Big Springs
Big Springs is a spring in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 1,744 m. Mount McLoughlin stands 2,895 m to the north, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Brush Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. Volcanic Legacy passes 17 miles off.
How to reach it
- 17.0 mi off the Volcanic Legacy, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Brush Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Old Baldy: 1.0 mi
- Burton Butte: 4.0 mi
- Kent Peak: 5.1 mi
- Cox Butte: 5.2 mi
- Klum Landing County Campground: 4.4 mi
- Sugar Pine County Group Campground: 4.6 mi
- Asperkaha County Campground: 4.9 mi
- Willow Point County Campground: 5.1 mi
- Howard Prairie County Recreation Area: 5.3 mi
- Dunlop Ranch Cabin: 7.6 mi
- Potter's Mill: 13.5 mi
- New Pokegama: 15.5 mi
- John C Boyle Dam: 15.7 mi
- Walch Wayside Memorial: 16.8 mi
- Rock Slide: 6.2 mi
- Slinger Rock: 15.3 mi
- Klamath Rim: 17.4 mi
- Pompadour Bluff: 17.6 mi
- Ward's Canyon: 18.4 mi
- Jenny Creek Spring: 3.4 mi
- Latgawa Soda Springs: 9.4 mi
- Jack Spring: 12.0 mi
- Whiskey Spring: 18.1 mi
- Christi's Spring: 18.5 mi
- Brown mtn trail no 1005 Trailhead: 7.3 mi
- Spence Mountain Recreation Area: 19.6 mi
- ScienceWorks: 19.8 mi
- Green Show: 21.1 mi
- Oregon Shakespeare Festival: 21.1 mi
- Clay St Community Garden: 19.4 mi
- Ashland Creek Community Garden: 20.9 mi
- Helman Community Garden: 21.0 mi
- Rose Garden: 21.2 mi
- Japanese Garden: 21.3 mi
- Rainbow Bay Day Use Area: 10.6 mi
- Mirror Cove Picnic Area: 20.7 mi
- Madrone: 21.3 mi
- Sharon Fen Preserve: 11.3 mi
- Oredson-Todd Woods: 19.8 mi
- Siskiyou Mountain Park: 20.2 mi
- Siskiyou Rest Area: 18.5 mi
- Suncrest Rest Area: 24.6 mi
- Captain Morgan: 23.2 mi
- Jack Daniel: 23.2 mi
- Pinehurst: 9.3 mi
- Butte Falls: 24.5 mi
- Talent Historical Society: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.4 miles of Big Springs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount McLoughlin | N 358° | 2,895 m | 13.8 mi |
| Aspen Butte | ENE 66° | 2,503 m | 12.3 mi |
| Mount Harriman | NE 51° | 2,401 m | 14.2 mi |
| Mount Carmine | ENE 62° | 2,396 m | 13.0 mi |
| Crater Mountain | NE 54° | 2,363 m | 10.0 mi |
| Greylock Mountain | NE 48° | 2,348 m | 11.5 mi |
| Whiteface Peak | NE 54° | 2,338 m | 11.2 mi |
| Máalsi Tip | N 356° | 2,318 m | 13.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:45 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 20:07 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:31 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 15:55 | 16:41 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 32 | 35 | 40 | 48 | 54 | 63 | 62 | 56 | 46 | 35 | 29 |
| Precip in | 4.7 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 2.7 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 5.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Howard Prairie DAM, 4 mi away.
- red fir7 obs
- pipsissewa6 obs
- Hot Rock Penstemon5 obs
- Western Snakeroot5 obs
- Golden chinquapin4 obs
- Elephant's-Head lousewort4 obs
- Clodius Parnassian4 obs
- Twinflower4 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/12390521116
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