Ham Spring
Ham Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 2,166 m. Round Top stands 3,164 m to the northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Peddler Hill, a peak 3.9 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 10 miles off.
How to reach it
- 10.3 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Liberty Vista Point · 11 mi
- Hell's Kitchen Vista Point · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Peddler Hill: 3.9 mi
- Shovel Grave: 5.1 mi
- Alder Hill: 5.5 mi
- Plasse Peak: 5.6 mi
- Mokelumne Peak: 5.7 mi
- Singleton Springs: 6.0 mi
- Tragedy Spring: 6.3 mi
- Horse Thief Spring: 6.9 mi
- Jim Quinn Spring: 7.3 mi
- Buckskin Joe Spring: 7.3 mi
- Wester Park: 7.1 mi
- Salt Springs State Game Refuge: 7.9 mi
- Old Emigrant Trail Historical Marker: 13.3 mi
- Archery: 17.1 mi
- West Point State Historic Landmark: 20.9 mi
- Calaveras Dome: 5.1 mi
- Machado Postpile: 8.7 mi
- Bloods Point: 10.1 mi
- Sugar Bun: 16.1 mi
- Lovers Leap: 17.0 mi
- Shot Rock Vista Picnic Area: 4.6 mi
- Sandy Cove Picnic Area: 8.4 mi
- Marmot Day Use: 11.8 mi
- Chickaree Day Use: 12.3 mi
- Cleveland Corral: 19.7 mi
- Iron Mountain Ski Resort: 5.1 mi
- Snowshoe Thompson Historical Monument: 14.7 mi
- Kit Carson Historical Monument: 14.7 mi
- Elkus: 20.9 mi
- Glen Alpine Resort: 22.7 mi
- Linder Grove: 19.8 mi
- Calaveras Big Trees State Park: 20.6 mi
- Andrews Meadows: 20.7 mi
- Grover Hot Springs State Park: 21.4 mi
- Calaveras South Grove Natural Preserve: 21.6 mi
- Nature Center and Observatory: 16.8 mi
- Calaveras Big Trees State Park Visitor Center: 20.2 mi
- Sierra Nevada Logging Museum: 21.7 mi
- Alpine County Museum: 24.3 mi
- Leoni House: 17.2 mi
- Campfire Center: 20.2 mi
- Big Stump: 20.2 mi
- Black Chasm Cavern: 24.8 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 19.2 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls: 21.4 mi
- Modjeska Falls: 22.9 mi
- Bassi Falls: 24.2 mi
- Peep Sight: 19.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.8 miles of Ham Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round Top | NE 55° | 3,164 m | 12.9 mi |
| The Sisters | NE 54° | 3,094 m | 12.5 mi |
| Red Lake Peak | NE 47° | 3,067 m | 15.6 mi |
| Stevens Peak | NE 43° | 3,061 m | 16.8 mi |
| Thimble Peak | NE 45° | 2,988 m | 10.3 mi |
| Deadwood Peak | ENE 66° | 2,987 m | 12.1 mi |
| Melissa Coray Peak | NE 52° | 2,977 m | 10.7 mi |
| Little Round Top | NNE 32° | 2,924 m | 14.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:49 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 16:02 | 16:44 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 38 | 40 | 45 | 52 | 61 | 68 | 67 | 62 | 53 | 43 | 37 |
| Precip in | 10.6 | 9.8 | 8.5 | 4.6 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 2.9 | 5.2 | 9.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Calaveras BIG Trees, 20 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Mar–Jun — fullest in May, leanest in Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 38.8 | 44.5 | 67.9 | 147 | 242 | 141 | 20.1 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 4.9 | 19.7 | 37.6 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Cole C NR Salt Springs Dam CA, 3 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Snowplant5 obs
- American Robin4 obs
- Veiled Polypore4 obs
- Blushing Monkeyflower4 obs
- lodgepole pine3 obs
- California incense-cedar3 obs
- Sierra Gooseberry3 obs
- Corn Lily3 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/7516877937
Day trips start here
- Bliss State Park · 30 mi
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