- Elevation, modelled
- 1,494 m
- Tallest summit within 12.1 miles
- Castle Peak2,773 m · 8.6 mi
- Nearest byway
- Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive21.5 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:32local time
- Coordinates
- 39.2493, -120.4064
Health Springs is a spring in California, at a modelled 1,494 m. Castle Peak stands 2,773 m to the north-northeast, 8.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Point Mariah, a peak 1.3 miles away. Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive passes 22 miles off.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.1 miles of Health Springs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Castle Peak | NNE 21° | 2,773 m | 8.6 mi |
| Granite Chief | ESE 119° | 2,749 m | 7.3 mi |
| Basin Peak | NNE 14° | 2,749 m | 9.5 mi |
| Lyon Peak | ESE 121° | 2,713 m | 5.7 mi |
| Tinker Knob | E 93° | 2,713 m | 6.5 mi |
| Needle Peak | ESE 121° | 2,711 m | 6.6 mi |
| Washeshu Peak | ESE 123° | 2,706 m | 8.7 mi |
| Anderson Peak | E 83° | 2,646 m | 5.9 mi |
- 21.5 mi off the Lake Tahoe - Eastshore DriveNational
- 23.1 mi off the Mount Rose Highway
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic lookout · 25 mi
- Memorial Point Scenic Overlook · 26 mi
- Logan Shoals Vista Point · 28 mi
- Cave Rock · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Point Mariah: 1.3 mi
- Devils Peak: 2.9 mi
- Snow Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Rowton: 3.2 mi
- Palisade Peak: 3.3 mi
- Dog Beach: 3.5 mi
- Lamson-Cashion Donner Summit Hub: 6.3 mi
- Donner Lake Property Owners Association Private Beach: 7.9 mi
- Donner Pines West Beach: 8.1 mi
- Donner Lake Launching Facility: 8.4 mi
- German Ridge: 5.7 mi
- Goldilocks Wall: 6.4 mi
- Petroglyph Cliff: 6.5 mi
- Tunnel Rock: 6.5 mi
- Snowshed: 6.6 mi
- Black Wall: 7.2 mi
- Johnson Canyon: 8.3 mi
- Bucknam Tract Conservation Easement: 10.3 mi
- Olympic Meadow Preserve: 10.8 mi
- Jackass Ridge Conservation Easement: 11.4 mi
- Watson Monument: 8.0 mi
- Forest Gift Shop: 8.4 mi
- Johnson Monument: 8.4 mi
- CPRR Lookout: 9.3 mi
- Schallenberger Cabin Site: 10.7 mi
- Donner Summit Historical Society: 5.3 mi
- The Western SkiSport Museum: 6.8 mi
- Donner Memorial State Park Museum: 10.7 mi
- Truckee-Donner Historical Society: 11.6 mi
- Old Jail Museum: 12.9 mi
- French Meadows Day Use Site: 8.3 mi
- Lodgepole: 10.9 mi
- Day Use Area: 11.0 mi
- Donner Camp Picnic Site: 14.9 mi
- Fuller Lake Day Use Site: 15.0 mi
- China Cove Beach: 9.6 mi
- William Kent Beach: 15.5 mi
- Patton Beach: 17.6 mi
- Moon Dunes Beach: 19.6 mi
- Secline Beach: 20.2 mi
- Coyote Spring: 7.5 mi
- Big Spring: 10.1 mi
- Dawson Spring: 10.9 mi
- Government Spring: 12.6 mi
- Brockway Spring: 21.0 mi
- China Wall: 6.5 mi
- Five Lakes Trailhead: 10.6 mi
- Rodeo Grounds: 13.7 mi
- Webber Lake: 16.5 mi
- Balancing Rock: 24.0 mi
- Donner Summit Rest Area: 7.3 mi
- Donner Lake Vista Point: 7.9 mi
- Alpha - Omega Rest Area: 19.1 mi
- Gold Run Eastbound Rest Area: 24.3 mi
- Gold Run Westbound Rest Area: 24.5 mi
- East Snow Mountain Falls: 2.2 mi
- Weber Falls: 16.2 mi
- Hackmans Falls: 24.4 mi
- "Snowshoe" Thompson: 6.8 mi
- The Ants: 14.1 mi
- The Big Tree: 15.2 mi
- Deadwood: 19.1 mi
- Campbell Hot Springs: 22.7 mi
- Dutch Flat Community Garden: 23.4 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:39 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:52 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:25 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:00 | 16:43 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 35 | 40 | 48 | 56 | 63 | 61 | 55 | 46 | 36 | 28 |
| Precip in | 6.7 | 6.6 | 6.2 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 3.6 | 6.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Donner MEM SP, 11 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–Jun — fullest in May, leanest in Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 26.7 | 27.6 | 23.0 | 26.9 | 36.8 | 18.0 | 4.6 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 2.9 | 8.4 | 23.0 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Duncan Cyn C BL Div Dam NR French Meadows CA, 9 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
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