- Elevation, modelled
- 1,622 m
- Tallest summit within 15.0 miles
- Black Buttes2,447 m · 13.3 mi
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:33local time
- Coordinates
- 39.2135, -120.6373
Government Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled 1,622 m. Black Buttes stands 2,447 m to the north-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Texas Hill, a peak 1.6 miles away.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.0 miles of Government Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Buttes | NNE 19° | 2,447 m | 13.3 mi |
| Snow Mountain | ENE 78° | 2,436 m | 9.5 mi |
| Black Buttes | NNE 20° | 2,407 m | 13.8 mi |
| Red Mountain | NNE 32° | 2,388 m | 10.3 mi |
| Signal Peak | NNE 32° | 2,374 m | 10.2 mi |
| Old Man Mountain | NNE 30° | 2,362 m | 12.5 mi |
| Grouse Ridge | N 6° | 2,351 m | 12.0 mi |
| Palisade Peak | ENE 66° | 2,304 m | 14.1 mi |
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Texas Hill: 1.6 mi
- Helester Point: 3.0 mi
- Scott Hill: 3.3 mi
- Whisky Hill: 3.5 mi
- Quartz Mountain: 4.5 mi
Parks: 35
- Emigrant Gap Historical Marker: 6.3 mi
- Firepit: 6.4 mi
- Peoples Park: 13.8 mi
- Dog Beach: 14.8 mi
- Leroy E Botts Memorial Park: 16.3 mi
Cliffs: 31
- Sailor Point: 3.6 mi
- Red Point: 5.6 mi
- Excelsior: 8.6 mi
- Lovers Leap: 9.5 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 12.9 mi
Historic sites: 31
- Red Point Townsite: 5.7 mi
- Bullion: 7.8 mi
- Derby: 8.4 mi
- Forest Gift Shop: 8.5 mi
- CPRR Lookout: 9.9 mi
Nature reserves: 14
- Towle Conservation Easement: 8.8 mi
- Auburn State Recreation Area: 15.9 mi
- Woodpecker Wildlife Preserve / Geri Bergen Memorial Forest: 19.0 mi
- Black Wall: 19.0 mi
- Johnson Canyon: 19.8 mi
Picnic sites: 12
- Lodgepole: 6.5 mi
- Day Use Area: 7.3 mi
- Fuller Lake Day Use Site: 9.5 mi
- White Cloud Picnic Site: 13.3 mi
- French Meadows Day Use Site: 13.6 mi
Museums: 12
- Donner Summit Historical Society: 15.7 mi
- Foresthill Divide Museum: 16.4 mi
- The Western SkiSport Museum: 17.6 mi
- Heritage Museum: 18.7 mi
- Nevada County Narrow Guage Railroad Museum: 20.6 mi
Springs: 11
- Dawson Spring: 1.8 mi
- Health Springs: 12.6 mi
- Coyote Spring: 13.6 mi
- Dad Youngs Spring: 17.1 mi
- Derbec Spring: 17.9 mi
Attractions: 11
- Missouri Bar: 16.1 mi
- cave: 17.1 mi
- China Wall: 18.4 mi
- Illinois Bar: 19.4 mi
- Edwards Crossing: 20.2 mi
Rest areas: 5
- Alpha - Omega Rest Area: 9.4 mi
- Gold Run Eastbound Rest Area: 11.7 mi
- Gold Run Westbound Rest Area: 11.9 mi
- Donner Summit Rest Area: 18.2 mi
- Donner Lake Vista Point: 19.7 mi
Ghost towns: 4
- Deadwood: 9.6 mi
- Red Dog: 14.0 mi
- North Bloomfield: 17.6 mi
- Forest: 22.4 mi
Waterfalls: 4
- East Snow Mountain Falls: 10.4 mi
- Codfish Falls: 22.7 mi
- Weber Falls: 22.8 mi
- Hackmans Falls: 23.9 mi
Gardens: 4
- Dutch Flat Community Garden: 10.8 mi
- Nisenan Garden: 21.4 mi
- Prayer Garden: 22.0 mi
- Bourn Gardens: 22.0 mi
Beaches: 3
- Dog Beach: 14.5 mi
- China Cove Beach: 21.9 mi
- Hoyt Crossing Nude Beach: 24.5 mi
Artworks: 1
- "Snowshoe" Thompson: 17.6 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:39 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:53 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:26 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:01 | 16:44 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Day trips start here
- Placer County · 12 mi
- Colfax · 19 mi
- Olympic Valley · 22 mi
- Grass Valley · 23 mi
- Truckee · 24 mi
- Homewood · 27 mi
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