Spring · California
Cave Spring
Cave Spring is a spring in California, at a recorded elevation of 1,006 m. Butt Mountain stands 2,395 m to the east-northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Emigrant Spring, a spring 0.4 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1006 m
How to reach it
Coordinates40.13403, -121.77939
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Table Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Iron Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Barkley Mountain: 5.0 mi
- Flatiron Mountain: 6.1 mi
- Round Mountain: 6.3 mi
Springs: 45
- Emigrant Spring: 0.4 mi
- Obe Fields Spring: 3.4 mi
- Davison Spring: 5.2 mi
- Round Mountain Spring: 5.6 mi
- Cedar Spring: 6.4 mi
Parks: 15
- Mill Creek Park: 19.1 mi
- Halbert Park: 19.6 mi
- Gerber Park: 20.2 mi
- Parks of Study and Reflection - Red Bluff: 21.7 mi
- Tehama County River Park: 22.6 mi
Waterfalls: 4
- Lower Deer Creek Falls: 10.7 mi
- Deadhorse Falls: 11.7 mi
- Deer Creek Falls: 14.8 mi
- Bluff Falls: 23.2 mi
Cliffs: 3
- Mill Creek Rim: 7.8 mi
- Steamboat Point: 14.6 mi
- East China Point: 22.1 mi
Nature reserves: 3
- Deer Creek Preserve: 10.5 mi
- Gray Davis Dye Creek Preserve: 12.0 mi
- Dales Lake Ecological Reserve: 20.4 mi
Picnic sites: 3
- Philbrook Picnic Area: 18.4 mi
- Elam Picnic Area: 19.2 mi
- Paradise Lake Picnic Area: 22.3 mi
Museums: 3
- Tehama County Museum: 19.6 mi
- Chico Air Museum: 23.2 mi
- Kelly-Griggs House Museum: 24.1 mi
Historic sites: 3
- Monolith: 21.6 mi
- Portal: 21.7 mi
- Fountain: 21.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Soto: 21.9 mi
Gardens: 1
- Discovery Garden: 22.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.6 miles of Cave Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Butt Mountain | ENE 74° | 2,395 m | 21.5 mi |
| Locke Peak | E 92° | 2,182 m | 19.9 mi |
| Rocky Peak | NNE 26° | 2,172 m | 22.4 mi |
| Eagle Rocks | E 84° | 2,149 m | 19.6 mi |
| Humboldt Peak | E 86° | 2,147 m | 18.5 mi |
| Snow Mountain | ESE 104° | 2,127 m | 19.5 mi |
| Humboldt Summit | E 85° | 2,085 m | 17.3 mi |
| Turner Mountain | NE 37° | 2,083 m | 14.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:44 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 20:00 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:30 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:02 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 33 | 35 | 38 | 42 | 49 | 57 | 63 | 62 | 57 | 48 | 39 | 33 |
| Precip in | 8.3 | 8.3 | 7.6 | 4.1 | 2.8 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 2.7 | 5.2 | 9.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mineral, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/2295323656
Day trips start here
- Red Bluff · 24 mi
- Tehama County · 24 mi
- Shingletown · 25 mi
- Corning · 26 mi
- Chico · 27 mi
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