Cold Springs
Cold Springs is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 3,047 m. Mount Darwin stands 4,216 m to the east-northeast, 9.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Hutton, a peak 2.1 miles away.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Hutton: 2.1 mi
- Red Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Fleming Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Blackcap Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Mount Henry: 4.4 mi
- Lower Evolution Creek Falls: 5.8 mi
- Upper Evolution Creek Falls: 5.8 mi
- Blue Canyon Falls: 13.9 mi
- Silver Spray Falls: 14.6 mi
- Rancheria Creek Falls: 15.1 mi
- Wee-mee-kute Picnic Site: 8.3 mi
- Short Hair Creek Picnic Area: 10.0 mi
- Helms Picnic Area: 10.5 mi
- South Lake Picnic Area: 15.3 mi
- La Hupp Picnic Area: 15.9 mi
- Great Cliffs: 15.0 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 15.7 mi
- Windy Cliff: 17.0 mi
- Patterson Bluffs: 19.3 mi
- Windy Cliffs: 21.6 mi
- Little Eden: 17.2 mi
- Reed Pools: 17.2 mi
- Old Pedro: 17.3 mi
- Iodone Springs: 17.3 mi
- Wiesman Spring: 18.3 mi
- Blue Canyon Cabin: 10.9 mi
- Qualls Camp: 12.1 mi
- Log Cabin: 19.2 mi
- 786 Squadron Memorial: 20.1 mi
- Shorty's Granite Pass Cabin: 20.3 mi
- John Muir Rock: 6.7 mi
- Rock Monster: 12.1 mi
- Mono Hot Springs Resort: 17.4 mi
- Whitewater Voyages Headquarters: 24.0 mi
- Zephyr Headquarters: 24.0 mi
- Courtright Intrusive Contact Zone Geological Area: 7.8 mi
- Teakettle Experiment Area: 15.5 mi
- John S. Eastwood Park: 20.1 mi
- Starlite Playground and Park: 21.5 mi
- Huntington Lake Game Refuge: 22.9 mi
- Jumping Rock: 23.2 mi
- Sandy Cove Beach: 23.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.3 miles of Cold Springs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Darwin | ENE 70° | 4,216 m | 9.6 mi |
| Mount Mendel | ENE 66° | 4,177 m | 9.3 mi |
| Mount Goddard | E 100° | 4,126 m | 6.6 mi |
| Mount Fiske | E 83° | 4,116 m | 9.4 mi |
| Mount Haeckel | ENE 78° | 4,087 m | 9.9 mi |
| Mount Wallace | E 80° | 4,079 m | 10.1 mi |
| Mount Stephen Jay Gould | ENE 63° | 4,072 m | 9.2 mi |
| Mount Tom Ross | ENE 67° | 4,039 m | 10.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:33 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:41 | 20:19 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:20 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 16:02 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 46 | 48 | 53 | 58 | 65 | 73 | 81 | 81 | 76 | 66 | 53 | 45 |
| Precip in | 5.6 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Balch PWR House, 20 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: May–Sep — fullest in Aug, leanest in Dec.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 23.1 | 18.4 | 22.5 | 36.7 | 43.5 | 44.2 | 59.1 | 93.8 | 66.8 | 25.1 | 20.3 | 17.2 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Helms C BL Courtright Dam CA, 8 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Purple Mountain-heath3 obs
- dwarf paintbrush3 obs
- mountain coyote mint3 obs
- Rockfringe Willowherb3 obs
- Whitebark Pine3 obs
- mountain hemlock3 obs
- Shasta knotweed3 obs
- silky raillardella3 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/909804376
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