Alder Spring
Alder Spring is a spring in California, at a recorded elevation of 543 m. Santiago Peak stands 1,734 m to the north-northwest, 2.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Trabuco and Holy Jim cabin Owners' Improvement Association, a historic site 0.3 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 543 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Trabuco and Holy Jim cabin Owners' Improvement Association: 0.3 mi
- Site of the Third Serrano Adobe: 7.0 mi
- Tanning Vats: 7.0 mi
- Serrano Tanning Vats: 7.0 mi
- Mathews Dam: 11.2 mi
- Yaeger Mesa: 1.4 mi
- Santiago Peak: 2.5 mi
- Los Pinos Peak: 2.6 mi
- Trabuco Peak: 2.7 mi
- Horsethief Peak: 3.2 mi
- Trabuco Fliers Club: 3.3 mi
- Tom's Mining Company: 6.5 mi
- Shooting Gallery: 6.5 mi
- Tractor Driving: 6.6 mi
- Train Ride: 6.6 mi
- Trabuco Highlands Central Park: 3.6 mi
- Ike Arnold: 3.8 mi
- Country Hollow Lane Park: 3.8 mi
- Trabuco Mesa Park: 4.2 mi
- Dove Canyon Community Park: 4.3 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 8.7 mi
- Botanical Wedding Garden: 12.0 mi
- Garden Center 1: 13.2 mi
- Our Lady of Guadalupe Prayer Garden: 14.1 mi
- Niguel Botanical Preserve: 15.3 mi
- Peace Obelisk: 9.5 mi
- Folded Circle Three Rings: 13.6 mi
- Bird Houses: 14.0 mi
- The Pacific Promise: 14.1 mi
- Orc Statue: 14.7 mi
- Corona Heritage Museum: 12.0 mi
- Corona Model Railroad Society: 12.0 mi
- Museum Barn Exhibit: 12.0 mi
- Pretend City Children's Museum: 13.3 mi
- Blas Aguilar Adobe: 15.0 mi
- Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park: 7.9 mi
- Coal Canyon Ecological Preserve: 15.8 mi
- Peters Canyon Regional Park: 15.8 mi
- California Citrus State Historic Park: 15.9 mi
- Four Seasons Preserve: 16.1 mi
- Bear Spring: 2.2 mi
- Jamison Spring: 2.9 mi
- Grotto Spring: 3.6 mi
- Chiquito Spring: 3.7 mi
- Los Pinos Spring: 3.8 mi
- Group Campsite: 17.8 mi
- South Day Use Beach: 17.9 mi
- North Day Use Beach: 18.0 mi
- Poche Beach: 18.0 mi
- Arch Beach: 18.1 mi
- Vista Point: 5.5 mi
- Group Picnic #1: 5.5 mi
- Goat Shed Point: 6.1 mi
- Old Corral Picnic Area: 9.5 mi
- Coyote Corner Group Area: 15.4 mi
- Holly Jim Falls: 1.0 mi
- Harding Canyon Falls: 5.2 mi
- Lion Canyon Falls: 5.3 mi
- Ortega Falls: 6.2 mi
- Tenaja Falls: 10.8 mi
- Coyote Bluff: 16.6 mi
- Norco Bluffs: 18.0 mi
- Norco Bluffs: 18.3 mi
- Norco Bluffs: 18.5 mi
- Norco Bluffs: 18.9 mi
- Rancho Temescal: 6.3 mi
- Willard: 7.8 mi
- Terra Cotta: 8.1 mi
- Pinacate: 17.0 mi
- Leon: 23.1 mi
- Rayzilla Rest Area: 17.2 mi
- Rayzilla Viewpoint: 17.2 mi
- Three Arches: 18.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.6 miles of Alder Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santiago Peak | NNW 331° | 1,734 m | 2.5 mi |
| Modjeska Peak | NNW 328° | 1,675 m | 3.3 mi |
| Trabuco Peak | NE 54° | 1,401 m | 2.7 mi |
| Los Pinos Peak | ESE 113° | 1,373 m | 2.6 mi |
| Horsethief Peak | E 81° | 1,315 m | 3.2 mi |
| Pleasants Peak | NNW 326° | 1,211 m | 9.7 mi |
| Bald Peak | NNW 346° | 1,197 m | 5.4 mi |
| Bedford Peak | NNW 328° | 1,161 m | 7.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:29 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:28 | 20:04 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:15 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 06:52 | 16:08 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–Jun.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 54 | 55 | 59 | 63 | 68 | 74 | 80 | 81 | 77 | 69 | 60 | 53 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.8 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Elsinore, 10 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Jan–Apr — fullest in Mar, leanest in Jul.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 4.5 | 14.2 | 16.9 | 8.1 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Temescal C A Corona LK NR Corona CA, 6 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- California Newt35 obs
- bigleaf maple32 obs
- golden eardrops29 obs
- California Tree Frog28 obs
- Chalk Dudleya27 obs
- lanceleaf liveforever26 obs
- milkmaids24 obs
- coffeeberry24 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/3938814313
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