Buckhorn Spring
Buckhorn Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 2,004 m. Boulder Peak stands 2,512 m to the southeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Buckhorn Mountain, a peak 0.2 miles away.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Buckhorn Mountain: 0.2 mi
- Big Ridge: 1.1 mi
- Huckleberry Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Red Rock: 2.9 mi
- Kings Castle: 4.1 mi
- Cold Spring: 3.1 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 3.6 mi
- Stud Horse Spring: 3.6 mi
- Faulkstein Spring: 4.5 mi
- Maple Spring: 6.7 mi
- Open Soon: 19.6 mi
- Graffiti Gate: 23.1 mi
- Etna High School Lion Statue: 23.3 mi
- Etna Horseback Miner Statue: 23.3 mi
- Skeleton Car: 23.3 mi
- Maple Falls: 4.0 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 18.9 mi
- Ponytail Falls: 19.1 mi
- Wilderness Falls: 21.1 mi
- Johnson Creek Falls: 22.5 mi
- Scotts Bar Monument: 13.7 mi
- Oro Fino Historic Plaque: 18.2 mi
- Cabin: 21.2 mi
- Ormond Edward Quigley: 23.6 mi
- Robert Roosevelt Quigley: 23.6 mi
- Limestone Bluffs: 7.0 mi
- Ferry Point: 9.4 mi
- Blue Nose Bluff: 16.1 mi
- Grant Bluffs: 24.1 mi
- Sugar pine river access: 10.4 mi
- Cook and Green Trailhead: 21.8 mi
- Fir glade trailhead: 23.2 mi
- Stein butte trailhead: 24.2 mi
- Happy Camp River Park: 10.4 mi
- City Park: 21.5 mi
- Johnson - Joss Park: 23.3 mi
- The People's Center: 10.7 mi
- Fort Jones Museum: 21.6 mi
- Etna Museum: 23.7 mi
- Jones Beach: 10.1 mi
- Seattle Bar Day Use Area: 24.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.4 miles of Buckhorn Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boulder Peak | SE 127° | 2,512 m | 10.4 mi |
| Black Marble Mountain | SSE 159° | 2,268 m | 6.9 mi |
| Kings Castle | SSE 158° | 2,257 m | 4.1 mi |
| English Peak | S 174° | 2,229 m | 18.7 mi |
| Box Camp Mountain | SE 143° | 2,215 m | 6.2 mi |
| Big Ridge | SE 127° | 2,141 m | 1.1 mi |
| Tom Martin Peak | ENE 62° | 2,140 m | 10.2 mi |
| Marble Mountain | SSE 163° | 2,131 m | 7.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:49 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 20:10 | 20:52 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:35 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:02 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 43 | 47 | 51 | 56 | 62 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 69 | 59 | 49 | 43 |
| Precip in | 9.4 | 6.9 | 6.4 | 4.0 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 3.5 | 6.8 | 10.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Orleans, 30 mi away.
- northern phlox8 obs
- Solomon's plume3 obs
- deerbrush ceanothus3 obs
- split-haired paintbrush3 obs
- Mule Deer2 obs
- Douglas-fir2 obs
- Pacific trillium2 obs
- red baneberry2 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/1026814504
Day trips start here
- Etna · 24 mi
- Klamath River · 26 mi
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