Blue Ridge Spring
Blue Ridge Spring is a spring in California, at a recorded elevation of 1,447 m. Lassen Peak stands 3,187 m to the east-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Rattlesnake Spring, a spring 1.3 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1447 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Digger Butte: 4.3 mi
- Grays Peak: 4.3 mi
- Hampton Butte: 4.7 mi
- Cold Creek Butte: 5.1 mi
- Rocky Peak: 6.9 mi
- Rattlesnake Spring: 1.3 mi
- Sugarpine Spring: 2.4 mi
- Grapevine Spring: 3.4 mi
- Willow Spring: 4.8 mi
- Bluff Springs: 4.9 mi
- Deadhorse Falls: 7.1 mi
- Bluff Falls: 9.9 mi
- Mill Creek Falls: 11.4 mi
- Bear Creek Falls: 15.2 mi
- Kings Creek Falls: 15.4 mi
- Crescent Cliff: 11.9 mi
- Mill Creek Rim: 13.0 mi
- Bonnie Craigs: 14.4 mi
- Palisade Cliff: 15.2 mi
- Gray Cliff: 21.2 mi
- Sulphur Works: 10.5 mi
- Bumpass Hell: 12.3 mi
- Seismograph: 12.8 mi
- Devils Kitchen: 15.4 mi
- Hot Rock: 15.5 mi
- Big Boiler: 12.3 mi
- Pyrite Pool: 12.4 mi
- Turquoise Pool: 12.4 mi
- Drakesbad Hot Springs: 17.0 mi
- Terminal Geyser: 18.2 mi
- Kings Creek Picnic Area: 13.7 mi
- Elam Picnic Area: 17.6 mi
- Hat Creek Campground Picnic Area: 23.7 mi
- Old Station Day Use Area: 24.2 mi
- Deer Creek Preserve: 17.3 mi
- Lassen Volcanic National Park: 17.7 mi
- Dales Lake Ecological Reserve: 18.2 mi
- Fort Maxwell: 22.0 mi
- Mount Harkness Lookout: 22.2 mi
- Shingletown Rest Area: 9.7 mi
- Totem Pole: 10.9 mi
- Meadow Park: 11.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.0 miles of Blue Ridge Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lassen Peak | ENE 60° | 3,187 m | 13.0 mi |
| Brokeoff Mountain | ENE 68° | 2,814 m | 9.2 mi |
| Eagle Peak | ENE 62° | 2,811 m | 12.0 mi |
| Mount Diller | ENE 63° | 2,750 m | 10.4 mi |
| Ski Heil Peak | ENE 63° | 2,721 m | 11.7 mi |
| Mount Helen | ENE 66° | 2,694 m | 12.6 mi |
| Pilot Pinnacle | ENE 63° | 2,672 m | 11.1 mi |
| Bumpass Mountain | ENE 68° | 2,664 m | 12.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:43 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 20:00 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:30 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:01 | 16:44 |
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 | 33 | 35 | 38 | 42 | 49 | 57 | 63 | 62 | 57 | 48 | 39 | 33 |
| Precip in | 8.3 | 8.3 | 7.6 | 4.1 | 2.8 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 2.7 | 5.2 | 9.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mineral, 7 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Feb, leanest in Jun.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge NF Battle C BL Div TO Keswick CN NR Manton CA, 9 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Common Sagebrush Lizard2 obs
- Western Screech-Owl1 obs
- Pacific chorus frog1 obs
- Long-toed Salamander1 obs
- Black-tailed Jackrabbit1 obs
- Striped Coralroot1 obs
- Echo Azure1 obs
- Orange Sulphur1 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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/2295323651
Day trips start here
- Shingletown · 10 mi
- Lassen Volcanic National Park · 18 mi
- Palo Cedro · 29 mi
- Cottonwood · 30 mi
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