Big Springs
Big Springs is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,086 m. Mount Shasta stands 4,322 m to the northeast, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Shasta City Park, a park 0.1 miles away.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Spring Hill: 0.3 mi
- Quail Hill: 2.2 mi
- Black Butte: 2.8 mi
- Everitt Hill: 6.0 mi
- Marmot Ridge: 6.2 mi
- Faery Falls: 4.7 mi
- Mossbrae Falls: 6.8 mi
- Hedge Creek Falls: 7.0 mi
- Mud Creek Falls: 9.5 mi
- Coquette Falls: 10.1 mi
- Siskiyou Art Musuem: 8.6 mi
- Peaceful Warrior: 15.6 mi
- Greatest Generation: 15.7 mi
- Those Left Behind: 15.7 mi
- Korean War Memorial: 15.8 mi
- Mount Shasta City Park: 0.1 mi
- Shastice Park: 1.5 mi
- Bel Air Park: 6.8 mi
- Tauhindauli Park: 7.9 mi
- Charles Byrd Park: 8.1 mi
- Monroe Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Old fire lookout foundation: 2.8 mi
- Everett Memorial: 3.9 mi
- Mount Eddy Lookout Tower Ruins: 7.9 mi
- Battle Rock: 12.5 mi
- Ney Springs River Access: 4.2 mi
- Cantara Loop River Access: 4.5 mi
- Cougar Park Picnic Area: 7.5 mi
- Riverside Day Use Area: 12.4 mi
- Lower Falls Day Use Area: 16.8 mi
- Panther Springs: 7.0 mi
- Shasta View Spring: 9.1 mi
- Red Rock Spring: 9.5 mi
- Popcorn Spring: 10.8 mi
- White Ridge Spring: 11.1 mi
- Sisson Museum: 1.4 mi
- Weed Museum: 7.3 mi
- Siskiyou Arts Museum: 8.6 mi
- Heritage Junction Museum: 11.0 mi
- Red Banks: 8.2 mi
- Red Banks: 8.2 mi
- Castle Crags: 10.0 mi
- Cosmic Wall: 10.7 mi
- Weed Airport Rest Area: 12.3 mi
- Weed Airport Rest Area: 12.3 mi
- Grass Lake Rest Area: 23.2 mi
- Sisson Meadow: 1.2 mi
- Lake Siskiyou Beach: 3.6 mi
- 1727 Class M6: 7.7 mi
- Sulphur Springs: 8.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.4 miles of Big Springs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Shasta | NE 51° | 4,321.8 m | 8.8 mi |
| Misery Hill | NE 52° | 4,206.2 m | 8.6 mi |
| Thumb Rock | NE 54° | 3,938.9 m | 8.3 mi |
| Shastina | NE 44° | 3,758.2 m | 7.7 mi |
| Shastina | NE 44° | 3,758.2 m | 7.7 mi |
| Shastarama Point | ENE 61° | 3,393.9 m | 7.9 mi |
| Casaval Ridge | NE 54° | 3,187.9 m | 6.9 mi |
| Green Butte | ENE 65° | 2,802 m | 6.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:45 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 20:05 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 15:59 | 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 | 36 | 38 | 42 | 47 | 54 | 61 | 68 | 67 | 61 | 51 | 41 | 35 |
| Precip in | 7.1 | 7.4 | 6.2 | 3.2 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 4.3 | 7.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Shasta, under a mile away.
- broad-leaved sweet pea59 obs
- California incense-cedar47 obs
- California black oak40 obs
- white bog orchid32 obs
- Hartweg's wild ginger31 obs
- thimbleberry27 obs
- Rose Spirea27 obs
- wild teasel26 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/3295876549
Day trips start here
- Mount Shasta · 1 mi
- Weed · 7 mi
- Dunsmuir · 9 mi
- McCloud · 11 mi
- Siskiyou County · 21 mi
- Callahan · 25 mi
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