Salt Springs State Game Refuge
Salt Springs State Game Refuge is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 1,357 m. Thimble Peak stands 2,988 m to the northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Garnet Hill, a peak 3.1 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 9.4 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1357 m
How to reach it
- 9.4 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Liberty Vista Point · 11 mi
- Hell's Kitchen Vista Point · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Garnet Hill: 3.1 mi
- Armstrong Hill: 5.6 mi
- Shovel Grave: 6.0 mi
- Devils Nose: 6.1 mi
- Peddler Hill: 6.9 mi
- West Point State Historic Landmark: 13.2 mi
- Archery: 13.8 mi
- Sandy Gulch State Historic Landmark: 14.0 mi
- Sandy Gulch Field Baseball Park: 14.1 mi
- Wester Park: 14.5 mi
- Upper Mud Spring: 4.5 mi
- Mud Spring: 4.6 mi
- Sugar Spring: 5.6 mi
- Hermit Spring: 5.7 mi
- Ham Spring: 7.9 mi
- Shot Rock Vista Picnic Area: 11.5 mi
- Oak Leaf: 15.4 mi
- Sandy Cove Picnic Area: 15.9 mi
- Marmot Day Use: 16.5 mi
- Chickaree Day Use: 17.2 mi
- Nature Center and Observatory: 13.4 mi
- Calaveras Big Trees State Park Visitor Center: 14.2 mi
- Sierra Nevada Logging Museum: 15.3 mi
- Chaw'se Regional Indian Museum: 18.4 mi
- Amador County Model Railroad Museum: 19.0 mi
- Leoni House: 13.8 mi
- Campfire Center: 14.3 mi
- Big Stump: 14.3 mi
- Black Chasm Cavern: 17.5 mi
- California Caverns: 22.3 mi
- Calaveras Dome: 4.5 mi
- Bloods Point: 14.0 mi
- Machado Postpile: 16.5 mi
- McKays Point: 16.6 mi
- Sugar Bun: 19.9 mi
- Iron Mountain Ski Resort: 11.4 mi
- Trails West marker: 22.4 mi
- Trails West Marker: 22.6 mi
- Snowshoe Thompson Historical Monument: 22.6 mi
- Kit Carson Historical Monument: 22.6 mi
- Calaveras Big Trees State Park: 15.5 mi
- Calaveras South Grove Natural Preserve: 16.8 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls: 21.7 mi
- Peep Sight: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.1 miles of Salt Springs State Game Refuge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thimble Peak | NE 48° | 2,988 m | 18.2 mi |
| Deadwood Peak | ENE 60° | 2,987 m | 19.8 mi |
| Melissa Coray Peak | NE 52° | 2,977 m | 18.6 mi |
| Covered Wagon Peak | NE 50° | 2,918 m | 18.5 mi |
| Fourth of July Peak | NE 52° | 2,896 m | 19.6 mi |
| Thunder Mountain | NE 42° | 2,865 m | 17.6 mi |
| Glove Rock | NE 42° | 2,853 m | 18.1 mi |
| Mokelumne Peak | ENE 72° | 2,837 m | 12.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:39 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:50 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:25 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 16:03 | 16:44 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 38 | 40 | 45 | 52 | 61 | 68 | 67 | 62 | 53 | 43 | 37 |
| Precip in | 10.6 | 9.8 | 8.5 | 4.6 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 2.9 | 5.2 | 9.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Calaveras BIG Trees, 14 mi away.
- California incense-cedar8 obs
- American Black Bear7 obs
- Harlequin Lupine6 obs
- Western Ponderosa Pine4 obs
- Butterfly Mariposa Lily4 obs
- showy milkweed4 obs
- Pacific Dogwood4 obs
- Black Phoebe3 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358800729
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