Fern Spring
Fern Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 565 m. Condrey Mountain stands 2,164 m to the east-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Lower Devils Peak, a peak 1.9 miles away.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Lower Devils Peak: 1.9 mi
- Middle Devils Peak: 2.5 mi
- Evans Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Upper Devils Peak: 3.1 mi
- China Peak: 3.4 mi
- Quail Spring: 2.3 mi
- Jackass Spring: 3.2 mi
- Alder Spring: 3.9 mi
- Kangaroo Spring: 4.7 mi
- Maple Spring: 6.8 mi
- Cook and Green Trailhead: 9.3 mi
- Fir glade trailhead: 11.6 mi
- Stein butte trailhead: 11.7 mi
- Sugar pine river access: 13.2 mi
- Bigfoot Trap: 14.9 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 6.9 mi
- Ponytail Falls: 7.1 mi
- Maple Falls: 14.0 mi
- Loretta Falls: 19.5 mi
- Wilderness Falls: 21.8 mi
- Cabin: 8.8 mi
- Scotts Bar Monument: 12.8 mi
- Oro Fino Historic Plaque: 23.8 mi
- Limestone Bluffs: 5.5 mi
- Ferry Point: 16.5 mi
- The People's Center: 9.5 mi
- Oregon Caves Visitor Center: 20.0 mi
- Happy Camp River Park: 9.0 mi
- Seattle Bar Day Use Area: 11.7 mi
- Copper: 12.8 mi
- Jones Beach: 16.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.2 miles of Fern Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condrey Mountain | ENE 63° | 2,164 m | 13.4 mi |
| Big Ridge | S 185° | 2,141 m | 13.0 mi |
| Tom Martin Peak | SE 137° | 2,140 m | 10.2 mi |
| Scraggy Mountain | NE 54° | 2,117 m | 13.3 mi |
| Buckhorn Mountain | S 189° | 2,103 m | 12.3 mi |
| Lake Mountain | SSE 150° | 2,096 m | 8.0 mi |
| Dry Lake Mountain | ENE 73° | 2,063 m | 14.5 mi |
| Red Butte | NNE 14° | 2,054 m | 5.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:49 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 20:10 | 20:52 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:35 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:01 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 43 | 47 | 51 | 59 | 65 | 72 | 71 | 65 | 55 | 45 | 39 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 2.3 | 3.9 | 5.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ruch, 27 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Mar, leanest in Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 5,192 | 5,589 | 5,973 | 5,652 | 4,877 | 3,079 | 1,569 | 1,337 | 1,512 | 1,926 | 2,662 | 4,074 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Klamath R NR Seiad Valley CA, 1 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Western Forest Scorpion6 obs
- Western Toad6 obs
- Common Madia5 obs
- Wild Turkey4 obs
- giant chain fern4 obs
- Pine Violet4 obs
- Pacific chorus frog3 obs
- California black oak3 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/1007674459
Day trips start here
- Klamath River · 20 mi
- Oregon Caves National Monument · 20 mi
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