Bigcone Spring
Bigcone Spring is a spring in California, at a recorded elevation of 1,104 m. Santiago Peak stands 1,734 m to the south-southeast, 2.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Maple Spring, a spring 0.5 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1104 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Modjeska Peak: 1.3 mi
- Bald Peak: 1.4 mi
- Santiago Peak: 2.1 mi
- Bedford Peak: 2.6 mi
- Vulture Crags: 4.3 mi
- Maze: 3.3 mi
- Montecito Ranch Park: 3.5 mi
- Modjeska Canyon Nature Preserve: 4.1 mi
- Tucker Wildlife Sanctuary: 4.6 mi
- Coral Canyon Park: 4.6 mi
- Tom's Mining Company: 4.2 mi
- Shooting Gallery: 4.2 mi
- Tractor Driving: 4.2 mi
- Train Ride: 4.2 mi
- Trabuco Fliers Club: 5.2 mi
- Site of the Third Serrano Adobe: 4.4 mi
- Tanning Vats: 4.4 mi
- Serrano Tanning Vats: 4.4 mi
- Trabuco and Holy Jim cabin Owners' Improvement Association: 4.6 mi
- Corona Heritage Park: 7.5 mi
- Botanical Wedding Garden: 7.6 mi
- Our Lady of Guadalupe Prayer Garden: 9.7 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 11.8 mi
- Library Mall: 12.2 mi
- Hamilton Terrace: 12.2 mi
- Peace Obelisk: 11.0 mi
- 200 Years of Freedom 1776-1976: 11.5 mi
- Let it shine: 12.2 mi
- Finding the Lost Coin: 12.2 mi
- Glory of God's Grace Sculpture: 12.2 mi
- Corona Model Railroad Society: 7.5 mi
- Corona Heritage Museum: 7.5 mi
- Museum Barn Exhibit: 7.6 mi
- World Museum of Natural History: 12.3 mi
- Pretend City Children's Museum: 12.9 mi
- Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park: 6.9 mi
- Coal Canyon Ecological Preserve: 11.4 mi
- Peters Canyon Regional Park: 12.8 mi
- California Citrus State Historic Park: 13.1 mi
- Oak Canyon Nature Center: 13.8 mi
- Maple Spring: 0.5 mi
- Grotto Spring: 1.3 mi
- Jamison Spring: 1.9 mi
- Bear Spring: 2.5 mi
- Laurel Spring: 2.5 mi
- Arch Beach: 19.5 mi
- Group Campsite: 20.6 mi
- South Day Use Beach: 20.7 mi
- North Day Use Beach: 20.7 mi
- Baby Beach: 21.1 mi
- Goat Shed Point: 4.2 mi
- Vista Point: 6.1 mi
- Group Picnic #1: 6.9 mi
- Coyote Corner Group Area: 12.0 mi
- Deer Den Group Area: 12.3 mi
- Harding Canyon Falls: 2.4 mi
- Holly Jim Falls: 3.5 mi
- Black Star Canyon Falls: 7.5 mi
- Lion Canyon Falls: 9.7 mi
- Ortega Falls: 10.4 mi
- Norco Bluffs: 13.7 mi
- Norco Bluffs: 14.0 mi
- Norco Bluffs: 14.3 mi
- Norco Bluffs: 14.8 mi
- Coyote Bluff: 19.7 mi
- Rancho Temescal: 3.9 mi
- Terra Cotta: 10.2 mi
- Willard: 11.0 mi
- Pinacate: 18.1 mi
- La Placita: 22.5 mi
- Rayzilla Rest Area: 20.8 mi
- Rayzilla Viewpoint: 20.8 mi
- Three Arches: 20.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.7 miles of Bigcone Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santiago Peak | SSE 159° | 1,734 m | 2.1 mi |
| Modjeska Peak | S 172° | 1,675 m | 1.3 mi |
| Trabuco Peak | ESE 121° | 1,401 m | 4.8 mi |
| Los Pinos Peak | SE 139° | 1,373 m | 6.7 mi |
| Horsethief Peak | SE 125° | 1,315 m | 6.2 mi |
| Pleasants Peak | NW 320° | 1,211 m | 5.3 mi |
| Bald Peak | NNE 29° | 1,197 m | 1.4 mi |
| Bedford Peak | NW 318° | 1,161 m | 2.6 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 | 20:05 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:16 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 06:52 | 16:08 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 59 | 59 | 61 | 64 | 67 | 71 | 75 | 76 | 75 | 71 | 64 | 58 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 3.5 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Irvine RCH, 10 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Jan–Mar — fullest in Feb, leanest in Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 14.6 | 28.3 | 18.5 | 5.8 | 2.9 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 5.3 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Santiago C A Modjeska CA, 6 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Bigcone Douglas-fir81 obs
- bigleaf maple49 obs
- chaparral yucca49 obs
- Pacific pea44 obs
- California Newt43 obs
- Cobwebby Thistle42 obs
- Chalk Dudleya41 obs
- Convergent Lady Beetle39 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/3938814315
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