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Case Spring

Case Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Case Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 664 m. Santiago Peak stands 1,734 m to the north-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Margarita Peak, a peak 1.6 miles away.

How to reach it

Coordinates33.44901, -117.41809

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Attractions
Historic sites: 46
  • Smugglers Sink: 9.1 mi
  • Camp Pendleton: 10.3 mi
  • Park Semper Fi: 11.8 mi
  • Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens: 11.8 mi
  • Laurel Flag Pole Memorial: 13.0 mi
Museums: 35
Artworks: 35
Springs: 32
Gardens: 28
Beaches: 19
  • Church: 10.2 mi
  • Shipwreck Shore: 11.0 mi
  • Playa Las Palmeras: 11.1 mi
  • Playa Las Palmeras: 11.1 mi
  • T Street Beach: 11.7 mi
Nature reserves: 14
Picnic sites: 9
Waterfalls: 8
  • Tenaja Falls: 7.5 mi
  • Lion Canyon Falls: 12.0 mi
  • Ortega Falls: 12.2 mi
  • Gavilan Mountain Waterfall: 12.7 mi
  • Dana Point Seasonal Waterfall: 16.4 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Rest areas: 4
Cliffs: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Three Arches: 18.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.0 miles of Case Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Santiago PeakNNW 340°1,734 m19.3 mi
Modjeska PeakNNW 339°1,675 m20.1 mi
ClarkESE 117°1,527 m5.3 mi
Trabuco PeakN 349°1,401 m17.8 mi
Los Pinos PeakNNW 348°1,373 m15.2 mi
Horsethief PeakN 352°1,315 m16.6 mi
San Mateo PeakN 11°1,095 m11.6 mi
Elsinore PeakNNE 22°1,078 m11.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2919:02
June solstice05:4119:2720:03
September equinox06:3918:1518:48
December solstice06:5116:0816:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F555557606367707270665954

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Camp Pendleton Mcas, 11 mi away.

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Jan–Mar — fullest in Feb, leanest in Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs33.236.222.18.93.41.30.40.20.10.60.76.0

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge DE Luz C NR DE Luz CA, 6 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

  • Pendleton ceanothus18 obs
  • hoaryleaf ceanothus13 obs
  • Eastwood's Manzanita12 obs
  • Toyon9 obs
  • White Globe Lily8 obs
  • chaparral yucca8 obs
  • chaparral whitethorn8 obs
  • Engelmann oak8 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/11360322397

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