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Doty Spring

Doty Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Doty Spring is a spring in California, at a recorded elevation of 1,172 m. Lassen Peak stands 3,187 m to the northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Sheep Camp Spring, a spring 1.4 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
1172 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.25894, -121.72897

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Black Butte: 2.7 mi
  • Round Mountain: 3.0 mi
  • Lyons Peak: 5.6 mi
  • Turner Mountain: 6.6 mi
  • Barkley Mountain: 7.1 mi
Springs: 52
Waterfalls: 7
  • Deadhorse Falls: 2.7 mi
  • Lower Deer Creek Falls: 10.0 mi
  • Deer Creek Falls: 12.0 mi
  • Bluff Falls: 14.8 mi
  • Mill Creek Falls: 17.0 mi
Cliffs: 6
Attractions: 6
  • Sulphur Works: 16.6 mi
  • Bumpass Hell: 18.2 mi
  • Devils Kitchen: 20.0 mi
  • Seismograph: 21.1 mi
  • Devastated Area: 22.6 mi
Hot springs: 5
Historic sites: 4
  • Fort Maxwell: 24.1 mi
  • Portal: 24.5 mi
  • Monolith: 24.5 mi
  • Fountain: 24.6 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Parks: 2
  • Meadow Park: 18.1 mi
  • Parks of Study and Reflection - Red Bluff: 24.6 mi
Rest areas: 1
Artworks: 1
  • Totem Pole: 18.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.7 miles of Doty Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lassen PeakNE 37°3,187 m19.7 mi
Brokeoff MountainNE 35°2,814 m15.7 mi
Eagle PeakNE 36°2,811 m18.7 mi
Mount DillerNE 34°2,750 m17.2 mi
Ski Heil PeakNE 36°2,721 m18.4 mi
Mount HelenNE 39°2,694 m18.8 mi
Pilot PinnacleNE 35°2,672 m17.8 mi
Bumpass MountainNE 41°2,664 m18.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4319:19
June solstice05:3820:0020:41
September equinox06:5518:3019:06
December solstice07:2716:0116:45

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333538424957636257483933
Precip in8.38.37.64.12.81.10.20.20.52.75.29.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mineral, 9 mi away.

  • Whiteleaf Manzanita2 obs
  • Umbrella Plant2 obs
  • Black-headed Grosbeak1 obs
  • Pacific chorus frog1 obs
  • Douglas's Squirrel1 obs
  • Questionable Stropharia1 obs
  • Pale Swallowtail1 obs
  • musk stork's-bill1 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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/2295368837

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