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Growler Hot Spring

Growler Hot Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Growler Hot Spring is a spring in California, at a recorded elevation of 1,557 m. Lassen Peak stands 3,187 m to the north, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Morgan Hot Spring, a spring 0.7 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
1557 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.39294, -121.50655

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Morgan Mountain: 1.8 mi
  • Christie Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Mount Conard: 2.5 mi
  • Doe Mountain: 3.0 mi
  • Wild Cattle Mountain: 3.3 mi
Springs: 42
Cliffs: 9
Attractions: 7
  • Sulphur Works: 4.2 mi
  • Bumpass Hell: 4.5 mi
  • Devils Kitchen: 5.1 mi
  • Devastated Area: 8.8 mi
  • Hot Rock: 9.8 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Bluff Falls: 2.0 mi
  • Mill Creek Falls: 3.3 mi
  • Kings Creek Falls: 5.7 mi
  • Deadhorse Falls: 12.5 mi
  • Deer Creek Falls: 13.2 mi
Hot springs: 5
Picnic sites: 4
  • Kings Creek Picnic Area: 4.9 mi
  • Elam Picnic Area: 10.5 mi
  • Hat Creek Campground Picnic Area: 19.3 mi
  • Old Station Day Use Area: 19.7 mi
Parks: 4
  • Chester Park: 15.6 mi
  • Dig It Meadow: 15.9 mi
  • Meadow Park: 21.1 mi
  • Swain Mountain Experimental Forest: 21.2 mi
Nature reserves: 2
Historic sites: 2
  • Fort Maxwell: 10.7 mi
  • Mount Harkness Lookout: 11.1 mi
Beaches: 2
Rest areas: 2
Museums: 1
  • Chester-Lake Almanor Museum: 15.8 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Totem Pole: 21.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.7 miles of Growler Hot Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lassen PeakN 1°3,187 m6.6 mi
Brokeoff MountainNW 323°2,814 m4.6 mi
Eagle PeakN 353°2,811 m5.9 mi
Mount DillerNNW 338°2,750 m5.3 mi
Ski Heil PeakN 351°2,721 m5.6 mi
Mount HelenN 2°2,694 m5.4 mi
Pilot PinnacleNNW 345°2,672 m5.4 mi
Bumpass MountainN 5°2,664 m4.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4219:18
June solstice05:3719:5920:40
September equinox06:5418:2919:05
December solstice07:2616:0016:43

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333538424957636257483933
Precip in8.38.37.64.12.81.10.20.20.52.75.29.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mineral, 6 mi away.

  • California stickseed9 obs
  • Pacific Bleeding Heart8 obs
  • western columbine7 obs
  • Clodius Parnassian7 obs
  • Lilac-bordered Copper7 obs
  • Zerene Fritillary7 obs
  • Hydaspe Fritillary7 obs
  • Snowplant6 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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/2295368860

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