Dripping Springs
Dripping Springs is a spring in California, at a recorded elevation of 393 m. Santiago Peak stands 1,734 m to the east, 8.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Irvine Mesa, a peak 1.8 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 393 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Irvine Mesa: 1.8 mi
- Bolero Point: 2.3 mi
- Flores Peak: 3.7 mi
- Vulture Crags: 5.3 mi
- Hagador Peak: 5.5 mi
- Round Canyon Park: 2.7 mi
- Portola Springs Park: 2.8 mi
- Ridgetop Park: 2.8 mi
- Monarch Park at Portola Springs: 2.9 mi
- Orchard Trail Park: 2.9 mi
- San Pantaleon or "Springs of Father Gomez": 3.1 mi
- Portola Overlook: 3.4 mi
- Portola Overlook: 3.4 mi
- Hangmans Tree: 3.7 mi
- Northwood Gratitude and Honor Memorial: 5.3 mi
- Great Park Carousel: 5.4 mi
- Great Park Balloon: 5.5 mi
- Old Towne Irvine: 6.0 mi
- Giant Wheel at Irvine Spectrum Center: 6.8 mi
- Trabuco Fliers Club: 8.0 mi
- Native Plant Garden: 6.5 mi
- Native Plant Garden: 6.5 mi
- Native Plant Garden: 6.5 mi
- Bamboo Garden: 6.5 mi
- One Seed Community Garden: 8.3 mi
- Lorenzo A. Ramirez: 6.5 mi
- Sally Ride: 6.5 mi
- César Chávez: 6.5 mi
- Santiago Canyon College Foundation: 6.5 mi
- Dolores Huerta: 6.5 mi
- Pretend City Children's Museum: 7.2 mi
- Tustin Historical Society: 8.2 mi
- Corona Model Railroad Society: 9.7 mi
- Corona Heritage Museum: 9.7 mi
- Museum Barn Exhibit: 9.8 mi
- Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park: 3.7 mi
- Peters Canyon Regional Park: 5.5 mi
- Oak Canyon Nature Center: 8.4 mi
- Coal Canyon Ecological Preserve: 8.6 mi
- Cerro Villa Park: 8.9 mi
- Mustang Spring: 2.9 mi
- Tomato Spring: 3.0 mi
- Shrewsburg Spring: 4.9 mi
- Laurel Spring: 5.9 mi
- Horsetrough Spring: 6.1 mi
- North Star Beach: 14.4 mi
- Newport Dunes: 14.7 mi
- China Cove Beach: 14.8 mi
- Arch Beach: 15.4 mi
- Edgewater: 15.6 mi
- Goat Shed Point: 4.2 mi
- Coyote Corner Group Area: 5.6 mi
- Deer Den Group Area: 5.8 mi
- Squirrel Square Group Area: 5.9 mi
- Falcon Flats Group Area: 6.3 mi
- Black Star Canyon Falls: 4.7 mi
- Harding Canyon Falls: 5.5 mi
- Historic Dam: 7.9 mi
- Holly Jim Falls: 9.8 mi
- Bear Claw Fall: 14.7 mi
- Norco Bluffs: 15.1 mi
- Norco Bluffs: 15.6 mi
- Norco Bluffs: 16.1 mi
- Norco Bluffs: 17.2 mi
- Coyote Bluff: 18.7 mi
- Rancho Temescal: 11.2 mi
- Terra Cotta: 17.7 mi
- Willard: 18.0 mi
- Rayzilla Viewpoint: 20.9 mi
- Rayzilla Rest Area: 20.9 mi
- Three Arches: 17.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.0 miles of Dripping Springs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santiago Peak | E 101° | 1,734 m | 8.6 mi |
| Modjeska Peak | E 97° | 1,675 m | 7.9 mi |
| Trabuco Peak | E 100° | 1,401 m | 12.0 mi |
| Los Pinos Peak | ESE 111° | 1,373 m | 12.9 mi |
| Horsethief Peak | ESE 104° | 1,315 m | 13.2 mi |
| Pleasants Peak | NE 44° | 1,211 m | 6.1 mi |
| Bald Peak | E 80° | 1,197 m | 8.5 mi |
| Bedford Peak | ENE 69° | 1,161 m | 6.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:30 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:28 | 20:05 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:16 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 06:52 | 16:09 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 59 | 59 | 61 | 64 | 67 | 71 | 75 | 76 | 75 | 71 | 64 | 58 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 3.5 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Irvine RCH, 3 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Jan–Mar — fullest in Feb, leanest in Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 14.6 | 28.3 | 18.5 | 5.8 | 2.9 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 5.3 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Santiago C A Modjeska CA, 3 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Acmon Blue135 obs
- Splendid Mariposa Lily102 obs
- California Buckwheat98 obs
- chaparral yucca98 obs
- California Aster96 obs
- southern coastal bushmallow87 obs
- white sage84 obs
- western blue-eyed grass80 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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/3965278856
Day trips start here
- Inland Cities · 5 mi
- Lake Forest · 6 mi
- Irvine · 7 mi
- Orange County · 7 mi
- Tustin · 7 mi
- Beach Cities · 9 mi
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