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Cottonwood Spring

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Elevation
224 m
Tallest summit within 25 miles
Red Rock Mountain2,299 m · 24.5 mi
Sunset, June solstice
20:42local time
Coordinates
40.3735, -122.0522
Cottonwood Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Cottonwood Spring is a spring in California, at a recorded 224 m. Red Rock Mountain stands 2,299 m to the east-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Ross Gates Spring, a spring 1.3 miles away. 37 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Elevation
224 m

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cottonwood Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Red Rock MountainENE 76°2,299 m24.5 mi
Rocky PeakE 81°2,172 m24.3 mi
Turner MountainESE 103°2,083 m23.6 mi
Latour ButteNE 48°2,043 m24.2 mi
Lyons PeakESE 103°2,022 m22.3 mi
Grays PeakE 85°1,930 m21.8 mi
Hampton ButteE 91°1,904 m21.7 mi
Lookout MountainNE 40°1,622 m24.1 mi

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 37
Springs: 29
Artworks: 25
Historic sites: 9
Waterfalls: 3
Cliffs: 3
Attractions: 2
DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:21
June solstice05:3920:0120:42
September equinox06:5718:3119:07
December solstice07:2916:0216:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Months averaging 5080 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485154596877838175655347
Precip in6.05.54.62.41.80.70.10.10.41.93.56.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Redding AP, 16 mi away.

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs696718714638604469321258250280369555

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Battle C BL Coleman Fish Hatchery NR Cottonwood CA, 5 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

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