered" by Spanish explorers of upper Las Californias province in 1795.19th centuryThe Santa Ysabel Asistencia (satellite mission) was founded c. 8mi to the south of the Agua Caliente springs in 1818 by Spanish missionaries originating from Mission San Diego de Alcalá.St Francis Mission chapel was erected near the settlement c. 1830. Its walls use adobe mud bricks, white-washed over and a roof incorporating locally made red tiles. A stone bell tower is placed next to the southern wall of the church.