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Burma Spring

Burma Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Burma Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 677 m. Mount Diablo stands 1,173 m to the east, 1.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Johnny-come-lately Spring, a spring 0.3 miles away.

Developed with piping and an open concrete stock tank, but with abundant overflow down the hill, lined with rushes. Name inscribed on the rim of the tank.

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Coordinates37.88200, -121.94727
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Picnic sites
Peaks
  • Eagle Peak: 1.5 mi
  • Ransom Point: 1.8 mi
  • Wall Point: 1.8 mi
  • Mount Diablo: 1.8 mi
  • Devil's Pulpit: 1.9 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Parks
  • Mitchell Creek Park: 2.6 mi
  • Dana Hills Park: 3.3 mi
  • Oak Hill Park: 3.4 mi
  • Regency Woods Park: 3.6 mi
  • Pine Creek Park & Greenway: 3.6 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • The Old Borges Ranchouse: 3.1 mi
  • Turkey Vulture: 7.6 mi
  • Windy Grove Cars: 8.5 mi
  • Red Baron Airplanes: 8.5 mi
  • Dragon Roller Coaster: 8.5 mi
Artworks
  • Diablo Road Stump: 3.4 mi
  • Lime Ridge Labyrinth (Lake): 4.4 mi
  • Lime Ridge Labyrinth (Large): 4.5 mi
  • Lime Ridge Labyrinth (Small): 4.5 mi
  • Storyvanes: 5.0 mi
Gardens
  • Blackhawk logo: 4.5 mi
  • Communuity Garden: 5.2 mi
  • Ruth Bancroft Garden: 5.6 mi
  • Rose Garden: 5.7 mi
  • Rose Garden: 5.7 mi
Springs: 15
Beaches: 13
Ghost towns: 11
Cliffs: 6
  • Turtle Rock: 1.1 mi
  • Mitchell Rock: 2.4 mi
  • The Devil's Shelf: 8.2 mi
  • Chab: 14.4 mi
  • Del Valle Cliffs: 21.0 mi
Waterfalls: 2
Lighthouses: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Rest Stop: 16.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.5 miles of Burma Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DiabloE 91°1,173 m1.8 mi
Devil's PulpitE 91°1,110 m1.9 mi
North PeakENE 73°1,084 m2.7 mi
Ransom PointE 82°1,037 m1.8 mi
Mount OlympiaENE 62°898 m2.8 mi
Eagle PeakNNE 19°722 m1.5 mi
Red Leg PeakESE 105°652 m7.1 mi
Oyster PointSE 133°644 m5.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:20
June solstice05:4719:5520:34
September equinox06:5618:3219:06
December solstice07:2116:1216:53

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F484850535966727270635347
Precip in5.14.93.71.91.10.30.00.00.11.22.65.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Diablo Junction, under a mile away.

Streamflow

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–Apr — fullest in Feb, leanest in Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs8.19.37.54.31.30.50.20.10.10.40.53.6

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge San Ramon C A San Ramon CA, 8 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Wallflower448 obs
  • Pipestem Clematis392 obs
  • narrowleaf goldenbush388 obs
  • Butterfly Mariposa Lily386 obs
  • wind poppy367 obs
  • California poppy364 obs
  • Warrior's Plume362 obs
  • California Pitcher Sage339 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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/3413447337

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