Government Spring
Government Spring is a spring in California, at a recorded elevation of 1,243 m. Mount Linn stands 2,464 m to the northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Round Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1243 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Round Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Eagle Peak: 2.4 mi
- All Top: 2.6 mi
- Gunsight: 3.4 mi
- Bear Den: 3.7 mi
- Rocky Cabin Spring: 4.1 mi
- Pony Spring: 4.2 mi
- Cold Spring: 4.3 mi
- Sulphur Springs: 4.9 mi
- Uhl Spring: 5.6 mi
- Burris Creek Recreation Area: 16.5 mi
- Buckhorn Recreation Area: 18.2 mi
- Grizzly Flat Recreation Area: 18.8 mi
- Eagle Pass Recreation Area: 19.5 mi
- Observation Point Recreation Area: 19.6 mi
- Eagle Rock: 1.2 mi
- Stony Point: 3.5 mi
- Rattlesnake Firefighter Memorial: 17.0 mi
- Indian Dick Forest Service Station: 21.4 mi
- Plaskett Meadows Picnic Area: 15.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.4 miles of Government Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Linn | NW 313° | 2,464 m | 12.4 mi |
| South Yolla Bolly | NW 312° | 2,420 m | 12.9 mi |
| Solomon Peak | WNW 297° | 2,306 m | 16.3 mi |
| Hammerhorn Mountain | WNW 293° | 2,299 m | 15.4 mi |
| Black Butte | SW 218° | 2,252 m | 16.3 mi |
| Twin Peaks | NW 308° | 2,247 m | 11.4 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | WNW 303° | 2,246 m | 17.0 mi |
| Harvey Peak | NW 308° | 2,221 m | 14.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:47 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 20:03 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:34 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:07 | 16:50 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 45 | 48 | 51 | 56 | 64 | 72 | 78 | 77 | 72 | 62 | 51 | 44 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 4.0 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stony Gorge Rsvr, 24 mi away.
- California black oak6 obs
- Azure Penstemon4 obs
- Layne's monkeyflower4 obs
- Pacific hound's tongue4 obs
- flatbud prickly poppy3 obs
- flame ragwort3 obs
- turpentine weed3 obs
- scytheleaf onion2 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/2295368851
Day trips start here
- Corning · 27 mi
- Glenn County · 27 mi
- Tehama County · 28 mi
- Red Bluff · 30 mi
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