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Edge Cabin Spring

Edge Cabin Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Edge Cabin Spring is a spring in California, at a recorded elevation of 1,584 m. Lassen Peak stands 3,187 m to the north-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Lost Creek Spring, a spring 0.7 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
1584 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.31640, -121.37703

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs: 40
Attractions: 7
Picnic sites: 6
Waterfalls: 6
  • Kings Creek Falls: 10.5 mi
  • Bluff Falls: 10.6 mi
  • Deer Creek Falls: 10.7 mi
  • Mill Creek Falls: 11.2 mi
  • Lower Deer Creek Falls: 14.8 mi
Cliffs: 5
Hot springs: 5
Parks: 4
  • Chester Park: 7.7 mi
  • Dig It Meadow: 7.9 mi
  • Swain Mountain Experimental Forest: 16.4 mi
  • Clear Creek Park: 17.3 mi
Historic sites: 3
  • Fort Maxwell: 6.2 mi
  • Mount Harkness Lookout: 8.9 mi
  • Vehicle: 18.5 mi
Beaches: 2
Rest areas: 2
Nature reserves: 2
Museums: 1
  • Chester-Lake Almanor Museum: 7.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.9 miles of Edge Cabin Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lassen PeakNNW 330°3,187 m13.6 mi
Brokeoff MountainNW 313°2,814 m13.1 mi
Eagle PeakNW 326°2,811 m13.4 mi
Mount DillerNW 319°2,750 m13.5 mi
Ski Heil PeakNW 325°2,721 m13.3 mi
Mount HelenNNW 328°2,694 m12.5 mi
Pilot PinnacleNW 322°2,672 m13.3 mi
Bumpass MountainNNW 327°2,664 m11.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4219:18
June solstice05:3719:5920:40
September equinox06:5418:2819:04
December solstice07:2616:0016:43

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323438445260676660503932
Precip in6.25.15.52.51.90.80.40.20.31.73.36.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chester, 7 mi away.

  • American Black Bear5 obs
  • Pacific chorus frog3 obs
  • spreading dogbane2 obs
  • woodland pinedrops2 obs
  • California incense-cedar2 obs
  • Rose Spirea2 obs
  • sugar pine2 obs
  • Mahala mat2 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/2295368840

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