Valley Springs State Historic Landmark
Valley Springs State Historic Landmark is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 207 m. Mount Zion stands 899 m to the northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Valley Springs Memorial Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 25 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 207 m
How to reach it
- 25.1 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Valley Springs Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
- Wrinkle Cove Day Use Area: 1.5 mi
- Acorn Recreation Area: 2.1 mi
- Oak Knoll Recreation Area: 2.1 mi
- Fiddleneck Day Use Area: 2.4 mi
- Valley Springs Peak: 1.0 mi
- John Bull Peak: 4.5 mi
- Buena Vista Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Deer Peak: 5.6 mi
- Central Hill: 5.7 mi
- Calaveras County Historical Museum: 8.1 mi
- Amador County Museum: 11.3 mi
- Change House Museum and Gift Shop: 12.4 mi
- Preston Castle: 13.0 mi
- Knight Foundry: 14.0 mi
- Tailing Wheel No. 3: 12.1 mi
- Flume Tressel Piers: 12.2 mi
- Tailing Wheel No. 2: 12.2 mi
- Tailing Wheel No. 1: 12.2 mi
- Massa Tunnel: 12.2 mi
- Kennedy Gold Mine: 12.4 mi
- Sutter Gold Mine: 15.0 mi
- Historic Joseph H. Thomas House: 15.7 mi
- The Old Schoolhouse, Drytown: 17.1 mi
- California Caverns: 17.4 mi
- Gooseberry Spring: 14.9 mi
- Spanish Spring: 16.3 mi
- Hicks Spring: 16.8 mi
- Turners Spring: 18.1 mi
- Churchs Spring: 21.4 mi
- A Picnic Area: 17.4 mi
- C Picnic Area: 17.5 mi
- B Picnic Area: 17.5 mi
- Heron Point Day Use: 22.2 mi
- Lupine Day Use Area: 22.7 mi
- Middle Bar: 8.4 mi
- Carson Hill: 20.9 mi
- Michigan Bar: 24.2 mi
- French Flat: 24.7 mi
- Mokelumne Beach: 13.6 mi
- Cocklebur Beach: 22.6 mi
- Jailhouse Rock: 24.6 mi
- Negro Jack Point: 25.0 mi
- F - Master Gardener's Demonstration Garden: 8.8 mi
- Natural Bridge: 21.4 mi
- National Recreation Area: 22.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.4 miles of Valley Springs State Historic Landmark. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Zion | NE 35° | 899 m | 16.7 mi |
| Bear Mountain | SE 132° | 879 m | 17.9 mi |
| Joaquin Peak | ESE 115° | 854 m | 8.3 mi |
| Quiggs Mountain | ENE 78° | 843 m | 12.0 mi |
| Soapstone Hill | ESE 102° | 799 m | 18.2 mi |
| Carmen Peak | SE 136° | 786 m | 13.2 mi |
| High Mountain | E 95° | 748 m | 17.4 mi |
| Clinton Peak | NNE 33° | 733 m | 15.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:51 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:27 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 16:06 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 51 | 55 | 59 | 66 | 73 | 79 | 78 | 75 | 66 | 55 | 48 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Camp Pardee, 4 mi away.
- Pacific chorus frog9 obs
- California Scrub-Jay8 obs
- White-crowned Sparrow7 obs
- Southern Alligator Lizard7 obs
- Western Honey Bee7 obs
- House Sparrow6 obs
- Common Garter Snake6 obs
- Western Fence Lizard6 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/358832951
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