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Fox Spring

Fox Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Fox Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 707 m. Santiago Peak stands 1,734 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Quail Spring, a spring 1.0 miles away.

How to reach it

Coordinates33.56660, -117.47046

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Cypress Point Park: 6.7 mi
  • Boulder Pond & Playground: 7.2 mi
  • The Campout: 7.4 mi
  • Dove Canyon Community Park: 7.5 mi
  • Esencia Green: 7.6 mi
Attractions
  • Trabuco Fliers Club: 8.9 mi
  • Historic Downtown Lake Elsinore: 10.8 mi
  • Skydive Elsinore: 11.0 mi
  • Firebase Airsoft Field: 11.7 mi
  • Babylon Paintball Field: 11.8 mi
Artworks: 58
  • Peace Obelisk: 10.7 mi
  • Bird Houses: 10.7 mi
  • Made In OC: 11.9 mi
  • The Pacific Promise: 15.0 mi
  • Marie Curie: 15.2 mi
Gardens: 42
Springs: 32
Museums: 24
Nature reserves: 17
Beaches: 17
  • North Beach: 13.2 mi
  • El Portal: 13.3 mi
  • The Pier Beach: 13.3 mi
  • T Street Beach: 13.4 mi
  • Poche Beach: 13.5 mi
Picnic sites: 12
  • Old Corral Picnic Area: 5.4 mi
  • Group Picnic #1: 9.6 mi
  • Vista Point: 10.4 mi
  • Goat Shed Point: 12.9 mi
  • Employee Break Area: 18.4 mi
Waterfalls: 9
Ghost towns: 5
Rest areas: 4
Cliffs: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Three Arches: 16.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.0 miles of Fox Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Santiago PeakNNW 340°1,734 m10.6 mi
Modjeska PeakNNW 338°1,675 m11.4 mi
ClarkSE 144°1,527 m13.0 mi
Trabuco PeakN 358°1,401 m9.4 mi
Los Pinos PeakN 359°1,373 m6.8 mi
Horsethief PeakN 5°1,315 m8.3 mi
Pleasants PeakNNW 334°1,211 m17.7 mi
Bald PeakNNW 344°1,197 m13.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2919:02
June solstice05:4119:2720:04
September equinox06:3918:1518:48
December solstice06:5116:0816:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–Jun.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F545559636874808177696053
Precip in3.02.81.50.50.20.10.20.10.20.50.62.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Elsinore, 11 mi away.

  • Weed's Mariposa Lily11 obs
  • greenbark ceanothus6 obs
  • Eastwood's Manzanita5 obs
  • hoaryleaf ceanothus5 obs
  • sticky cinquefoil5 obs
  • Sticky Dudleya5 obs
  • California beeplant4 obs
  • Chaparral Currant4 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/3938814321

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