Horse Thief Spring
Horse Thief Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 2,597 m. Round Top stands 3,164 m to the northeast, 6.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Plasse Peak, a peak 1.9 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 9.7 miles off.
How to reach it
- 9.7 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
- 25.3 mi off the Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- Hell's Kitchen Vista Point · 13 mi
- Liberty Vista Point · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Plasse Peak: 1.9 mi
- Thimble Peak: 3.8 mi
- Melissa Coray Peak: 3.8 mi
- Covered Wagon Peak: 3.8 mi
- Thunder Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Tragedy Spring: 3.6 mi
- Ham Spring: 6.9 mi
- Singleton Springs: 8.2 mi
- Jim Quinn Spring: 8.8 mi
- Buckskin Joe Spring: 11.3 mi
- Wester Park: 3.1 mi
- Old Emigrant Trail Historical Marker: 6.9 mi
- Salt Springs State Game Refuge: 14.8 mi
- Tahoe Paradise Park: 17.2 mi
- Turtle Rock County Park: 17.3 mi
- Machado Postpile: 2.5 mi
- Bloods Point: 10.4 mi
- Calaveras Dome: 11.4 mi
- Lovers Leap: 13.1 mi
- Detox Wall: 14.1 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 15.1 mi
- Modjeska Falls: 18.3 mi
- Cascade Falls: 22.3 mi
- Bassi Falls: 23.3 mi
- Upper Eagle Falls: 23.4 mi
- Sandy Cove Picnic Area: 4.1 mi
- Shot Rock Vista Picnic Area: 5.8 mi
- Chickaree Day Use: 10.5 mi
- Marmot Day Use: 10.5 mi
- Cottonwood Picnic Area: 21.4 mi
- Iron Mountain Ski Resort: 6.8 mi
- Snowshoe Thompson Historical Monument: 7.9 mi
- Kit Carson Historical Monument: 7.9 mi
- Old Jail: 17.3 mi
- Glen Alpine Resort: 18.2 mi
- Linder Grove: 14.2 mi
- Grover Hot Springs State Park: 14.6 mi
- Andrews Meadows: 15.2 mi
- Washoe Meadows State Park: 18.3 mi
- Carson-Iceberg Wilderness: 19.7 mi
- Alpine County Museum: 17.5 mi
- Nature Center and Observatory: 22.2 mi
- Baldwin Home: 22.7 mi
- Lake Tahoe Historic Society Museum: 23.4 mi
- Leoni House: 22.6 mi
- Tallac Historic Site: 22.6 mi
- Columns of the Giants: 24.6 mi
- Pope Beach: 22.7 mi
- Kiva Beach: 22.8 mi
- El Dorado Beach: 24.1 mi
- Peep Sight: 15.1 mi
- Dolly's Vegetable Garden: 22.7 mi
- St Theresa: 23.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.3 miles of Horse Thief Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round Top | NE 54° | 3,164 m | 6.0 mi |
| The Sisters | NE 52° | 3,094 m | 5.6 mi |
| Red Lake Peak | NE 39° | 3,067 m | 8.8 mi |
| Stevens Peak | NE 35° | 3,061 m | 10.2 mi |
| Raymond Peak | E 92° | 3,055 m | 13.9 mi |
| Hawkins Peak | NE 53° | 3,052 m | 14.6 mi |
| Thimble Peak | NNE 25° | 2,988 m | 3.8 mi |
| Deadwood Peak | ENE 78° | 2,987 m | 5.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:49 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 16:01 | 16:43 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 31 | 36 | 40 | 48 | 55 | 62 | 60 | 54 | 46 | 37 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — S Lake Tahoe AP, 20 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Apr–Jun — fullest in May, leanest in Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 16.8 | 15.0 | 17.0 | 46.9 | 126 | 84.2 | 18.8 | 7.3 | 33.6 | 24.5 | 17.6 | 17.6 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Silver LK Outlet NR Kirkwood CA, 5 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Leichtlin's Mariposa Lily5 obs
- Corn Lily4 obs
- Scarlet Gilia3 obs
- Alpine Gentian3 obs
- Mountain Spirea3 obs
- Western Terrestrial Garter Snake2 obs
- Purple Mountain-heath2 obs
- common cowparsnip2 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/7516874314
Day trips start here
- Bliss State Park · 26 mi
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