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Dobe Spring

Dobe Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Dobe Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 495 m. Santiago Peak stands 1,734 m to the north-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is White Oak Springs, a spring 2.0 miles away.

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Coordinates33.51788, -117.47270
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Historic sites
  • Reikers Point: 10.7 mi
  • Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens: 10.8 mi
  • Park Semper Fi: 10.8 mi
  • The Great Stone Church: 11.0 mi
  • San Juan Capistrano Veterans Memorial: 11.0 mi
Attractions
Artworks: 39
  • Bird Houses: 9.8 mi
  • Made In OC: 10.9 mi
  • Peace Obelisk: 11.9 mi
  • Marie Curie: 15.3 mi
  • Gandhi: 15.3 mi
Museums: 37
Springs: 32
Gardens: 30
Beaches: 18
  • The Pier Beach: 10.9 mi
  • T Street Beach: 10.9 mi
  • El Portal: 11.0 mi
  • North Beach: 11.0 mi
  • Playa Las Palmeras: 11.2 mi
Nature reserves: 15
Picnic sites: 11
  • Old Corral Picnic Area: 5.6 mi
  • Group Picnic #1: 11.8 mi
  • Vista Point: 12.8 mi
  • Goat Shed Point: 15.6 mi
  • Employee Break Area: 18.3 mi
Waterfalls: 8
  • Tenaja Falls: 5.0 mi
  • Lion Canyon Falls: 7.2 mi
  • Ortega Falls: 7.9 mi
  • Holly Jim Falls: 12.4 mi
  • Dana Point Seasonal Waterfall: 13.7 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Rest areas: 4
Cliffs: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Three Arches: 15.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.7 miles of Dobe Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Santiago PeakNNW 345°1,734 m13.8 mi
Modjeska PeakNNW 344°1,675 m14.5 mi
ClarkSE 133°1,527 m10.6 mi
Trabuco PeakN 359°1,401 m12.8 mi
Los Pinos PeakN 0°1,373 m10.2 mi
Horsethief PeakN 4°1,315 m11.7 mi
Pleasants PeakNNW 338°1,211 m20.7 mi
Bald PeakNNW 348°1,197 m16.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2919:02
June solstice05:4119:2720:04
September equinox06:3918:1518:48
December solstice06:5116:0816:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–Jun.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F545559636874808177696053
Precip in3.02.81.50.50.20.10.20.10.20.50.62.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Elsinore, 14 mi away.

Streamflow

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Jan–Mar — fullest in Feb, leanest in Jul.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs5.213.98.42.60.50.10.00.00.00.00.12.8

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Cristianitos C AB San Mateo C NR San Clemente CA, 9 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Wildlife nearby
  • Weed's Mariposa Lily12 obs
  • Gopher Snake4 obs
  • Pacific chorus frog3 obs
  • many-stemmed dudleya3 obs
  • Blainville's Horned Lizard3 obs
  • la purisima viguiera3 obs
  • Two-striped Garter Snake2 obs
  • lemonade berry2 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/3938814320

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