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Buckeye Spring

Buckeye Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Buckeye Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 655 m. Junipero Serra Peak stands 1,784 m to the north, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Soda 2, a peak 0.4 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 0.9 miles off. 121 named places lie within 25 miles, 55 of them named summits.

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Coordinates35.83960, -121.37699

Overlooks nearby

Around it

121 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 55
Attractions: 13
  • Pacific Valley Drinking Fountain (disused): 6.1 mi
  • Drinking Fountain (abandoned): 13.7 mi
  • Devil's Falls: 18.9 mi
  • Nacimiento Grizzly Bend: 19.0 mi
  • The Narrows: 19.1 mi
Nature reserves: 12
Waterfalls: 9
  • Manning Falls: 1.7 mi
  • Salmon Creek Falls: 2.0 mi
  • Jewel Falls: 2.0 mi
  • Upper Salmon Creek Falls: 2.0 mi
  • Middle Fork Falls: 14.4 mi
Springs: 9
  • Dutra Spring: 3.5 mi
  • Basket Spring: 4.9 mi
  • Bane Spring: 5.3 mi
  • Lottie Potrero Spring: 6.6 mi
  • School Spring: 8.1 mi
Parks: 8
  • Hearst San Simeon State Historic Monument: 16.4 mi
  • Pa-nu Cultural Preserve: 21.8 mi
  • San Simeon Beach State Park: 22.8 mi
  • San Antonio Reservoir Recreation Area: 23.6 mi
  • Moon Stone Beach Park: 24.1 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Beaches: 3
Artworks: 3
Historic sites: 3
  • Limekilns: 14.6 mi
  • Hearst Castle: 15.8 mi
  • Bill Cotta Memorial: 23.9 mi
Cliffs: 1
  • The Shut-In: 12.7 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Museums: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Buckeye Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Junipero Serra PeakN 354°1,784 m21.3 mi
Pinyon PeakN 359°1,602 m22.7 mi
Cone PeakNNW 336°1,572 m16.1 mi
Twin PeakNNW 334°1,468 m16.5 mi
Bear MountainN 0°1,451 m22.0 mi
Lost PeakNNW 339°1,174 m23.0 mi
Alder PeakN 8°1,137 m3.1 mi
Slick Rock PeakN 357°1,126 m9.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4419:18
June solstice05:5019:4820:26
September equinox06:5418:3019:04
December solstice07:1316:1616:56

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F535255566164666869655852
Precip in6.06.24.82.00.70.10.10.00.11.12.36.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hearst Castle, 16 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • coast redwood79 obs
  • Redwood Sorrel44 obs
  • Southern Pacific Banana Slug37 obs
  • orange bush monkeyflower28 obs
  • White Globe Lily27 obs
  • thimbleberry25 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard24 obs
  • Solomon's plume23 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/2866686700

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