Hayfork Spring
Hayfork Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,514 m. Thompson Peak stands 2,726 m to the north-northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Red Hill, a peak 4.2 miles away.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Red Hill: 4.2 mi
- Barker Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Hayfork Bally: 6.0 mi
- Little Bally: 6.2 mi
- Thompson Peak: 7.8 mi
- Big Bar Picnic Area: 6.5 mi
- Whites Bar Picnic Area: 8.4 mi
- Natural Bridge Picnic Area: 15.4 mi
- Cedar Flat Picnic Area: 16.9 mi
- Stoney Creek Picnic Area: 17.4 mi
- Fir Root Spring: 14.2 mi
- Cold Spring: 19.4 mi
- Marble Springs: 19.9 mi
- Blake Spring: 23.5 mi
- China Spring: 23.7 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 16.1 mi
- Middle Canyon Creek Falls: 17.5 mi
- Upper Canyon Creek Falls: 17.9 mi
- Burnt Ranch Falls: 19.7 mi
- Gray Falls: 20.8 mi
- Lee Fong Park Disc Golf Course: 10.0 mi
- Lowden Park: 10.5 mi
- Hayfork Park: 11.6 mi
- Lewiston Community Park: 16.9 mi
- Coggins Park: 23.9 mi
- Canon City: 9.1 mi
- Dedrick: 11.4 mi
- Minersville: 20.5 mi
- Deadwood: 20.9 mi
- Weaverville Joss House State Historic Park: 10.1 mi
- Eagle Rock Lookout: 10.4 mi
- Russell Cabin: 16.7 mi
- Moon Lim Lee Rest Area: 10.4 mi
- National Recreation Area, Picnic Area - Tanbark: 16.9 mi
- Francis B. Mathews Rest Area: 24.7 mi
- Jake Jackson Memorial Museum: 10.1 mi
- Ironsides Museum: 22.9 mi
- Upper Garden: 14.3 mi
- lower garden: 14.4 mi
- Hayfork Reservoir: 10.6 mi
- Massacre Natural Bridge: 15.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.6 miles of Hayfork Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thompson Peak | NNE 12° | 2,726 m | 20.2 mi |
| Caesar Peak | NNE 14° | 2,714 m | 20.6 mi |
| Mount Hilton | NNE 14° | 2,694 m | 17.2 mi |
| Sawtooth Mountain | NNE 21° | 2,662 m | 19.1 mi |
| Wedding Cake | NNE 13° | 2,605 m | 19.7 mi |
| Siligo Peak | NE 37° | 2,482 m | 20.0 mi |
| Middle Peak | NE 43° | 2,454 m | 19.2 mi |
| Little Granite Peak | NNE 25° | 2,443 m | 16.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:49 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 20:07 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:35 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:05 | 16:49 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 45 | 50 | 54 | 61 | 67 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 58 | 47 | 41 |
| Precip in | 6.4 | 5.4 | 4.6 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 4.2 | 7.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — BIG BAR 4 E, 4 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Jan–Jun — fullest in May, leanest in Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 1,455 | 1,608 | 1,523 | 2,273 | 3,818 | 1,972 | 916 | 634 | 655 | 473 | 497 | 971 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Trinity R AB NF Trinity R NR Helena CA, 4 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Foothill Yellow-legged Frog2 obs
- Leopard Lily2 obs
- Hartweg's wild ginger2 obs
- Bald Eagle1 obs
- Gopher Snake1 obs
- Pacific madrone1 obs
- Red-flowering Currant1 obs
- Brown-eyed Wolf Lichen1 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/10092257527
Day trips start here
- French Gulch · 26 mi
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