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Horsetrough Spring

Horsetrough Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Horsetrough Spring is a spring in California, at a recorded elevation of 658 m. Santiago Peak stands 1,734 m to the southeast, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is KSRT-AM (Orange), a historic site 0.9 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
658 m

How to reach it

Coordinates33.81826, -117.64889

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Peaks
Parks
  • Sierra Bella Park: 3.6 mi
  • Border Park: 3.6 mi
  • School Park: 3.8 mi
  • Westport Park: 4.0 mi
  • Serfas Club Park: 4.0 mi
Museums
Gardens
Attractions
  • Castle Peak and Thunder Railroad: 5.7 mi
  • Tractor Driving: 9.9 mi
  • Tom's Mining Company: 9.9 mi
  • Train Ride: 9.9 mi
  • Shooting Gallery: 9.9 mi
Nature reserves: 47
Springs: 31
Picnic sites: 30
  • Coyote Corner Group Area: 5.7 mi
  • Deer Den Group Area: 6.0 mi
  • Squirrel Square Group Area: 6.1 mi
  • Falcon Flats Group Area: 6.4 mi
  • Goat Shed Point: 7.7 mi
Beaches: 14
Waterfalls: 12
Cliffs: 7
  • Norco Bluffs: 9.0 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 9.5 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 10.1 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 11.2 mi
  • Rock Climbing: 22.8 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Natural arches: 1
  • Three Arches: 23.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.7 miles of Horsetrough Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Santiago PeakSE 138°1,734 m9.9 mi
Modjeska PeakSE 139°1,675 m9.1 mi
Trabuco PeakSE 129°1,401 m12.8 mi
Los Pinos PeakSE 136°1,373 m14.7 mi
Horsethief PeakSE 130°1,315 m14.2 mi
Pleasants PeakESE 122°1,211 m2.9 mi
Bald PeakESE 124°1,197 m7.8 mi
Bedford PeakSE 131°1,161 m5.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:3019:03
June solstice05:4119:2820:05
September equinox06:3918:1618:49
December solstice06:5216:0816:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F595961646771757675716458
Precip in2.73.51.70.90.30.00.10.00.10.60.82.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Irvine RCH, 8 mi away.

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–Apr — fullest in Feb, leanest in Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs396447400264189151121105101126151243

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Santa Ana R BL Prado Dam CA, 5 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

  • California Newt95 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard54 obs
  • Thick-leaved Yerba Santa30 obs
  • Granite Spiny Lizard27 obs
  • Pacific poison oak24 obs
  • California Tree Frog23 obs
  • chaparral yucca23 obs
  • Chalk Dudleya22 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/3938814323

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