Bluff Springs
Bluff Springs is a spring in California, at a recorded elevation of 799 m. Lassen Peak stands 3,187 m to the east-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Digger Butte, a peak 2.5 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 799 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Digger Butte: 2.5 mi
- Jackass Butte: 5.7 mi
- Inskip Hill: 8.0 mi
- Little Inskip Hill: 8.1 mi
- Finley Butte: 9.0 mi
- Grapevine Spring: 2.9 mi
- Blue Ridge Spring: 4.9 mi
- Rattlesnake Spring: 6.0 mi
- Lyman Springs: 7.0 mi
- Sugarpine Spring: 7.2 mi
- Deadhorse Falls: 9.5 mi
- Bear Creek Falls: 11.4 mi
- Bluff Falls: 14.7 mi
- Mill Creek Falls: 16.0 mi
- Kings Creek Falls: 20.0 mi
- Bonnie Craigs: 11.3 mi
- Mill Creek Rim: 15.3 mi
- Palisade Cliff: 15.3 mi
- Crescent Cliff: 16.0 mi
- Gray Cliff: 22.4 mi
- Sulphur Works: 15.0 mi
- Seismograph: 16.1 mi
- Bumpass Hell: 16.8 mi
- Hot Rock: 19.3 mi
- Devastated Area: 19.9 mi
- Meadow Park: 7.3 mi
- Reading Adobe Historical Marker: 20.4 mi
- Anderson River Park: 24.4 mi
- Cottonwood Historic District: 24.6 mi
- Parks of Study and Reflection - Red Bluff: 24.6 mi
- Big Boiler: 16.8 mi
- Turquoise Pool: 16.9 mi
- Pyrite Pool: 16.9 mi
- Drakesbad Hot Springs: 21.7 mi
- Terminal Geyser: 23.0 mi
- Dales Lake Ecological Reserve: 13.6 mi
- Deer Creek Preserve: 20.2 mi
- Lassen Volcanic National Park: 22.1 mi
- Gray Davis Dye Creek Preserve: 22.9 mi
- Portal: 24.6 mi
- Monolith: 24.6 mi
- Fountain: 24.6 mi
- Totem Pole: 7.3 mi
- Metal Horse: 23.9 mi
- Kings Creek Picnic Area: 18.3 mi
- Elam Picnic Area: 22.0 mi
- Shingletown Rest Area: 7.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.4 miles of Bluff Springs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lassen Peak | ENE 70° | 3,187 m | 17.3 mi |
| Brokeoff Mountain | ENE 77° | 2,814 m | 13.7 mi |
| Eagle Peak | ENE 71° | 2,811 m | 16.3 mi |
| Mount Diller | ENE 73° | 2,750 m | 14.7 mi |
| Ski Heil Peak | ENE 72° | 2,721 m | 16.0 mi |
| Mount Helen | ENE 74° | 2,694 m | 17.0 mi |
| Pilot Pinnacle | ENE 73° | 2,672 m | 15.4 mi |
| Bumpass Mountain | ENE 76° | 2,664 m | 17.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:44 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 20:01 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:30 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:01 | 16:45 |
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, 11 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, 7 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/2295323652
Day trips start here
- Shingletown · 7 mi
- Lassen Volcanic National Park · 22 mi
- Palo Cedro · 24 mi
- Cottonwood · 25 mi
- Anderson · 26 mi
- Red Bluff · 27 mi
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