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Bear Spring

Bear Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Bear Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,243 m. Santiago Peak stands 1,734 m to the west, 0.8 miles off.

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Coordinates33.71082, -117.51979
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Historic sites
Parks
  • Maze: 3.5 mi
  • Deleo Regional Sports Park: 3.9 mi
  • Coral Canyon Park: 4.3 mi
  • Kite Ridge Park: 4.3 mi
  • Montecito Ranch Park: 4.7 mi
Attractions
  • Trabuco Fliers Club: 4.2 mi
  • Tom's Mining Company: 4.6 mi
  • Shooting Gallery: 4.6 mi
  • Tractor Driving: 4.6 mi
  • Train Ride: 4.6 mi
Gardens
  • Botanical Wedding Garden: 9.8 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 10.5 mi
  • Our Lady of Guadalupe Prayer Garden: 11.9 mi
  • Garden Center 1: 13.7 mi
  • Victoria Ave Pocket Park Gartden: 13.9 mi
Artworks
Museums: 51
Nature reserves: 38
Springs: 37
Beaches: 21
  • Arch Beach: 19.2 mi
  • Group Campsite: 19.5 mi
  • South Day Use Beach: 19.6 mi
  • North Day Use Beach: 19.7 mi
  • Poche Beach: 19.8 mi
Picnic sites: 18
  • Goat Shed Point: 5.3 mi
  • Vista Point: 5.9 mi
  • Group Picnic #1: 6.3 mi
  • Old Corral Picnic Area: 11.5 mi
  • Coyote Corner Group Area: 14.1 mi
Waterfalls: 12
Cliffs: 8
  • Norco Bluffs: 15.8 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 16.1 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 16.3 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 16.7 mi
  • Coyote Bluff: 18.4 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Rest areas: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Three Arches: 19.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.9 miles of Bear Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Santiago PeakW 269°1,734 m0.8 mi
Modjeska PeakWNW 293°1,675 m1.5 mi
Trabuco PeakESE 103°1,401 m2.6 mi
Los Pinos PeakSE 139°1,373 m4.2 mi
Horsethief PeakESE 115°1,315 m3.9 mi
Pleasants PeakNW 320°1,211 m7.7 mi
Bald PeakNNW 344°1,197 m3.2 mi
Bedford PeakNW 319°1,161 m5.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2919:02
June solstice05:4119:2820:04
September equinox06:3918:1518:48
December solstice06:5216:0816:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–Jun.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F545559636874808177696053
Precip in3.02.81.50.50.20.10.20.10.20.50.62.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Elsinore, 10 mi away.

Streamflow

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Jan–Apr — fullest in Mar, leanest in Jul.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs4.514.216.98.10.80.10.00.00.00.00.00.0

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Temescal C A Corona LK NR Corona CA, 5 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Wildlife nearby
  • flatbud prickly poppy46 obs
  • Santiago Peak phacelia42 obs
  • golden eardrops34 obs
  • coffeeberry32 obs
  • Poodle-dog Bush29 obs
  • Bush Poppy28 obs
  • Shortlobe Phacelia28 obs
  • Weed's Mariposa Lily28 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/3938814314

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