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Bum Springs

Bum Springs, seen from above at true elevation

Bum Springs is a spring in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 1,541 m. Gibraltar Rock stands 3,863 m to the north-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Butter Peak, a peak 1.1 miles away. White Pass Scenic Byway passes 3.1 miles off.

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates46.68093, -121.66162

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Waterfalls
  • Grant Purcell Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Middle Steven's Creek Falls: 5.2 mi
  • Cougar Falls: 5.7 mi
  • Sylvia Falls: 5.8 mi
  • Martha Falls: 6.2 mi
Cliffs: 25
Picnic sites: 9
  • Paradise Picnic Area: 8.0 mi
  • White Pass Day Use: 13.4 mi
  • Sunrise Picnic Area: 16.2 mi
  • Clear Lake Day Use Area: 18.1 mi
  • Valley View Day Use Area: 22.8 mi
Museums: 5
Springs: 5
  • Soda Springs: 8.6 mi
  • Iron Mike Springs: 8.7 mi
  • Log Spring: 8.9 mi
  • Hidden Spring: 14.7 mi
  • Indian Spring: 17.3 mi
Parks: 4
  • Packwood Cowlitz River Public Access Point: 4.8 mi
  • Jack Morris Park: 17.5 mi
  • Cowlitz Falls Campground: 20.9 mi
  • Mineral Lake Access Area: 24.8 mi
Historic sites: 4
Attractions: 3
  • Big Cedar: 7.6 mi
  • The Trident: 15.5 mi
  • Coffee Cup: 16.3 mi
Artworks: 2
Hot springs: 1
  • Ohanapecosh Hot Springs: 6.1 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.1 miles of Bum Springs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gibraltar RockNNW 341°3,863 m12.1 mi
Little TahomaNNW 348°3,395 m11.9 mi
Anvil RockNNW 344°2,921 m10.7 mi
Whitman CrestN 354°2,841 m11.6 mi
Main Cowlitz ChimneyNNE 12°2,318 m11.9 mi
Central Cowlitz ChimneyN 11°2,265 m12.1 mi
Cowlitz RocksNNW 348°2,263 m9.4 mi
Banshee PeakN 9°2,245 m11.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:3919:19
June solstice05:1420:1821:05
September equinox06:5418:2619:06
December solstice07:4915:3116:22

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374044485560666660514237
Precip in8.96.06.13.92.92.00.70.92.36.09.49.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Packwood, 5 mi away.

Streamflow

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Nov–Jan, Apr–Jul — fullest in Jun, leanest in Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs1,6121,4271,2851,7192,8322,9741,6987925638341,7011,745

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Cowlitz River AT Packwood, WA, 5 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Wildlife nearby
  • Cascades Frog7 obs
  • white pasqueflower7 obs
  • Cliff Beardtongue6 obs
  • common beargrass5 obs
  • Mountain Goat4 obs
  • Hoary Marmot4 obs
  • Sitka Mountain-Ash4 obs
  • Avalanche lily4 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/7816506117

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