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Cottonwood Spring

Cottonwood Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Cottonwood Spring is a spring in California, at a recorded elevation of 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.

The record

What the record says

Elevation: 224 m

Getting there

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Coordinates40.37349, -122.05222

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks

Reading Adobe Historical Marker: 7.9 mi
Meadow Park: 12.0 mi
Cottonwood Historic District: 12.1 mi
Anderson River Park: 13.1 mi
Volonte Park: 13.9 mi

Peaks37

Soap Butte: 2.5 mi
Little Inskip Hill: 5.0 mi
Inskip Hill: 6.1 mi
Black Butte: 6.4 mi
Jackass Butte: 7.1 mi

Springs29

Artworks25

Totem Pole: 11.9 mi
Nur Pon Salmon Run: 21.7 mi
Metal Horse: 22.2 mi
Reimagine A Brighter Tomorrow: 22.4 mi
Harmonious Love: 22.7 mi

Historic sites9

Anderson Veterans Memorial: 14.0 mi
Portal: 14.7 mi
Monolith: 14.8 mi
Fountain: 14.8 mi
California-Oregon Highway Historical Marker: 15.7 mi

Museums8

Kelly-Griggs House Museum: 16.8 mi
Mill Building: 22.6 mi
Turtle Bay Museum: 22.7 mi
Shasta Historical Society: 23.0 mi
Old City Hall Art Gallery: 23.1 mi

Nature reserves6

Dales Lake Ecological Reserve: 2.4 mi
Clover Creek Preserve: 18.7 mi
Gray Davis Dye Creek Preserve: 18.8 mi
Lema Ranch: 21.2 mi
Turtle Bay Bird Sanctuary: 22.5 mi

Gardens6

Discovery Garden: 17.1 mi
South African Garden: 23.0 mi
Australian Garden: 23.0 mi
Chilean Garden: 23.0 mi
Medicinal Garden: 23.1 mi

Waterfalls3

Bear Creek Falls: 12.3 mi
Deadhorse Falls: 19.2 mi
Clover Creek Falls: 19.6 mi

Rest areas3

Cliffs3

Bonnie Craigs: 14.5 mi
Mill Creek Rim: 23.1 mi
Palisade Cliff: 23.6 mi

Attractions2

Sundial Bridge: 22.8 mi
McConnell Botanical Gardens: 23.1 mi

On the horizon

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.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Red Rock Mountain	ENE 76°	2,299 m	24.5 mi
Rocky Peak	E 81°	2,172 m	24.3 mi
Turner Mountain	ESE 103°	2,083 m	23.6 mi
Latour Butte	NE 48°	2,043 m	24.2 mi
Lyons Peak	ESE 103°	2,022 m	22.3 mi
Grays Peak	E 85°	1,930 m	21.8 mi
Hampton Butte	E 91°	1,904 m	21.7 mi
Lookout Mountain	NE 40°	1,622 m	24.1 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:12	18:45	19:21
June solstice	05:39	20:01	20:42
September equinox	06:57	18:31	19:07
December solstice	07:29	16:02	16:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	48	51	54	59	68	77	83	81	75	65	53	47
Precip in	6.0	5.5	4.6	2.4	1.8	0.7	0.1	0.1	0.4	1.9	3.5	6.3

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

Streamflow

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean cfs	696	718	714	638	604	469	321	258	250	280	369	555

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.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/2295368834

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