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Cottage Spring

Cottage Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Cottage Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,717 m. Castle Rock stands 2,936 m to the east-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Black Spring, a spring 2.3 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway runs past it.

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Coordinates38.34606, -120.21407

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 44
Springs: 39
Attractions: 9
Picnic sites: 6
  • Oak Leaf: 6.5 mi
  • Marmot Day Use: 14.4 mi
  • Chickaree Day Use: 15.3 mi
  • Shot Rock Vista Picnic Area: 19.3 mi
  • Cottonwood Picnic Area: 21.2 mi
Museums: 6
Historic sites: 6
Cliffs: 4
Beaches: 3
  • Pinecrest Dog Beach: 16.0 mi
  • Beach 1: 16.0 mi
  • Beach 2: 16.2 mi
Nature reserves: 2
Natural arches: 2
  • Peep Sight: 21.9 mi
  • Natural Bridge: 24.7 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Scoutmaster Grotto: 16.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.6 miles of Cottage Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Castle RockESE 108°2,936 m21.5 mi
Cooper PeakESE 111°2,913 m20.7 mi
Dardanelles ConeENE 78°2,905 m19.0 mi
Bull Run PeakENE 63°2,893 m19.6 mi
Eagle PeakESE 104°2,856 m20.4 mi
Henry PeakENE 62°2,843 m20.5 mi
Mokelumne PeakNNE 26°2,837 m14.8 mi
Burst RockESE 118°2,781 m20.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3819:13
June solstice05:3819:4920:29
September equinox06:4918:2518:59
December solstice07:1516:0316:44

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F383840455261686762534337
Precip in10.69.88.54.62.80.90.10.10.42.95.29.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Calaveras BIG Trees, 7 mi away.

Streamflow

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Mar–Jun — fullest in May, leanest in Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs2893665289221,285730219139128122156252

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge NF Stanislaus R NR Avery CA, 8 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mountain Misery16 obs
  • Harlequin Lupine13 obs
  • rainbow iris11 obs
  • scarlet monkeyflower11 obs
  • California incense-cedar9 obs
  • California black oak8 obs
  • canyon live oak7 obs
  • Torrey's monkeyflower7 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/7450574928

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