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Buckskin Joe Spring

Buckskin Joe Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Buckskin Joe Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,972 m. Round Top stands 3,164 m to the east, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Leek Spring Hill, a peak 1.2 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 17 miles off.

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Coordinates38.62694, -120.29897

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Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs: 25
Parks: 20
Historic sites: 8
Cliffs: 8
Waterfalls: 8
Picnic sites: 7
  • Shot Rock Vista Picnic Area: 5.6 mi
  • Sandy Cove Picnic Area: 9.7 mi
  • Cleveland Corral: 12.6 mi
  • Bridal Veil Picnic Area: 13.9 mi
  • Marmot Day Use: 19.0 mi
Attractions: 5
  • Leoni House: 11.4 mi
  • Twin Bridges Swimming Hole: 21.7 mi
  • Black Chasm Cavern: 22.2 mi
  • Campfire Center: 24.1 mi
  • Big Stump: 24.1 mi
Museums: 4
  • Nature Center and Observatory: 11.0 mi
  • Chaw'se Regional Indian Museum: 23.2 mi
  • Calaveras Big Trees State Park Visitor Center: 24.1 mi
  • Amador County Model Railroad Museum: 24.2 mi
Nature reserves: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.9 miles of Buckskin Joe Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Round TopE 81°3,164 m16.3 mi
The SistersE 81°3,094 m15.9 mi
Red Lake PeakENE 71°3,067 m17.8 mi
Pyramid PeakNNE 27°3,042.818 m16.9 mi
Mount PriceNNE 22°3,040 m17.7 mi
AgassizNNE 23°3,038 m17.4 mi
Thimble PeakE 79°2,988 m13.1 mi
Deadwood PeakE 90°2,987 m16.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3819:13
June solstice05:3819:5020:30
September equinox06:5018:2519:00
December solstice07:1616:0216:44

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384144495765727166544337
Precip in9.68.88.84.93.20.90.00.10.52.95.39.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pacific House, 14 mi away.

Streamflow

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Mar–Jun — fullest in May, leanest in Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs11.112.422.022.326.616.312.69.06.86.47.38.2

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Bear R BL LO Bear R Dam CA, 7 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Wildlife nearby
  • velvety stickseed9 obs
  • Mountain Jewelflower7 obs
  • Torrey's monkeyflower6 obs
  • western columbine4 obs
  • fivespot4 obs
  • Western Tanager3 obs
  • bush chinquapin3 obs
  • Sierra mousetail3 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/7516873458

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