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Deadwood Spring

Deadwood Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Deadwood Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,564 m. Burst Rock stands 2,781 m to the northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Marble Mountain, a peak 0.9 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 20 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates38.02489, -120.11219

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 40
Springs: 31
Museums: 13
Attractions: 10
Historic sites: 9
  • Miner’s Camp: 12.5 mi
  • Strawberry: 13.0 mi
  • Springfield Armory/School/Store: 16.4 mi
  • Grumman TS-2A Tracker: 16.5 mi
  • Mark Twain Bret Harte Trail - Chinese Camp: 20.4 mi
Waterfalls: 7
Picnic sites: 7
  • Remote Camp: 12.3 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 15.0 mi
  • Moccasin Point: 18.3 mi
  • Oak Leaf: 18.6 mi
  • Carlon Day Use Area: 20.0 mi
Beaches: 6
  • Dunn Court Beach: 12.8 mi
  • Lake Lodge Beach: 12.8 mi
  • Pine Mountain Lake Marina Beach: 13.0 mi
  • Beach 2: 13.3 mi
  • Beach 1: 13.3 mi
Nature reserves: 4
Ghost towns: 4
Cliffs: 3
Rest areas: 1
  • Scoutmaster Grotto: 9.4 mi
Gardens: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridge: 20.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.2 miles of Deadwood Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Burst RockNE 46°2,781 m17.8 mi
Pinecrest PeakNE 36°2,574 m17.1 mi
Gillett MountainENE 70°2,548 m18.4 mi
Bartlett PeakENE 75°2,531 m19.0 mi
Mercur PeakENE 73°2,468 m16.8 mi
Bell MountainNE 50°2,425 m13.4 mi
Bull Run RockNNE 30°2,393 m18.4 mi
Bourland MountainENE 59°2,346 m11.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3819:13
June solstice05:3919:4820:27
September equinox06:4918:2418:59
December solstice07:1416:0416:45

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404144495766747367574740
Precip in9.68.37.43.92.60.80.30.10.42.74.68.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cherry Valley DAM, 11 mi away.

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs41.551.164.310436531362.94.03.03.69.722.4

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge SF Stanislaus R NR Long Barn CA, 6 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

  • Orange Sulphur4 obs
  • Hydaspe Fritillary4 obs
  • woodland strawberry3 obs
  • Sierra Gooseberry3 obs
  • Mylitta Crescent3 obs
  • western columbine2 obs
  • bush chinquapin2 obs
  • American bistort2 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/9767543133

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