Fern Springs
Fern Springs is a spring in California, at a recorded elevation of 1,472 m. Lassen Peak stands 3,187 m to the north-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Edge Cabin Spring, a spring 1.9 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1472 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Ice Cave Mountain: 2.4 mi
- North Stover Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Wild Cattle Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Small Butte: 4.9 mi
- Stover Mountain: 5.8 mi
- Edge Cabin Spring: 1.9 mi
- Lost Creek Spring: 2.0 mi
- Domingo Spring: 5.0 mi
- Morgan Hot Spring: 7.7 mi
- Growler Hot Spring: 7.8 mi
- Devils Kitchen: 9.4 mi
- Bumpass Hell: 11.5 mi
- Sulphur Works: 11.8 mi
- Devastated Area: 14.8 mi
- Bunnel Point: 15.5 mi
- Deer Creek Falls: 9.0 mi
- Bluff Falls: 9.8 mi
- Kings Creek Falls: 10.7 mi
- Mill Creek Falls: 10.7 mi
- Lower Deer Creek Falls: 13.1 mi
- Warner Valley Rim: 7.8 mi
- Mud Creek Rim: 10.6 mi
- Crystal Cliffs: 12.5 mi
- Crescent Cliff: 14.0 mi
- Mill Creek Rim: 15.2 mi
- Terminal Geyser: 8.1 mi
- Drakesbad Hot Springs: 9.4 mi
- Pyrite Pool: 11.4 mi
- Big Boiler: 11.5 mi
- Turquoise Pool: 11.5 mi
- Elam Picnic Area: 4.6 mi
- Kings Creek Picnic Area: 11.1 mi
- East Shore Picnic Area: 19.4 mi
- Philbrook Picnic Area: 19.5 mi
- Chester Park: 9.5 mi
- Dig It Meadow: 9.5 mi
- Swain Mountain Experimental Forest: 18.3 mi
- Clear Creek Park: 19.0 mi
- Fort Maxwell: 7.9 mi
- Mount Harkness Lookout: 10.3 mi
- Vehicle: 19.6 mi
- Catfish Beach: 12.3 mi
- Westwood Beach: 17.6 mi
- Lassen Volcanic National Park: 13.2 mi
- Deer Creek Preserve: 13.3 mi
- Chester-Lake Almanor Museum: 9.6 mi
- Lake Almanor Rest Area: 13.1 mi
- Caribou: 20.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.5 miles of Fern Springs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lassen Peak | NNW 338° | 3,187 m | 13.5 mi |
| Brokeoff Mountain | NW 321° | 2,814 m | 12.4 mi |
| Eagle Peak | NNW 334° | 2,811 m | 13.1 mi |
| Mount Diller | NNW 327° | 2,750 m | 13.0 mi |
| Ski Heil Peak | NNW 333° | 2,721 m | 12.9 mi |
| Mount Helen | NNW 337° | 2,694 m | 12.3 mi |
| Pilot Pinnacle | NNW 330° | 2,672 m | 12.9 mi |
| Bumpass Mountain | NNW 336° | 2,664 m | 11.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:42 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:59 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:29 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 16:00 | 16:43 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 34 | 38 | 44 | 52 | 60 | 67 | 66 | 60 | 50 | 39 | 32 |
| Precip in | 6.2 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 3.3 | 6.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chester, 9 mi away.
- woodland pinedrops7 obs
- Grappletail7 obs
- American Black Bear5 obs
- pipsissewa5 obs
- Sacramento Waxydogbane5 obs
- Snowplant4 obs
- California Tortoiseshell4 obs
- Pacific Bleeding Heart4 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/2295368847
Day trips start here
- Lassen Volcanic National Park · 13 mi
- Shingletown · 27 mi
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