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Dead Mole Spring

Dead Mole Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Dead Mole Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 799 m. Observation Peak stands 2,237 m to the northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Bed Spring, a spring less than a tenth of a mile away.

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Coordinates41.86171, -123.04280
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs: 20
Parks: 12
  • Happy Camp River Park: 17.5 mi
  • City Park: 20.4 mi
  • Tunnel Ridge Recreation Site: 21.5 mi
  • Little Applegate Recreation Site: 21.6 mi
  • Discovery Park: 22.2 mi
Attractions: 10
  • Cook and Green Trailhead: 10.8 mi
  • Sugar pine river access: 11.4 mi
  • Stein butte trailhead: 11.8 mi
  • Bigfoot Trap: 14.3 mi
  • Sanctuary One: 15.6 mi
Artworks: 5
Historic sites: 4
Museums: 4
Waterfalls: 3
  • Horsetail Falls: 6.5 mi
  • Ponytail Falls: 6.6 mi
  • Maple Falls: 16.4 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Cliffs: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Nature reserves: 2
Beaches: 1
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.8 miles of Dead Mole Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Observation PeakNE 37°2,237 m13.4 mi
Condrey MountainNNE 32°2,164 m6.2 mi
Tom Martin PeakSSW 192°2,140 m8.6 mi
Scraggy MountainNNE 17°2,117 m7.1 mi
Lake MountainSSW 211°2,096 m9.1 mi
Dry Lake MountainENE 59°2,063 m6.1 mi
Red ButteWNW 303°2,054 m8.7 mi
Kangaroo MountainWNW 297°2,040 m9.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:4819:25
June solstice05:3820:0920:51
September equinox07:0018:3419:11
December solstice07:3716:0016:45

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374045505966747366544336
Precip in3.32.21.81.31.30.70.50.30.41.12.23.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Yreka, 23 mi away.

Streamflow

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs5,1925,5895,9735,6524,8773,0791,5691,3371,5121,9262,6624,074

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Klamath R NR Seiad Valley CA, 10 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Wildlife nearby
  • Coho Salmon4 obs
  • baker's cypress3 obs
  • Pacific Banana Slug2 obs
  • California Lady's Slipper2 obs
  • Tolmie's pussy ears2 obs
  • Pacific Bleeding Heart2 obs
  • Golden Stone2 obs
  • California Quail1 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/6474720023

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